This is the joint website of Women Against Rape and Black Women's Rape Action Project. Both organisations are based on self-help and provide support, legal information and advocacy. We campaign for justice and protection for all women and girls, including asylum seekers, who have suffered sexual, domestic and/or racist violence.

WAR was founded in 1976. It has won changes in the law, such as making rape in marriage a crime, set legal precedents and achieved compensation for many women. BWRAP was founded in 1991. It focuses on getting justice for women of colour, bringing out the particular discrimination they face. It has prevented the deportation of many rape survivors. Both organisations are multiracial.

When Janipher Maseko finally won her right to remain

Success story

When Janipher Maseko finally won her right to remain under legacy in December 2008, she was overwhelmed . . . “women in Yarl’s Wood, BWRAP and Nursing Matters and many other supporters saved me and my kids when I was detained in 2007 without them . . . I was so distressed I was ready to give up, but once I knew people were angry about how I had been treated . . I fought back . . . now the horrors of what happened are behind us. We are happy and my children are settled . . . but my son may have learning problems because he was taken from me at four weeks old while he was still breastfeeding. Social Services are monitoring his progress and I am finally getting help and support to look after them both thanks to my solicitors and BWRAP.”

Interview with Janipher Maseko in the Guardian Saturday 24 November 2007
Stop the threatened removal of Janipher Maseko, breastfeeding mother with two babies May 2007
Ms Janipher Maseko to be released from detention! 31 May 2007

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