RT @afsanalachaux: 1/ On #16Days it’s timely to share my own #vawg story. In September, I was facing bankruptcy and homelessness because of a U.K. court decision. I turned to crowdfunding to raise money and highlight the racism and misogyny of the ...
RT @RahilaG: On our intermingled, or should I say intermangled histories, racism, political blackness & tearing down of statues. A short monologue written by my daughter @AtihaSenGupta for @KaliTheatreUK @JoshuaVirasami @ukblm @SBSisters ...
#3 of #16Days is Alice who like 3.6 million people over the age of 70 were not online (Age UK) and desperately relied on face-to-face social interactions to obtain respite from living alone & caregiving responsibilities. “For me it feels like what’s ...
RT @AngelouCentre1: #16Days -3-Our Positive Change Partnership @HumraazBlackbur @SaheliMcr @ApnaHaq1 @RochdaleWomen supports sexual violence survivors- over 60% have experienced direct abuse in relation to their immigration matters. Other ...
RT @KalbirBains: #16days of activism against gender based violence 25th Nov - 10th Dec - Here is a picture I took on, one of my many walks in #london during unfolding COVID-19 crisis. https://t.co/Uu7IUl...
RT @FemicideCensus: Jane Monckton Smith: "Every week, between 4 and 10 women suffering with domestic abuse are killing themselves." #FemicideCensus10ye...
RT @FemicideCensus: Karen Ingala Smith: “I want to say to men, ‘Stop killing, beating, raping, assuming you have the right to our bodies.’” #FemicideCensus10ye...
RT @FemicideCensus: Onjali Rauf: “During this year, we know the number of women calling out for help and actually dying is going up.” #FemicideCensus10ye...
RT @FemicideCensus: Davina James-Hanman: “What stops women from leaving: they don’t have anywhere to live, don’t have anything to live on, and he will still have contact (due to the children).” #FemicideCensus10ye...
RT @FemicideCensus: Onjali Rauf: “89% were killed within their first year of freedom, leaving the perpetrator.” #FemicideCensus10ye...
RT @FemicideCensus: Nimko Ali: “Black women are always asked to choose between their blackness and justice.” #FemicideCensus10ye...
RT @FemicideCensus: Davina James-Hanman: “There are incredible levels of racism in the media.” #FemicideCensus10ye...
RT @FemicideCensus: Nimko Ali: "Woman are not hysterical when they say he is going to kill me". Sexism and racism intersect and may mean that women are not listened to when they are predicting their own deaths #FemicideCensus10ye...
RT @FemicideCensus: Davina-James Hanman: "Unfortunately we live in a world were women are routinely seen to be liars". We *must* listen to women #FemicideCensus10ye...
RT @lawrsuk: Discriminatory & hostile policies such as #NRPF put migrant women at risk of destitution & harm when fleeing abuse. On #16days Farah's story talks about the risks women face when they are denied help due to #NRPF ...