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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson

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Professor of Intersectional Justice @ucl.ac.uk #violence #entrapment #immobility #humanrights #law #migration #climatechange #trafficking #children #women UCL profile: https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/87069-sonja-ayebkarlsson

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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · Jun 25

@ucl.ac.uk just released its official 2025 Senior Academic Promotions list today and I am happy to announce that I have been promoted to full 'Professor of Intersectional Justice' at @uclrdr.bsky.social (titles taking effect from 01.10.2025).

#2025SeniorAcademicPromotions #Professor

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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 3d

Once again we reinforce that the alienation belief system remains within the definition of #pseudoscience and puts women’s and children’s lives at #risk!

Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 3d

We have just published a Swedish rebuttal in Aftonblandet on the recent #dangerous encouragement for Swedish social workers and custody evaluators to increasingly start incorporating so-called #parentalalienation into their #familycourt assessments.

www.aftonbladet.se/debatt/a/ny3...

Föräldraalienation är en farlig pseudovetenskap

REPLIK. Vi har ett systemfel där fördomar och pseudovetenskap lamslår myndigheter, övertrumfar legitim bevisning likväl som sunt förnuft. Vidden av skada det or

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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 8d

am so in awe of Leah’s strength and courage today and every day and I feel so blessed to have been able to spend these days with her, (Jean and Dave) - it’s our children who will be the guiding light towards change! ✨

#familycourt #dangerouspseudoscience #filicides

Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 8d

Virtual and extended contributions by Danielle Pollack, (@daniellepollack), @nfvlc_at_gwu, @nationalsafeparents, USA and Dr Kathryn J. Spearman (@kspearmanphd), Pennsylvania State University, USA.

Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 8d

In person from the left Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson, UCL, UK (@profayebkarlsson), Prof Jean L. Mercer, Stockton University (Emerita), USA, Prof David L. Corwin, University of Utah, and Leah Moses (@om.s_law / @justice.for.om), Intermountain Health and Om’s Mum.

Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 8d

Revealing the speakers list from today’s 2025 #ISPCAN Congress panel presentation ‘#Filicide associated with #parentalalienation allegations in #familycourt’ in Lithuania 🇱🇹 (International Society for the #Prevention of #ChildAbuse and Neglect)

Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 8d

BIG DAY TODAY 🎙️We are just getting ready to present our work on the connections between #filicides and #parentalalienation in #familycourt at the #ispcan2025 🇱🇹

More soon…

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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 9d

Exhausted after battling train replacements and over four hours traveling to the airport BUT also very excited to meet everyone and create history!

Stay tuned for more details over the upcoming days!

#familycourt #filicides #femicides #womeninacademia #changeiscoming #ISPCAN2025 #ispcan

Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 9d

En route to Lithuania 🇱🇹 and the 2025 #ISPCAN Congress (International Society for the #Prevention of #ChildAbuse and Neglect) where we will be running a global panel on the deadly dangers and risks of allowing pseudoscience such as #parentalalienation in #familycourt.

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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 11d

As well as the two modules I have designed and lead IRDR0039 in Humanitarian Policy (www.ucl.ac.uk/module-catal...) and IRDR0048 in Violence, Intersectionality and Marginalisation (www.ucl.ac.uk/module-catal...).
#womeninacademia #intersectionaljustice #highereducationreimagined

https://ucl.ac.uk/module-catalog…

Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 11d

“Change is coming and it is coming soon“ - meeting the new student cohort and kicking off our @uclrdr.bsky.social BSc in Global Humanitarian Studies this week.

Learn more about our @ucl.ac.uk BSc here: www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...

Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 12d

Have a listen - link below - more to come 📣

Repost @visomkamparforvarabarn @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/28EA...

#barnensmetoo #barn #barnkonventionen #familjerätten #vårdnadstvist #sverige #familjerätt #vårdnad #socialtjänsten #stoppatvångsumgänge

Spotify – Web Player

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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 12d

A podcast panel with charity @visomkamparforvarabarn and lawyer @advokatlaven. I discussed my research as well as that of other international scholars working in this area while linking these to Karins cases and the legal developments in Sweden.

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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 12d

This week we published our podcast in Swedish on the connections between violence against women and children and our legal systems and particularly through the use of pseudoscience as a form of legal abuse in our family court systems.

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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 15d

Repost @hasslofficial The common demoninator is always men.

#HASSL #Harassment #ItStopsWithUs #VAWG #WomensSafety #WomensRights #Girlhood

#speakupagainstracism #speakupagainstinjustice

Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 15d

…but together we are stronger and we will push for the change, rights and protection that we all deserve! ❤️💜💙

#speakupforthosewholosttheirvoice
#zeroviolence #violenceagainstwomenandchildren

Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 15d

Thank you all for the kindness, trust and support - speaking up for the many women and children who have been robbed of their voices and standing against the patriarchy and structural violence can be brutally isolating and punitive…

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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 15d

Celebrating (our first) 1000 followers joined by many more in the future I hope! 💎🐦‍🔥✨

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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 15d

Repost @unwomen 💔 180 girls every minute
💔 10,800 girls every hour
💔 260,000 girls every day
💔 82 million girls every year

That’s how many girls experience sexual violence.

@alyraisman’s powerful message at #IWD2025 is a call to action.

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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 18d

It’s a reminder that gun laws aren’t just about crime, they’re about protecting women’s lives.

#GunControlNow #ProtectWomen #EndDomesticViolence #WomensRights #SafetyFirst #GenderJustice #PolicyChange #HearHerStories

Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 18d

The new law changes that by:

➡️ Blocking abusers from getting or keeping licences
➡️ Requiring police to review past and ongoing domestic abuse cases
➡️ Giving partners and household members a voice in licence reviews

Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 18d

This reform was pushed after the 2021 Keyham mass shooting, where victims had raised domestic violence concerns about the shooter but police still approved his licence.

Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 18d

Repost @hearherstories and @myvoicemychoiceorg For decades, survivors warned that guns in the hands of abusers turn homes into war zones. Now, the UK has taken a historic step: anyone with a domestic abuse conviction will be denied a firearm licence.

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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 18d

Repost @channel4news In order to effectively tackle violence against women and girls - the police requires the same resources used to deal with terrorism and organised crime, says Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley.

#terrorism

Published: March 2024
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profayebkarlsson on Instagram: "Repost @channel4news In order to effectively tackle violence against women and girls - the police requires the same resources used …"

Repost @channel4news In order to effectively tackle violence against women and girls - the police requires the same resources used to deal with terrorism and organised crime, says Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley. #News #UK #London #VAWG #Police #Channel4News#violenceagainstwomen #coercivecontrol #violenceagainstwomenandchildren #terrorism Originally published: March 2024

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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 19d

Repost @unwomen Gender-based violence devastates lives worldwide.

Yet, the 2025 Global Media Monitoring Project finds it appears in fewer than 2 in 100 news stories.

This silence reinforces stereotypes, sidelines women, and stalls progress.

Accountability cannot wait.

#GenderEquality #SpeakUp