Submission to Home Affairs Committee Immigration Detention Inquiry
Submission to Home Affairs Committee Immigration Detention Inquiry Black Women’s Rape Action Project (BWRAP) was founded in 1991. Women Against Rape (WAR) was founded in 1976. Together the two organisations have worked closely with women in detention, particularly in Yarl’s Wood IRC, over many years documenting the traumatic impact of rape and other violence on …
Fantastic news: single donation of £1000 received for Brigitte & her daughters!!!
Brigitte’s pro-bono legal team at Kingsley Napley have just announced that they will cover the full cost of her daughters air fares! Brigitte is overwhelmed by the kindness and the generosity, not only of her solicitors, but of everyone who has been moved to make immediate donations. A further £172 has been received so far. …
The Rohingya women traumatised by mass rape
by Cristel Amiss of Black Women’s Rape Action Project & Lisa Longstaff of Women Against Rape. Published 17 March 2018 in Morning Star (see morningstar.online.co.uk) A new report, Rape by Command published by Kaladan Press Network, documents mass violence against women and girls by the Myanmar military, in its 2017 purge of Rohingya people across …
Open Letter for compensation to Secretary of Justice
Open Letter for compensation to Secretary of Justice Rt Hon. David Gauke Secretary of State for Justice 6 June 2018 Dear David Gauke We collectively represent the experience and demands of thousands of survivors of rape, domestic violence and sex crimes suffered as children or adults. The Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme is discriminating against victims …
Justice and protection for Rohingya women and girls – in support of call for Unilever to disinvest from Myanmar
International Women’s Day, 8 March 2017, London Statement by Black Women’s Rape Action Project & Women Against Rape We strongly condemn the ethnic cleansing, widespread torture, killings and systematic rape and sexual torture of women and girls by the Myanmar Army, as part of its genocide against the Rohingya people. A report, Rape by Command, …
Statement against the Family Returns Process . . . End Detention, End Deportation, We All Have the Right to be Here
Statement against the Family Returns Process . . . End Detention, End Deportation, We All Have the Right to be Here We are the All African Women’s Group. Many of us have been in detention. We know the terrible impact it has. Women are on hunger strike right now against the torture of detention. We …
8 March: Protest Unilever, disinvest from Myanmar!
UNILEVER: disinvest from Myanmar! End rape and genocide of Rohingya! 8 March 2018, International Women’s Day,5-6pm PROTEST outside UNILEVER HQ UNILEVER House, 100 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DY Why UNILEVER? UNILEVER claims to embody principles that respect the dignity and rights of women and girls, especially in the marketing of Dove products. UNILEVER has been …
Family Courts on Trial – 8 March event
Please join us on 8 March, International Women’s Day. We will taking part in the speak out called by the Global Women’s Strike to put the Family Court on Trial (details below). We have seen a massive rise in calls for help from mothers whose children are being taken into care or even adoption, when …
UPDATE: Yarl’s Wood Hunger Strike: “They’re trying to break us down”
STOP PRESS: Emergency Demo Solidarity with Yarl’s Wood hunger strikers 4-5pm, Wed 28 Feb, outside the Home Office, Marsham Street, SW1P 4DF. Called by Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants: co-hosted with All African Women’s Group, Black Women’s Rape Action Project, Docs Not Cops, End Deportations, Right to Remain, SOAS Detainee Support, The London Latinxs, …
Yarl’s Wood: Women on Hunger Strike “Our rights in here are being violated every day – we’ve had enough”
Yarl’s Wood: Women on Hunger Strike “Our rights in here are being violated every day” Over 100 women in Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre began a hunger strike on Wednesday 21 February. The women from Avocet and Dove units along with a few men on the family wing are refusing food and are planning further …
Supreme Court today: rape victims vs Theresa May and police
UPDATE: The Supreme Court upheld the women’s claim – a significant victory for all rape survivors! Today 21 February, the Supreme Court will give the verdict on a police appeal to overturn a high court decision which protects rape victims. This shameful appeal was backed by Prime Minister Theresa May. Biased and negligent police investigations …
Number of complaints over police handling of sex attacks and domestic violence soars
See quote from WAR below. Revelations prompt warnings that forces are failing the most vulnerable victims, with campaigners saying police response is ‘matter of life and death’ • Harriet Agerholm The Independent • @HarrietAgerholm • 17 February 2018 Domestic abuse accounts for eight per cent of all recorded crime The number of complaints received by …
LUSH Human Rights Summit
LUSH Human Rights Summit February 2018 Performance: We are Here – because You are There Our interactive play has been on tour to Coventry, Sheffield & the DSEI Stop to Arms Fair. Performed by asylum seekers from the All African Women’s Group, it depicts the real life injustices faced by rape survivors and others throughout …
Govt forced to reassess mental health problems in 1.6m PIP benefit claims
A woman won a High Vourt victory in December which now forces reassessment of 1.6m PIP disability benefit claims. The Judge ruled the PIP assessment criteria are “blatantly discriminatory vs people with mental health impairments”. This includes debilitating PTSD from rape. Well done the brave woman who brought this challenge to the High Court while …
Same roof rule petition
Sign this important petition against the ‘Same Roof rule’ – which prevents victims getting compensation if they lived in the same house as their attacker before 1 October 1979
