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Let our voices be heard!
Ghadah al-Nasseri, co-chair of the London Refugee Women’s Forum, writes for us about the Forum’s performance at the Labour Party conference. Sunday 21 September was a day full of hopes and melodies. I...
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Romola Garai visits Yarl’s Wood and supports the WhoMadeYourPants day
Sophie Radice,writes about taking the actress Romola Garai into Yarl’s Wood detention centre and support of the WhoMadeYourPants day. The facade of Yarl’s Wood gives it the appearance of a motel...
View ArticleOur response to Yvette Cooper’s announcement on Yarl’s Wood detention centre
Women for Refugee Women welcomes today’s announcement by the Shadow Home Secretary that Labour would end the detention of women who have survived torture and sexual violence, and would hold an...
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Channel 4 undercover investigation into Yarl’s Wood detention centre
Tonight Channel 4 News will broadcast an undercover investigation into Yarl’s Wood detention centre revealing the abuse and harassment of women who are detained there by Gemma Lousley, Policy and...
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Under a clear blue sky
by Marchu Girma, Grassroots Co-ordinator of Women for Refugee Women Everyone who lives in London likes to take time away from this busy city, to have fun and enjoy the sun and fresh air. But for many...
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Detention and women: what the manifestos say
By Gemma Lousley, Policy & Research Co-ordinator at Women for Refugee Women The Set Her Free campaign to end the detention of women who seek asylum has gathered real momentum since we launched at...
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All of this Belongs to Us: refugee women at the Victoria and Albert Museum
By Laura Mosedale, ESL teacher at Women for Refugee Women I teach English to refugee women, at the Women Asylum Seekers Together London group which is supported by Women for Refugee Women. Last month,...
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We heard you shouting for our freedom and it gave us hope! Women from Yarl’s...
Hundreds of protesters came to Yarl’s Wood on 6 June to demand justice and dignity for women who cross borders, and the closure of Yarl’s Wood detention centre. Before the protest, throughout it and...
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Carine wins gold in Manchester
By Sarah Graham, Communications Executive at Women for Refugee Women Big congratulations to Women Asylum Seekers Together (WAST) member Carine, who won a gold medal in British Weightlifting’s...
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Our word against theirs
June* writes from inside Yarl’s Wood. Yarl’s Wood is like prison, your freedom has been taken away, your rights don’t apply. They talk to you like you’re a child. If the fire alarm comes on, they’re...
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A very merry WAST Christmas
By Sarah Graham, Communications Executive at Women for Refugee Women On Monday 7 December, Women Asylum Seekers Together (WAST) London celebrated their last meeting of 2015 with a very merry Christmas...
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Still I rise
Photo: Shyamantha Asokan By Marchu Girma, Grassroots Coordinator at Women for Refugee Women It’s not every day I question my career choice, but recently I had the opportunity to teach English to a...
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Video: End the detention of pregnant women
Ahead of Mother’s Day, we collaborated with Mumsnet on a short online film to raise awareness of the detention of pregnant women. In the film, three Mumsnet users read out the stories of women who...
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Celebrating and demonstrating on International Women’s Day
Photos: Ana Norman Bermudez By Sarah Graham, Communications Executive at Women for Refugee Women “It is not a question of if, it is a question of when Yarl’s Wood is closed. This is the 21st century!”...
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‘Detention is no place for pregnant women’
Louise Silverton (RCM), Caroline Spelman MP, Baroness Lister, Stephen Shaw By Sarah Graham, Communications Executive at Women for Refugee Women All photos by Shyamantha Asokan As part of our ongoing...
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House of Lords votes to end detention of pregnant women
Yesterday, the House of Lords voted in favour of an amendment to the Immigration Bill that, if it passed into law, would end the detention of pregnant women in Yarl’s Wood. We at Women for Refugee...
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Women at the Borders
By Marchu Girma, Grassroots Coordinator ‘We are thankful we made it here alive,’ Sarah tells me, as she shows us around the small cabin she shares with her 4-year-old daughter in the Calais refugee...
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Bread & Roses: helping refugee women find work
Women for Refugee Women recently teamed up with Bread & Roses, a charity providing practical and emotional support to refugee women who want to work. Olivia Head, co-founder of Bread & Roses,...
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Telling Margaret’s story
Last night our Set Her Free animation, Margaret’s Story, premiered at the London Feminist Film Festival. Here, the animation’s illustrator and director Priya Sundram blogs for us about the process...
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How to get involved after #LFFF16
By Sarah Graham, Communications Executive at Women for Refugee Women Many thanks to all those who joined us at London Feminist Film Festival on Friday evening, for the premiere of our short animation...
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