Law Professor. Advisor. Commentator.
Expert on Violence Against Women & Girls
Professor Clare McGlynn KC (Hon)
Expert on violence against women & girls
I am a Law Professor at Durham University and leading expert on violence against women and girls, particularly the legal regulation of pornography, image-based sexual abuse, cyberflashing, and online abuse. I advise governments, civil society organisations, and social media platforms, working closely with survivors to strengthen laws.
I serve on the Council of Europe’s Committee on Combating Technology-Facilitated Violence against Women, and on the UK’s Judicial Appointments Commission. I was appointed an Honorary KC (King’s Counsel) in recognition of my work championing women’s equality in the legal profession and shaping new criminal laws on extreme pornography and image-based sexual abuse.
Areas of Expertise
My work emphasises the devastating impact of online abuse, how AI is reshaping violence against women and how to strengthen regulation.
My research and policy work strives to reduce the easy availability, and adverse impacts, of extreme and abusive porn through strengthening regulation and criminal sanctions.
Central to my work on sexual violence are the perspectives of victims and survivors, particularly their understandings of what justice means to them.
My work on taking and sharing intimate images without consent, including image-based sexual abuse
Includes the references:
'Downblousing', 'Revenge porn'
'Upskirting', 'Collector culture', 'Deepfake porn'
My research and policy work raises awareness of the harms of cyberflashing and makes recommendations for new laws criminalising this commonplace and pernicious form of abuse.
