Her policy research included developing a new approach to men who kerb crawl for prostitutes making changes to policing to improve convictions for rape.
[17] Hanmer was a founder member of the independent radical feminist magazine, Trouble & Strife published in Britain between 1983 and 2002.
[10][18][19] The writer Catherine Redfern noted the magazine was more of a journal with in depth articles that anticipated a radical feminism aware reader.
[20] Women's Liberation Movement publications and activities in the UK were often women-only, remaining loyal to the intention to maintain an herstorical organisational tradition.
It holds materials relating to Hanmer's time at Trouble & Strife and her work prior to coordinating Bradford University Women's Studies Unit.