About Us
Women for Refugee Women challenges the injustices experienced by women who seek asylum in the UK.
We are particularly concerned about women fleeing gender-related persecution, such as rape, forced marriage, honour crimes, threats of female genital mutilation, and trafficking for forced prostitution.
Many women who have fled such experiences and travelled to this country for refuge are turned down for asylum.
If women are refused asylum they face destitution and detention in the UK, and deportation back to places where they feel they would be in danger.
We aim to enable women to tell their own stories about the persecution they have experienced and the problems they face in the UK. We believe these women have a valuable role to play in informing us about their own experiences and in building better futures.
We work closely with other organisations in the refugee and women’s sector and with a wide network of concerned individuals.
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I admire the work carried out by Women for Refugee Women. By telling the true stories of women and children in the asylum process they woke a lot of people up to the scandal of child detention.
Michael Morpurgo, author of War Horse
I have been delighted to support Women for Refugee Women since its launch- I've been truly inspired by the great work this organisation does, enabling women who seek asylum to speak out - whether at the grassroots or to government ministers.
Oona King
Many refugees and asylum seekers have fled their home countries because of human rights abuses. The work of agencies like Women for Refugee Women is vital for helping people rebuild their lives and have a voice.
Trevor Phillips OBE, chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission
Put the word refugee in front of woman and immediately prejudice and projection arise. Meet a refugee woman, hear her struggles – and her joys – and you encounter a person, like you and me, who has been more than unlucky....
....Women for Refugee Women joins the dots, restores our humanity to ourselves and enables women to fight for theirs. Please support them.
Susie Orbach, psychotherapist and author of Bodies and Fat is a Feminist Issue
