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Rights of Women have produced a number of information sheets on legal issues affecting women. You can download them here, free of charge.
The information contained on this page is not legal
advice. If you have a legal problem, you should talk to a lawyer or advisor
before deciding what to do. The information given here is written for
people resident in or affected by the laws of England and Wales.
Have you used our legal advice and information services or signposted other women to them? Please help us fundraise to maintain and develop them by completing our short surveys:
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These information sheets are in PDF format. If you are visually impaired, and require any of them in Word format, please let us know by emailing info@row.org.uk and we will send them to you.
On this page:
Legal handbooks:
 From Report to Court: A handbook for adult survivors of sexual violence
Seeking Refuge? A handbook for asylum-seeking women
From Rights to Action: Using International rights and mechanisms on violence against women in the UK
Living together:
Living together and the law
Marriage and divorce:
A guide to marriage
A guide to divorce
Financial Arrangements After Marriage Breakdown
Children and relationship breakdown:
A guide to parental responsibility
A guide to child contact
A guide to residence orders
A guide to child support
When parents separate
Domestic and sexual violence:
A guide to domestic violence injunctions
Domestic violence, housing and homelessness
Rape and assault by penetration: information for survivors of sexual violence
Understanding sexual assault and causing someone to engage in sexual activity
Reporting an offence to the police: a guide to criminal investigations
From charge to trial: a guide to criminal proceedings
A guide to criminal injuries compensation - Updated!
Trafficking:
Trafficking, Sexual Exploitation and the Law
Immigration and asylum law:
Domestic violence, immigration law and "no recourse to public funds"
Since publication of our legal guide, Domestic violence, immigration law and "no recourse to public funds", there have been important changes to the law. Please also read the following:
Important changes to the Immigration rules for applications for leave to remain under the domestic violence rule
Civil partnerships and lesbian parenting:
Entering into a civil partnership
Dissolving civil partnerships
Financial arrangements after civil partnership breakdown
Lesbian parenting
Family law for women prisoners:
Adoption for women prisoners
Children and the law: when families can't agree
Children and the law: when social services are involved
Parental responsibility
Sexual harassment in the workplace:
Sexual harassment and the law
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Paul Craig