Silenced voices speak: strategies for protecting migrant women from violence and abuse – ROW – 8th December 2011
Speakers:
Catherine Briddick, Senior Legal Officer, Rights of Women
Pragna Patel, Director, Southall Black Sisters
Debora Singer, Policy and Research Manager, Asylum Aid
Adam Weiss, Director, the AIRE Centre
Invited:
Matthew Coates, Gender Champion, UK Border Agency
Chair:
Emma Scott, Director, Rights of Women
Date: Wednesday 7 December 2011
Time: 6-7.30pm followed by refreshments (registration at 5.45pm)
Venue: The Human Rights Action Centre, Amnesty International UK, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA
Map: http://www.amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=10151.
Nearest Tube: Old Street
In April 2011 Rights of Women launched a new immigration and asylum law legal advice line. This research, which analyses six months of calls to this line, identifies and analyses the key barriers and issues for women seeking safety and protection in the UK. Join us for the launch of our report analysing those calls and to discuss with our panel of experts strategies for protecting women who are currently falling through the protection gaps in UK immigration and asylum law policy.
Wine and refreshments will be served. The event will also give you the opportunity to see Women Asylum Seekers Together London’s photography exhibition ‘Home Sweet Home’, to visit stalls run by Asylum Aid and the Asylum Support Appeals Project, to network and discuss with panellists and co-activists legal and policy concerns.
This event is CPD accredited by the Bar Standards Board and Law Society for 1.5 CPD points. To secure a place at the launch please download a booking form from http://www.rightsofwomen.org.uk/current.php and email it to events@row.org.uk.
