Liz Kelly C.B.E is Professor of Sexualised Violence at London Metropolitan University, where she is also Director of the Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit (CWASU).  She has been active in the field of violence against women and children for over 30 years. She is the author of numerous book chapters, journal articles, research and evaluation reports. CWASU has a national and international reputation for its research, training and consultancy work and has completed over 40 research projects and are known for their work on making connections - between forms of gender violence, and between violence against women and child protection.

Linda Regan is Senior Research Officer at the Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit, London Metropolitan University where she has been based since 1989.  Linda has contributed to the majority of the research and evaluation projects undertaken by the Unit, has delivered numerous training sessions and conference presentations both in the UK and internationally and is the co-author (with Liz Kelly) of publications covering a wide range of forms of violence against women and children.  Liz Kelly & Linda Regan are special advisors to the British Council on violence against women.

The Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit at London Metropolitan University has a national and international reputation for its independent research, training and consultancy on child and woman abuse. It has strong links with NGOs, statutory organisations and policy makers in the UK and internationally.

CWASU has recently completed two projects on attrition and best practice in Sexual Assault Centres, with respect to reported rape including an evaluation of forensic nursing, funded by the UK Home Office and is currently undertaking a project looking at the workings of section 41 (sexual history evidence) of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act in rape trials; a project looking at how trafficking and smuggling impact on poverty reduction; a survey on trafficking of persons in Central Asia; two projects evaluating screening for domestic violence in health settings and a project exploring the connections between and responses to domestic violence and substance misuse.