In partnership with Doctors of the World we have been honoured to meet the representatives of NGOs from across the UK supporting migrant survivors of #SGBV & #traficking. Thanks to all contributors for their viable recommendations for improvements in policy and practice Birmingham School of Social Policy

Important workshop held today! We heard a lot about much-needed changes, from better safeguarding procedures, allocation of adequate resources to mental health and the NGO casework, more safe-housing support, better staff training in immigration policy and practice and more!

In partnership with Doctors of the World we have been honoured today to meet with healthcare professionals from across the UK and talk about changes needed to better support #SGBV survivors in health practice and policy. Thanks to all contributors for sharing their recommendations

SEREDA UK lead Dr Lisa Goodson and Amy Stevens of Doctors of the World welcome participants of the third workshop - policy-makers and influencers - to jointly develop recommendations for improving resettlement experiences for forced migrant SGBV survivors in the UK

Lisa Goodson, SEREDA UK Lead, shares key findings from the UK, covering a range of implications and barriers to accessing support faced by forced migrant SGBV survivors at the individual, organisational and policy levels Dr Lisa Goodson

We thank all contributors to SEREDA UK workshops. We are honoured to engage with all participants & voices highlighting the challenges forced migrants face in accessing support, associated with the UK asylum & immigration system, from culture of disbelief to hostile environments

Embrace community based partnerships to end sexual and gender based abuse and violence. IGI Birmingham @jones_bradbury @sainNatash, Uganda Women's Network ,CEDOVIP

Today SEREDA's Project Lead Jenny phillimore @[email protected] addresses the Call to Action annul members meeting and we launch our new briefing with key findings: The SEREDA project: Highlighting the continuum of SGBV in forced migration birmingham.ac.uk/documents/coll…

sobering facts and figures sereda_IRiS on #SGBV experienced by forced migrants IFRC #PGI learning forum.There are new insights on violent dependency & also how forced consciption for men should be counted as an act of SGBV.Thank you Sandra Pertek & Jenny phillimore @[email protected] for joining us

As we approach #16DaysofActivism against #GBV, we began early from important conversations. We discussed the continuum of violence across forced migration and what this means for humanitarian responses. Key points in this briefing: birmingham.ac.uk/documents/coll…

Join the launch of our report setting out the UK findings of research with forced migrant victims of SGBV: Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) and refugees in the UK: implications for protection. Tuesday, 30 November 2021, 12:00 Register at: eventbrite.co.uk/e/sgbv-and-ref…

We look forward to discussing how we can best work together to improve the lives of SGBV survivors by taking action & mainstreaming SGBV and trauma sensitivity into the asylum system and health service delivery in UK with Doctors of the World Jenny phillimore @[email protected] IRiS Sandra Pertek

Today we sent evidence from sereda_IRiS to the Ministry of Justice. We argue for all victims regardless of their immigration status to be protected and supported. ALL VICTIMS to have access to justice. You can still contribute evidence too: gov.uk/government/con…

Women and girls face specific vulnerabilities in forced migration, including sexual and gender-based violence. In this week's Birmingham Brief, Jenny phillimore @[email protected] and Sandra Pertek outline the findings and recommendations from sereda_IRiS: birmingham.ac.uk/news/thebirmin…

Here with Jenny phillimore @[email protected] we write: "Response To #Ukraine Crisis Must #Protect Women And Children From Gender-Based #Violence, #Trafficking And Exploitation". We discuss different risks & what actions are needed, ahead of the sereda_IRiS report launch: emsnow.com/response-to-uk……

Looking forward to the sereda_IRiS launch in Geneva “NOBODY HELPED ME”: GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND FORCED MIGRATION FROM DISPLACEMENT TO REFUGE. Please pass the message to colleagues based there. The panel will also consider #Ukraine #SGBV #displacement redcrossmuseum.ch/en/sereda-inte…

Great to be at launch of sereda_IRiS report today in Cardiff - findings of forced migration and sexual and gender-based violence in Wales with Prof Jenny phillimore @[email protected] and Minister for Social Justice, Jane Hutt Welsh Government Communities

The continuum of gender-based violence is very broad and presences at every stage of a refugee’s journey and then is amplified by structural violence and racism in a country of ‘asylum’. Great panel featuring sereda_IRiS Sandra Pertek Jenny phillimore @[email protected] Dr Lisa Goodson & Tatiana Morais

The #IllegalMigrationBill will cause untold suffering to survivors of SGBV who have legitimate claims for protection and will do nothing to break the trafficking model, as detailed in our latest briefing here: birmingham.ac.uk/documents/coll… Pip McKnight Jenny phillimore @[email protected]