Latin American Women's Rights Service - LAWRS
@lawrsuk
Specialist 'by and for' BME organisation. 40 years upholding Latin American & other migrant women's rights in the UK. Leading the #StepUpMigrantWomen coalition.
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http://www.lawrs.org.uk 11-03-2010 14:13:37
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Survivors with communication needs are being denied their rights to justice and support. We join Latin American Women's Rights Service - LAWRS Imkaan Women's Aid IRISi interventions Rape Crisis England & Wales Refuge Manchester Women's Aid Rape Crisis South London The Traveller Movement NIDAS in calling on The Labour Party to #ListenToUs!
Thank you Women's Aid for inviting us to your 50th Anniversary. The power of partnerships is crucial for supporting the work of ‘by and for’ organisations such as ours. Together we can ensure migrant survivors rights are upheld regardless of their immigration status.
Publicity = protection so it's vital what happened to Migrants At Work LTD. founder Aké Achi is shared far & wide. Aké safeguards migrant workers when statutory agencies fail to. He runs a small team yet receives ongoing referrals from better funded UK orgs. theguardian.com/world/article/…
NEW PETITION: End racist rhetoric. End racist riots. Racist violence is carried out by a tiny minority, but we all see the racist rhetoric that provokes it. Enough. Add your name to say racist rhetoric must end in parliament, in the media and online. act.refugee-action.org.uk/page/154730/pe…
This 👇🏽 is an example of how social services, recruited into a hostile environment mindset push families into poverty. Many families are blocked from benefits & are expected to survive on crumbs (actually - unlawfully low levels of money) from councils. Shame on London Borough of Bexley ❌
🚨 Urgent, please share 🚨 We believe approx 150 asylum seekers were unlawfully detained for removal to Rwanda & need to raise £13,000 to prove it. Please donate to help us & DuncanLewisPublicLaw take the Home Office to court. Together we can secure justice: crowdjustice.com/case/justice-f…