Promoting the rights of women seeking asylum in the UK
About Us
Women for Refugee Women works to raise awareness of the injustices experienced by women who seek refuge in the UK. Women who come to the UK fleeing gender-related persecution (such as rape, honour crimes, female genital mutilation, and trafficking for forced prostitution) are too often turned down for asylum.
If women are turned down for asylum they are at risk of destitution, detention, and deportation to places where their lives may be at risk.
We work alongside existing organisations to increase understanding of the experiences of women who seek asylum in the UK. We work through briefing journalists, organising events, lobbying policy-makers, and above all by providing a platform for asylum seekers to speak out for themselves about the injustices they experience. These women deserve to be heard.
Campaign statement
We call on the UK government to ensure that the persecution women face, including rape, honour crimes and female genital mutilation, is taken seriously in asylum claims; we call on the government not to make destitute, detain or deport women who are at risk of gender-related persecution.
To sign the campaign statement email wrw@womankind.org.uk
Women for Refugee Women, registered charity 1121174, email wrw@womankind.org.uk
Acknowledgements
Women for Refugee Women gratefully acknowledges the support of the Barrow Cadbury Trust and the City Parochial Foundation, and the support of Ruth Rogers, Wendy Savage, Garden Court Chambers, and the Rhiannon Foundation.