Pod Academy

This podcast is about how a group of women campaigners and academics worked together and achieved a change in the law - making the possession of rape pornography illegal. It features author and former barrister Elizabeth Woodcraft in conversation with Professor Erica Rackley, University of Birmingham, Dr Fiona Vera Gray of Rape Crisis South London and Sarah Green Acting Director & Campaigns Manager of End Violence Against Women Campaign (EVAW). Rape pornography has been widely available, including on free porn sites, in the UK - ensuring that boys and men can freely access porn that eroticises rape and violence against women.  In 2006 the government began a consultation process to see whether the laws on pornography should be updated to reflect the growth of pornography via the internet.  This resulted in legislation in 2008 which outlawed some 'extreme' pornography, but excluded images of rape. The Scottish Parliament however, enacted separate legislation, which did include rape pornography. So, in Engla