For the first time the highest court in the UK recognised gender as a protected characteristic and women as a particular social group within the meaning of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees.
Section 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act restricts the use of sexual history evidence in rape trials.
R v Ahluwalia accepted Battered Women Syndrome as evidence to support the defences of diminished responsibility and provocation in homicide.
Section 5 of the Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act 1990 removed marital rape exemptions in Ireland.
The Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act 1985 criminalised performing FGM on girls and women in UK.
Davis v Johnson gave judicial recognition of domestic violence and enforcement of Domestic Violence and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1976 against home-owners.
Section 4 of the Sexual Offences Amendment Act 1976 gave anonymity to complainants in rape cases.
The first Rape Crisis Centre in North London offered sympathetic non-judgemental support, advice and information on police and legal procedures to rape victims.
Section 25 of the Criminal Justice Act 1972 removed all statutory gender discrimination in the rules for jury qualification, allowing women to be jurors on the same terms as men
The first Refuge opened by Women’s Aid in Chiswick, London offered a place of security and shelter for women and children escaping domestic violence