Events

Women’s uncensored experiences of detention and deportation

Speakers include:

Paulina B – won a precedent setting case & compensation for illegal detention, Fatma K – centrally involved in a Yarl’s Wood hunger strike which led to over a dozen rape survivors being released, Celina M – witnessed the sprucing up of Yarl’s Wood in preparation for VIP visits, Jalia S – detained with her two small children – interviewed by TV on release.

Plus taped interviews with women currently detained or illegally deported.

The struggle against poverty, war & occupation

Rape and Prostitution – A Question of Consent

While government feminists and religious fundamentalists say prostitution is rape and claim most sex workers have been trafficked, rapists continue to get away with it – the conviction rate for reported rape in England and Wales is 6%. But a growing international movement for women’s safety is demanding the decriminalisation of sex work. In England it is opposing a new bill to "rehabilitate" sex workers, raid brothels and criminalise clients. In San Francisco 41% voted for decriminalisation in the last election.

You Tube video of Ruth Hall of WAR speaking at the House of Commons meeting on 3 Feb

Women Against Rape 30th anniversary

Summons to a Public Trial
The rape of justice: Who’s guilty?

16 February 2008 2-5 pm
Doors open at 1.30

Report of Public Trial

Three decades ago, when it was still legal for a man to rape his wife, Women Against Rape, just formed, announced a rape trial with a difference: women were putting the government and its criminal justice system on trial for condoning and even encouraging rape.

Most people now support women’s right to say NO under any circumstance and at any point, and to get justice when that NO is ignored. Yet, the conviction rate for recorded rape is down to 5.7%. So once again we are putting the authorities on trial for persistently “letting rapists off the hook,” which denies women and girls justice and makes us all vulnerable.

Saturday's conference opened with a session on 'Rape and domestic violence – Justice CAN be won'
A Ugandan survivor described how rape she suffered was dismissed by the immigration authorities,
Lisa Longstaff (Women Against Rape) & Cristel Amiss (Black Women's Rape Action Project) co-chaired

Celebrate International Women's Day 2007 with the Global Women's Strike Conference
RAPE, RACE and PROSTITUTION

Campaigning for justice in the 21st century

Entrance: £20 funded organisations and professionals; £10 waged; £5 low waged; £3 unwaged; asylum seekers freeNo one turned away for lack of funds. Wheelchair accessible (toilets nearby)
All Welcome

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