How we create change
Empower
Through our creative and educational activities such as English lessons, drama, yoga, radical knitting and more, we support women to build their confidence and skills. Our warm and welcoming space helps to combat the isolation faced by women seeking safety and creates pathways for women to rebuild their lives on their own terms.
Influence
When women tell their own stories, they can change minds and build understanding about what it means to seek safety in the UK. We support refugee and asylum-seeking women to speak to the media, to parliamentarians, at events and through the arts.
Change
Working alongside refugee and asylum-seeking women in our network, we publish robust research on the experiences of refugee women; work with policy makers to make the case for a fairer asylum process; and creatively campaign to make change.
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🚨BREAKING
We understand that the Government is planning to turn Derwentside, currently the main detention centre for women, into a men's detention centre from the beginning of 2024.
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💥REFUGEE ACTION'S MOST WANTED💥
Did you know that the UK asylum system is run for profit?
We're revealing our Most Wanted, the companies profiting from refugees' misery.
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🚨 The Government are planning to send people seeking safety back to the Bibby Stockholm barge.
Earlier this year, people were evacuated due to the discovery of legionella, and concerns were raised about fire safety.
This is deliberate cruelty.
Latest news
Coercion and Control: The treatment of women seeking asylum in hotel accommodation
Our new research, Coercion and Control, released today, 3 September 2024, shows that women who have fled gender-based violence are subjected to coercion and control in hotel accommodation akin to patterns they have experienced in previous abusive relationships and situations.
The research is the first of its kind to focus specifically on the treatment of women seeking asylum in hotels and was designed and carried out by a team of seven women with personal experience of the UK's asylum system.
Our statement on the tragic attack in Southport and the following racist, far-right violence
We are horrified and sickened by the recent violent attack in Southport and the senseless loss of lives. Our thoughts are with the families and loved ones of Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice Dasilva Aguiar.
Violence against women and girls is endemic. Tackling violence against women and girls must be a top priority for the Government.
We are extremely concerned and appalled by the subsequent riot in Southport and many other communities across the UK since.
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