What a day! 🤍

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for an inspiring and energising day of renewed and new connections, solidarity-building, learning and sharing, and POWER!

You give us the much needed energy to continue what we do.

Ramadan Mubarak to all those observing the Holy month, especially to staff, providers & residents who will be fasting in prison. At this important time of community, reflection & faith may the almighty continue to plant seeds of understanding, harmony & justice #RamadanKareem

Another massive blunder by the GB News team.

This time, they've managed to misspell 'migrants.'

Want to learn more about the UK's policies and practices? Read the joint report here: theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/International_…

With our partners Hibiscus Initiatives , we reported about the policies that the UK has implemented that create a hostile environment for migrants, particularly Black and minoritized migrant women.

Solidarity with Diane Abbott!

Black women MPs and those who take part in any kind of public life face misogynoir and threats of violence daily.

These are not just words, they are deployed to silence us and they have serious and dangerous consequences
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128% increase in self-harm amongst women in HMP Eastwood Park, says report from Independent Monitoring Boards

Read our full response here: bit.ly/48ZMRNL

#WomenInPrison

This is yet another blanket definition from government to squash the voices of civil society, further curbing our democratic rights and freedoms, which will disproportionately impact social and racial justice organisations.

Frank Hester's comments about Diane Abbott are repugnant and emblematic of structural misogyny and racism.

We condemn the normalisation of such behaviour implicit in the expectation that Abbott accept a measly apology after being subjected to such frightening hate speech. 1/2

We have joined over 50 VAWG orgs and academics to write to James Cleverly🇬🇧 Home Office to oppose the recent change in policy to the MVDAC. We are concerned about the cliff edge the extension creates for a cohort of migrant victim-survivors.

Read📷.

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The UK fails in its international human rights obligations by creating barriers for migrant women to claim asylum within its borders. The UK government must repeal legislation – Nationality and Borders Act and Illegal Migration Act – in line with its human rights obligations.

This vital ground-breaking research led by our partner Dr Sofia Buncy MBE DL will seek to identify & address factors contributing to the disproportionate representation of young Muslim girls in the CJS & develop pathways of change shaped by the voices of young Muslim women Barrow Cadbury Trust 🧡

Today, the House of Lords votes on the cruel Rwanda Bill.

So we went to Parliament to tell Rishi Sunak to stop playing games with refugees’ lives.

Peers must reject the Rwanda Bill.

Black and minoritised migrant women face racism when confronting the CJS and immigration regime. Systemic barriers require institutional reform and repeal of laws. The hostile environment denies access to rights and justice. Government must meet its human rights obligations.