Previous Events
See below for some of our previous events - and read more about our Future events .
Journeys
Journeys is a verbatim play that tells the unforgettable stories of Saron and Alicia, who come to this country seeking refuge only to find themselves refused, locked up and facing deportation. Juliet Stevenson, Sia Berkeley and Noma Dumezweni brought Journeys to shocking life at its first outing at the Women of the World festival in the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank, March 2011.
Motherland
Motherland is Women for Refugee Women’s performance event, which tells the true stories of women and children who have been detained in Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre. It was first performed at the Young Vic, April 2008 and this acclaimed verbatim performance event took the stories of women and children in detention to new audiences and helped to kickstart a massive campaign against the detention of families.
Break the Silence
On 28th November at the Riverside Studios in London, Juliet Stevenson hosted Break the Silence, a stunning performance of Lydia Besong's play How I Became An Asylum Seeker.
Lydia Besong sought asylum in the UK after being tortured in Cameroon for her political activities, and her play provides searing insight into the experiences of women in the asylum process.
I admire the work carried out by Women for Refugee Women. By telling the true stories of women and children in the asylum process they woke a lot of people up to the scandal of child detention.
Michael Morpurgo, author of War Horse
I have been delighted to support Women for Refugee Women since its launch- I've been truly inspired by the great work this organisation does, enabling women who seek asylum to speak out - whether at the grassroots or to government ministers.
Oona King
Many refugees and asylum seekers have fled their home countries because of human rights abuses. The work of agencies like Women for Refugee Women is vital for helping people rebuild their lives and have a voice.
Trevor Phillips OBE, chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission
Put the word refugee in front of woman and immediately prejudice and projection arise. Meet a refugee woman, hear her struggles – and her joys – and you encounter a person, like you and me, who has been more than unlucky....
....Women for Refugee Women joins the dots, restores our humanity to ourselves and enables women to fight for theirs. Please support them.
Susie Orbach, psychotherapist and author of Bodies and Fat is a Feminist Issue
