Section 2 of the Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act 2016 makes it a criminal office to disclose, or threaten to disclose, a photograph or film which shows, or appears to show, another person in an intimate situation.
The Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act is the first piece of legislation in the UK to specifically address violence against women as opposed to ‘domestic violence’ generally.
This case established that the abortion legislation in Northern Ireland breached Article 8 of the ECHR by failing to provide an exception to the prohibition on abortion in cases of a fatal foetal abnormality (at any time during the pregnancy) or where the pregnancy is the result of sexual crime (up to the date when the foetus is capable of existing independently of the mother).
The amendment to Canon C2 of the Canons of the Church of England removed final barrier preventing the appointment of women as bishops, removing the final constitutional barrier to women’s full participation in parliament.
R v Nimmo & Sorley was the first prosecution for online threats of sexual violence, death and gender-based abuse.
The Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 was the first statute to regulate the provision of abortion in Ireland.
The Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Act 2012 provided a gender quota for general elections in Ireland.
Birmingham City Council v Abdulla allowed women to present equal pay claims in High Court with 6-year limitation period instead of 6 months in Employment Tribunal.
In 2011, the United Nations Committee against Torture found that the Irish State had failed to protect girls and women who were involuntarily confined in Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries.
Brenda Hale is the first woman President of the UK Supreme Court.