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Women for Refugee Women is seeking a freelance consultant in communications
Women for Refugee Women is seeking a freelance consultant in communications. WRW is starting an exciting new strategic communications project. We are planning to carry out research on how we can change...
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Our year: 2020-2021
Women for Refugee Women supports women who are seeking refuge from persecution, including rape and torture, to rebuild their lives and communicate their own stories. We believe that every woman who...
View ArticleThe Home Office’s reckless approach to detaining women
By Gemma Lousley, Detention Policy and Research Coordinator at Women for Refugee Women In February this year, it emerged that the Home Office is planning to open a new immigration detention centre for...
View ArticleSolidarity with Afghan women
As the Taliban retake power in Afghanistan, Women for Refugee Women urges the UK government to step up and do all they can to ensure that women and girls are protected. It is essential that the UK...
View ArticleOur response to the government announcement of a resettlement programme for...
In response to the recent government announcement (18 August 2021) of a resettlement programme for Afghan refugees, Women for Refugee Women states: The government should increase the resettlement...
View ArticleAgnes Tanoh’s speech for local demonstration against Hassockfield detention...
Today, Saturday 21 August, local campaign groups No To Hassockfield, Abolish Hassockfield and the Durham People’s Assembly are demonstrating against the planned new detention centre for women at...
View ArticleDear Sister
A letter to women arriving in the UK from Afghanistan, from members of the Writing Group at Women for Refugee Women Dear Sister, Firstly, we would like to say, “Welcome!” We can imagine this time is a...
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5 ways the Nationality and Borders Bill threatens women
The government is currently trying to push through legislation that will prevent women from getting refugee status in the UK. As one refugee woman, ‘Sara’, put it: “They might as well be ending the...
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Women for Refugee Women submits evidence to the Borders Bill committee
Women for Refugee Women has submitted written evidence to the Parliamentary committee examining the Nationality and Borders Bill on the harms that the proposed legislation would cause women seeking...
View ArticleWomen for Refugee Women give evidence in Parliament on how the Borders Bill...
On 23 September 2021, Women for Refugee Women’s director, Alphonsine Kabagabo, and Research and Advocacy Coordinator, Priscilla Dudhia, gave evidence to the Nationality and Borders Bill committee, a...
View ArticleWomen for Refugee Women provide briefings for MPs on the Nationality and...
Women for Refugee Women has prepared briefings for MPs examining the Nationality and Borders Bill, detailing how specific clauses of the Bill will harm women who are seeking safety in the UK. Clauses...
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#RefugeesWelcome Rally
On Wednesday 20th October 2021, we joined hundreds of people and other fantastic organisations at Parliament Square in London to resist the #AntiRefugeeBill and to say #RefugeesWelcome! Here’s our...
View ArticleNatasha Walter, founder of Women for Refugee Women, is moving on to focus on...
After approaching fifteen incredible years of growing Women for Refugee Women from a single event to a strong organisation supporting hundreds of women seeking asylum in the UK, our founder Natasha...
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Yarl’s Wood: 20 years of cruelty
Today, Friday 19 November 2021, marks 20 years since Yarl’s Wood detention centre was opened. To mark this, we gathered at the site with women who have previously been detained there to call on the...
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Women for Refugee Women submits evidence to the Women and Equalities...
Women for Refugee Women (WRW) has submitted evidence to the Women and Equalities Committee on how the UK asylum process harms women. A full list of written evidence submitted to the Committee is...
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Legal Opinion: The Nationality and Borders Bill will harm women
The legal opinion of Stephanie Harrison QC and barristers Ubah Dirie, Emma Fitzsimons and Hannah Lynes of Garden Court Chambers is that the Nationality and Borders Bill will “disproportionately...
View Article52 organisations unite to tell Priti Patel that the Nationality and Borders...
Today, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, 52 organisations supporting women write to Priti Patel expressing profound concern about the devastating impact that the...
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MPs from across the political spectrum speak out against the Nationality and...
The Government’s Nationality and Borders Bill will harm and discriminate against women. The women we work with have shared their views. We have spoken out in Parliament. Leading barristers have advised...
View ArticleWe are recruiting a Deputy Director with a focus on External Relations
Deputy Director (External Relations) £45,000 – £50,000 London Full-time, permanent (flexible, part time and job share considered) Women for Refugee Women is a dynamic charity that was founded in 2007...
View ArticleHome Office set to detain women at new ‘Derwentside’ detention centre in...
We understand that the Home Office is transferring women from Yarl’s Wood to the newly opened Derwentside immigration detention centre (formerly known as Hassockfield) near Consett in County Durham,...
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