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Alison Boydell
Alison Boydell co-founded JURIES (Jurors Understanding
Rape is Essential Standard) with the late Jill Saward.
Alison Boydell is a lifelong feminist and
works as an Independent Sexual Violence
Advocate (ISVA) for a Rape Crisis centre.
Alison campaigns against violence against
women and is involved in End Online
Misogyny, which highlights online
violence against women.
Alison has spoken about online violence
against women at Women's Aid and Rape
Crisis England and Wales conferences as
well as for the Centre for Women's
Justice.
Alison has identified similarities between
domestic abuse behaviours and online
abuse behaviours not perpetrated as part
of domestic abuse.
Alison also co-founded JURIES (Jurors
Understanding Rape is Essential
Standard) with the late Jill Saward.
JURIES campaigns for juries in sexual
offences trials to be briefed about the
realities of rape to counter widely held
rape myths and stereotypes.
More recently, Alison has been
campaigning against "sexual
entertainment venues" (SEVs) in
Sheffield and was part of the campaign
group Zero Option, who supported a
woman who brought legal action
against Sheffield City Council for its
unlawful granting of Spearmint
Rhino's licence in 2016.
Alison continues to campaign against
strip clubs as Not Buying It working
closely with the Women's Equality
Party local branch and other interest
groups.
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