.@MaraiLarasi now on #FWNVAWG - ‘We are in the middle of a perfect storm. People are not able to look away. This is a moment of great potential. Calling on my sisters in the sector to show up. What could this movement look like. Stop the homogenous approach’ #BlackLivesMatter

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Thank you to our amazing panel tonight.

‘Women of colour have been saying for a long time to take their knee off our necks, that we are tired, and waiting for our white sisters to take action, for the state to take action.’ @MaraiLarasi #FWNVAWG

Really incredible panel this eve on Covid, domestic abuse & VAWG from Fabian Women Hearing from irrepressible (((Huda Jawad))) on the light Covid has shone on the systemic failures &that there is a wake up call for the third sector in the light of BLM. Solidarity is essential #FWNVAWG

Kicking off Fabian Women domestic abuse & COVID-19 event Shaista Aziz 💙 says there is no gender justice w/o racial justice

Rosie Lewis AngelouCentre says the pandemic has exposed the fragmentation of women’s services & presumptions public services have about BME women
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.@MaraiLarasi names Belly Mujinga, Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman. Says that police taking selfies with dead Black women is all you need to know about racism on these islands we call home #FWNVAWG (kilburntimes.co.uk/news/crime-cou…)

.Nicole Jacobs making the point that her role is independent & she wants to support any way she can. Stating that she is at the #FWNVAWG to hear and learn from the incredible panel. As are we ❤️

'To look at what works we need to not replicate the systems that dont. Strangely, one of the systems that do protect BME women are police here. Its a deeper conversation, and a longer conversation. What replaces it, what does it look like?' #FWNVAWG

'Re: defunding police, there is a correlation between neoliberalism and the continual removal of community based services. Even our safeguarding arrangements are punitive measures..controlling women. We need to think about it systemically, its not just about the police.' #FWNVAWG

'If you aint got migrant women and women with no recourse to public funds then you ain't got a bill' Yessss #FWNVAWG

The incredible (((Huda Jawad))) explaining how #Covid19 has exacerbated the fragmentation in the system. Explaining the role of #faith communities - can be used for safety/ security but also to control. Explaining the work of Faith&VAWG Coalition #FWNVAWG

This was a phenomenal event. Thank you Fabian Women Shaista Aziz 💙 and the panel (((Huda Jawad))) @MaraiLarasi Safety4Sisters AngelouCentre Nicole Jacobs #FWNVAWG

Culturally illiterate policy makers 'had a particular woman in mind' spot on #FWNVAWG

What an amazing webinar. It has inspired and challenged me. Thank you so much. If you don't follow all these women, you should. #FWNVAWG The Fabian Society
Shaista Aziz 💙 (((Huda Jawad))) @MaraiLarasi Nicole Jacobs

Such a powerful, important and timely #FWNVAWG panel. After watching the government voting against protections for migrant women and those with no recourse to public funds in the #DABill in parliament last night - this was a powerful call to action.

It is deeply disappointing that the #DomesticAbuseBill leaves out some of the most vulnerable women.

There is a lot more to do.

#FWNVAWG #NoVictimLeftBehind #ProtectionForAll

Yes! Brilliant point by (((Huda Jawad)))..what are thinking when we hear woman? Even when we hear victim? #SystemicRacism ensures that it is not women of colour & this needs to be acknowledged & addressed through policy commissioning & legislation so ALL women can be safe #FWNVAWG

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links
safety4sisters.org
angelou-centre.org.uk
rightsofwomen.org.uk/get-advice/imm…
womensaid.org.uk/information-su…
southallblacksisters.org.uk

Incredibly powerful speakers tonight at the Fabian Women Domestic Abuse, Violence Against Women and Girls and Covid-19 event.

Thank you.❤️

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An incredibly important point. #FWNVAWG