Author: Dr Eithne Dowds
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Affirmative consent campaign calls for sexual assault law change in England and Wales – but this approach has pitfalls, too
Article originally appeared in The Conversation.
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Reforming Sexual Consent in Northern Ireland: Reflections on ‘Reasonable Belief’
In the second of two Queen’s Policy Engagement Briefing Papers, Dr Eithne Dowds situates Northern Ireland’s approach to sexual consent within broader trends towards ‘affirmative models of consent’.
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Sexual Consent in Northern Ireland: The Social and Legal Dimensions
This is the first of two Queen’s Policy Engagement Briefing Papers by Dr Eithne Dowds. In this paper, Dr Dowds looks at how consent, despite being a key concept in the law on sexual offences in Northern Ireland, is subject to different and competing interpretations.
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An international legal response to #MeToo, rape and sexual abuse is needed
Dr Eithne Dowds looks at how laws around the world continue to fail victims of rape and sexual abuse and calls for these laws to be changed.