Today, #SistersNotStrangers call out the UK Governmentβs hypocrisy towards survivors of sexual violence.
Please listen to & share our statement!
Thank you to everyone who signed this. In these dark times, your support means everything to us.
#WeAreSurvivorsToo Covid Chronicles from the Margins π§‘
Women of WAST Manchester in Piccadilly Gardens earlier standing in solidarity with women seeking asylum #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2020 #SistersNotStrangers #Manchester
It was an absolute privilege to speak at the National Refugee Women's Conference this morning.
In the fight for migrant justice and a fairer society, you will always have my full solidarity.
#SistersNotStrangers
'When I came to the UK I was detained and locked up in Yarls Wood. Then I spent 7yrs destitute. Now I have refugee status but I will not stop campaigning'.
- Agnes from Women with Hope ββ
#SistersNotStrangers #SetHerFree #ShutDownYarlsWood
There's something so moving about a room full of strong, powerful women singing and dancing in solidarity #SistersNotStrangers Women for Refugee Women π§‘
We want to shout out Women for Refugee Women 𧑠and their campaign #SistersNotStrangers - a nationwide movement of asylum seeking women who are organising to end destitution.
Join Sisters Not Strangers to show solidarity for destitute women in the UK.
Prepping for the National Women's Refugee conference tmw. I'll be promoting #EqualPower - free training to support women in all our diversity into public life & politics.
Can't wait to meet many fab women campaigning for rights of refugees & asylum seekers #SistersNotStrangers
Migrant and refugee women are less likely to be reported missing, their bodies are less likely to be recovered, and they are less likely to be identified after death. #SistersNotStrangers
The impact of Coronavirus is particularly affecting marginalised groups, including refugee and asylum-seeking women.
In anticipation of a report on this by Women for Refugee Women π§‘, I spoke to Loraine from CARAG about these issues.
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The #AntiRefugeeBill is dangerous and discriminatory against women seeking safety.
Today & tomorrow, MPs will debate and vote on the Bill.
Members of the #SistersNotStrangers coalition are calling on MPs to listen to and stand up for survivors. Please share their video!
We're currently enjoying a brilliant webinar from the #SistersNotStrangers coalition, a collective of asylum and refugee women campaigning to end destitution.
Well done to all of the women involved, including many of our members - love the speeches and video presentations! ππ½ππΎππΏ
#SistersNotStrangers Rainbow Sisters unite lesbian bisexual women from all over the world Women for Refugee Women π§‘
Wildfire women supporting #sistersnotstrangers on the #iwd march in #edinburgh today. Great to hear so many voices singing in solidarity with refugee and asylum seeking women. Let's put an end to destitution now!
All over UK today there've been pop up #SistersNotStrangers events showing solidarity with refugee women. The amazing WAST Manchester led the Manchester singing #IWD2020 #InternationalWomensDay
Three young people from British Red Cross π§‘β Surviving to Thriving project helping to close the conference #sistersnotstrangers Speaking about what it means to be a young woman alone in the UK; dreams of becoming a pilot, and why you should never give up.
We attended the hugely informative & hopeful #SistersNotStrangers conference in Liverpool last Friday. Thank you to the Sisters Not Strangers coalition for organising the conference which highlighted the chaos that the asylum system inflicts on women seeking asylum SistersNotStrangers
