On LIBERTY
Marianne is on a mission to de-legitimise the structures and values of patriarchy, helping the world to see that a new way is possible. Using history and strategy, she writes on liberation and female power.
Photo by Brenna Duncan, 2022.
Highlights
Marianne has worked on feminist, women’s rights and LGBT movement building in the UK and internationally.
Her clients include Solace Women’s Aid, Womankind International, Comic Relief and the Equality and Justice Alliance.
Marianne designed and led the implementation of a pioneering safeguarding programme for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to prevent sexual exploitation and other abuses in international aid.
Marianne’s entreprenuership is specifically feminist, her first company Justice Studio is a feminist business with a majority female leadership team.
She has worked on human rights in over 30 countries.
Articles
The criminal law was never meant to protect women - here’s why July 2021, Medium
Three things every woman should know about her past April 2019, Medium
The Witching Cycles October 2020, Medium
Reinventing Patriarchal Organisations September 2019. Medium.
Colonial legacies of hate: How Britian began LGBTQI+ oppression in Uganda August 2019, Medium
What the coronavirus response teaches us about patriarchy April 2020, Medium
Reports & Academic
“When I needed you to protect me, you gave him more power instead.” Covid-19 Lockdown & Domestic Abuse Justice Studio and Solace Woman’s Aid (2021)
Building Stronger Equality Movements: Intergenerational Approaches to advancing women’s and LGBT+ rights in the Commonwealth The Royal Commonwealth Society (2019)
Justice for Girls? Girls in conflict with the law and sexual exploitation in Sierra Leone Justice Studio, Advocaid, African Prisons Project, Defence for Children International Sierra Leone (2011)
Is it really so different for girls? Challenging misconceptions about young offenders and aggression The Community Safety Journal 6:3 (2007)
Selected Consultancy projects
Designed and led research into Domestic Abuse during the coronavirus pandemic. Solace Woman’s Aid, 2020
Designed and led a pioneering project to prevent abuses within the international aid system. Department for International Development Uganda (Now Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office), 2019 - 2021.
Gender Strategy for Pakistan Counter-terrorism Programme, British High Commission, 2020
Evaluation of Womankind's Strategy 'Building Women's Movements for Transformational Change, 2016-2021', Womankind Worldwide, 2020
Led research into intergenerational activism in LGBTQI+ and women’s movements in 14 countries. Equality and Justice Alliance, 2019.
Scoping women and girls movements in 14 countries Comic Relief, 2018.
Incubating feminist ideas into action: Women and girls scoping study, UK Comic Relief, 2017.
Informed the Home Office’s “Violence against Women and Girls” strategy by undertaking an assessment of Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conferences (MARACS). Home Office Violent Crime Unit & the Research and Analysis Unit. 2010