Gemma Dunstan

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Gemma Dunstan

Parents and children experiencing shorter family court hearings following a government review is "encouraging", a minister has said. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said a pilot scheme in some courts, intended to reduce delays and better support victims of domestic abuse, had reduced the duration of cases from an average of 29 weeks to 18. Alex Davies-Jones MP, a minister for violence against women and girls, said the scheme had helped with the family courts' understanding of domestic abuse.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Gemma Dunstan

A judge has criticised a health board that said annual leave was partly to blame for delays that left a vulnerable patient with two days to have an abortion before the legal cut-off point. The mum of the woman, who has been sectioned a number of times, told a court she was "traumatised" by the "barbaric" treatment of her daughter as she watched her continue her pregnancy into the second trimester.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Gemma Dunstan

When Kitty has a bad day with her stammer, it can make her feel it would "probably be easier if I didn't say anything at all". The 16-year-old feels comfortable talking among friends and has found a social media role model in influencer Jessie Yendle, who has spent years growing her self-confidence with a stammer online. Jessie, who has 3.5 million TikTok followers, is calling for the introduction of a universal symbol to help the UK's estimated 450,000 people with speech impediments.

1 month ago | es-us.noticias.yahoo.com | Gemma Dunstan

En casa es una abuela cariñosa que disfruta pasando tiempo con sus nietos. Pero en el trabajo, Mabel tiene que ver los abusos sexuales a menores más "abominables" que se encuentran en internet. Trabaja para una de las pocas organizaciones autorizadas a buscar de manera exhaustiva contenido de carácter sexual en línea, con el fin de ayudar a la policía y a las empresas tecnológicas a eliminar las imágenes.

1 month ago | correiobraziliense.com.br | Gemma Dunstan

Em casa, ela é uma avó amorosa que adora brincar com os netos, mas no trabalho Mabel precisa assistir ao conteúdo "abominável", nas palavras dela, de abuso sexual infantil disponível na internet. Ela trabalha para uma das poucas organizações autorizadas a pesquisar ativamente conteúdo indecente online, no intuito de ajudar a polícia e empresas de tecnologia a remover as imagens.