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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Today is #BiVisibilityDay - a day to recognise and celebrate bisexual people, the bisexual community, and the history of bisexuality.
To mark the day we're celebrating Rainbow Sisters, our solidarity group for LGBTQ+ women seeking asylum in the UK.
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ICYMI!
We’re looking for new volunteers to support our activities.
From English to yoga, there’s something for everyone!
Please share and help us find some fabulous new volunteers! 🫶
Great to see @_OliviaBlake speak out on the harms of immigration detention, particularly for pregnant women, survivors of trafficking and people who are LGBTQI+.
We agree with Olivia, we urgently need community-based alternatives to detention.
#WelcomeEveryWoman
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.
