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Briefing: proposed amendments to reduce the devastating effect of the Nationality & Borders Bill on traumatised victims of rape and domestic violence

6 February 202319 January 2022

Briefing and proposed amendments to reduce the devastating effect of the Nationality & Borders Bill on traumatised victims of rape and domestic violence https://womenagainstrape.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/FaithFinal.mp4 Contact: asylumfromrape@womenagainstrape.net 020 7482 2496, @AgainstRape Introduction Women Against Rape (WAR) has been supporting women seeking asylum from rape for the last thirty years. Since 2002, WAR has worked closely with the …

Protest: women oppose Police Crime Sentencing & Courts Bill

28 May 202412 January 2022

URGENT: women oppose Police Crime Sentencing & Courts Bill & Nationality & Borders Bill Update: National Day of Action Join WAR & Women of Colour GWS at the London protest against both the Police Bill and the Nationality & Borders Bill, meet 12 noon, Lincolns Inn Fields WC2A 3TL. Two planned protests have merged, check …

Video: Media launch of our petition – Stop denying compensation to victims of sexual assault

28 May 20248 January 2022

Video: Press launch of our petition “Stop denying compensation to victims of sexual assault” Victims of rape and sexual assault are being denied compensation just because we have a minor criminal conviction. This outrageous discrimination has deprived 895 sexual assault victims of any award. SIGN THE PETITION, and circulate it widely. Let’s press the government …

In the media: Woman pimped out in her teens denied compensation for seven-year ordeal

28 May 202426 December 2021

Woman pimped out in her teens denied compensation for seven-year ordeal Josh Layton Sunday 26 Dec 2021 6:00 am A woman who was pimped out by her grandad as a teenager feels she is the one being punished after being denied compensation. Lucy was raped and forced into prostitution from the age of 11, but …

In the media: Call to stop denying compensation to rape victims with criminal convictions

28 May 202420 December 2021

Call to stop denying compensation to rape victims with criminal convictions 20 December 2021, Claudia Jacob A Kentish Town-based organisation has launched a petition demanding the government stop denying compensation to victims of sexual assault who have unrelated unspent convictions. The Ministry of Justice-funded Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (CICS) makes payments to victims of violent crime. Since 2012, …

In the media: Rape victims with minor criminal convictions blocked from financial compensation

28 May 202413 December 2021

Rape victims with minor criminal convictions blocked from financial compensation Exclusive: ‘Given so many of these victims were attacked as children by grown men, the trauma is lasting,’ says campaigner. Maya Oppenheim, Women’s Correspondent, The Independent, 13 December 2021 Hundreds of sexual assault and rape victims with minor criminal convictions are being denied financial compensation, The Independent can reveal. Exclusive data …

Event: Stop denying compensation to victims of sexual assault

28 May 20249 December 2021

Stop denying compensation to victims of sexual assault PRESS RELEASE Women Against Rape invites you to the launch of its petition On Wednesday 15 December 2021, 12noon-1pm, join us at an online press conference to launch this new petition. Media and non-media welcome. REGISTER HERE For more information contact: Women Against Rape 020 7482 2496 …

In the media: ‘I was terrified’ – Ugandan woman wins asylum thanks to women’s centre’

28 May 202427 November 2021

Sally Patterson, 23 November 2021 https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/kentish-town-crossroad-women-supports-ugandan-asylum-seeker-8498126 ‘I was terrified’: Ugandan woman wins asylum thanks to women’s centre’ A Ugandan woman won her asylum claim thanks to The All African Women’s Group, based at Kentish Town’s Crossroad Women – Credit: Women Against Rape A lesbian woman from Uganda has won her asylum claim to remain in …

In the media: ‘Women’s safety is not a police priority’

28 May 202421 November 2021

‘Women’s safety is not a police priority’ Camden New Journal, edition almost exclusively written by women, 18 November 2021 For four decades our multiracial group has organised for protection and justice for women and children who suffer rape and domestic violence in the home, in institutions and outside. This includes violence by police officers and …

In the media: Traumatised and alone – why are we still sending survivors of abuse to detention centres?

28 May 202410 November 2021

Traumatised and alone – why are we still sending survivors of abuse to detention centres? Metro Exclusive, By Lauren Crosby Medlicott, Freelance writer Sunday 7 Nov 2021 8:00 am Following years of violence at the hands of her husband, in 2002, Gloria Peters fled her home country of Kenya. It had been a difficult decision to make, and …