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 …
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 …
EVENT: WAR will join All African Women’s Group to Protest and Speak out! WHERE: Taylor House, 88 Rosebery Ave, London EC1R 4QU WHEN: Tues 3 February & Tues 3 March 12.30–1.30pm ORGANISERS: Global Women Against Deportations & All African Women’s Group Politicians and the media have whipped up hatred against asylum seekers and migrants. Now …
They Claimed to Protect Women and Children but they Terrorised Us: All African Women’s Group Speaks Out Against Racist Attacks Women Against Rape helped women speak out about sexually predatory guards in asylum hotels and their justified objections to being housed with men, so that what they experienced could be included in their detailed …
All African Women’s Group: Open letter to the UK government to demand that the Namibia country of origin report be revised . . . At a series of meetings last year, which Women Against Rape helped facilitate, women who had fled rape and other violence including Domestic Violence spoke about being refused protection by the …
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 …
Press: The Independent spotlights Duncan Lewis legal challenge against Home Office’s Citizenship Policy. WAR quoted: Rules that make it almost impossible for small boat refugees to become British citizens have been hit by a legal challenge, The Independent can reveal. New guidance issued in February stated that anyone who enters the UK illegally by making …
Thursday, February 13 Victim/Suspect: When Reporting Rape Becomes a Crime Film Screening and Panel Discussion with a speaker from Women Against Rape & others (below) Date and time: Thursday, 13 February: 6:30 – 9pm GMT Location: BLOC Cinema, Arts One Building, Queen Mary University of London, 327 Mile End Road London E1 4NS MAP Click …
A Xmas gift for mothers and children: family court guidance finally debunks ‘parental alienation’ PRESS RELEASE from Support Not Separation, 11 Dec 2024 Today the Family Justice Council has issued guidance to family court judges in cases where mothers report domestic violence and abusive fathers counter this with allegations of ‘parental alienation’ to force their …
