Harriet Wistrich
Harriet Katherine Wistrich (born 1960) is an English solicitor and radical feminist who specialises in human-rights cases, particularly cases involving women who have been sexually assaulted or who have killed their violent partners. She works for Birnberg Pierce & Partners in London. She was Liberty's Human Rights Lawyer of the Year in 2014.
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| Born | Harriet Katherine Wistrich 1960 (age 63–64) Hampstead, London, England |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Occupation(s) | Solicitor, writer |
| Organization | Co-founder of Justice for Women |
| Known for | Law reform |
| Movement | Radical feminism, lesbian feminism |
| Partner | Julie Bindel |
| Parent(s) | Enid and Ernest Wistrich |
Wistrich is co-founder of Justice for Women, the feminist law-reform group, and founding director of the Centre for Women's Justice. She has written for The Guardian and is the editor, with her partner Julie Bindel, of The Map of My Life: The Story of Emma Humphreys (2003).
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