Evidence: To the House of Lords Committee on the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, on its impact By: Women Against Rape, Support Not Separation & Disabled Mothers’ Rights Campaign Summary Our evidence focuses on the ways the Domestic Abuse Act is rendered ineffective because the law is not properly enforced by the police, CPS and courts, …
SUBMISSION: To Government on proposed changes to the immigration appeals system May 2026 Executive Summary This submission is made jointly by All African Women’s Group (AAWG) and Women Against Rape (WAR). We oppose proposals which reduce appeal rights, accelerate appeals, create a single appeal route, or weaken the independence of immigration appeals. Our experience supporting …
Webinar: STOP the rape & torture of Palestinian women, children & men, 5-6.30 (GMT), Thursday 26 March REGISTER
Press Statement: Women Asylum Seekers Condemn “Earned Settlement” Proposal as Sexist, Racist and Dangerous Women asylum seekers from the All African Women’s Group (AAWG), together with Global Women Against Deportations (GWAD) and Women Against Rape (WAR), have submitted evidence opposing the government’s proposed “earned settlement” scheme, warning that it will deepen discrimination and push women …
Submission to the Government Consultation on Earned Settlement All African Women’s Group, Global Women Against Deportations and Women Against Rape’s Asylum from Rape project. Summary All African Women’s Group (AAWG), Global Women Against Deportations (GWAD) and Women Against Rape (WAR) oppose the government’s earned settlement proposal because it is inherently sexist, racist and discriminatory. It …
Call to Action Join Women Against Rape and others in denouncing the rape and torture of Palestinian women, children and men in Israeli detention. End rape, end genocide, end complicity. (See link below to sign) Trigger warning: explicit sexual violence. For over two years of unrelenting bombing, Palestinian women have fought for survival and against …
EXCLUSIVE: Hammersmith and Fulham Council apologised for not providing “the right care sooner” but the woman said she feels “betrayed” and “left to rot” A frail elderly woman says she was raped after turning to strangers online for help because care was not put in place by her local council when she came out of …
Report of screening dramatic Netflix film ‘Victim-Suspect’, 15 May 2025 We have been encouraging people to watch this ground-breaking American documentary, and we’ve been organising screenings followed by guest speakers and Q&As. It’s a good way of informing people about the horrendous injustices which victims of sexual violence face both in the US and …
The film 3.30pm: A US reporter discovers a pattern of women who reported sexual assault to police nationwide but were then charged with fabricating their allegations—sometimes facing prison. “You’re sexually assaulted. You report. And police make you the suspect!” University College London, Lecture Theatre G22, North West Wing, 136 Gower St., London WC1E …
I’m writing to ask for your help, as a disabled survivor of extreme ,life threatening and sadistically violent childhood abuse that lasted from my birth until I ran away at 16. I have not and will never recover from this or the CPTSD that is the result, so I’m in receipt of ESA and PIP; …
