Against Rape
Black Women's Rape Action Project
&
Women Against Rape
Of Black women, nearly 1 in 8 has suffered racist sexual assault.
Two women a week are murdered by their partner or ex-partner.
98% of domestic violence is not reported to the police.
Only 2.7% of applications for paternal child contact are refused (of a total of 46,000 in 2003).
An estimated 50% of women seeking asylum in Britain have fled rape.
Less than 6% of reported rapes result in conviction.
International statistics on rape from the UN
WAR offers support, legal advocacy, info, counselling & campaigns.
Self-help for rape survivors seeking asylum: a volunteer project
of Women Against Rape
Donations
to WAR are handled by Just Giving - a secure site used by many
leading charities
BWRAP offers practical support and counselling to Black and immigrant women and other women of colour, including asylum seekers. Contact us/make a donation Action contre le viol des femmes noires; Proyecto de Acción de Mujeres Negras contra la Violación; Projecto de acção de estrupro para mullheres de côr
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Why so few convictions for rape and racist violence? |
Guardian
quotes WAR, 15 Jan 08
Delegation of rape survivors meet with Solicitor General, 07 Press report
PRESS
RELEASE:
The
homicide review into the deaths of Julia and William Pemberton
begins this week,
Jan 07
My sister was killed while the police did nothing
Observer 11 March 07
Rape Convictions,
Guardian Letter
10 Feb 07
Press release:
Without Consent
report on police & CPS, 07
Submissions
from BWRAP and WAR to Harriet Harman Minister
for Women Consultation on Priorities, 07
Evidence to Judicial Studies Board Equal Treatment Advisory Committee, 07
One in three people blame women for being raped, finds Amnesty survey - WAR's comment
'Don't you want to
know why I'm bleeding?'
Man convicted of GBH against a Muslim
woman,
Guardian 2 Aug 06
'Why we believe the
police have lost sight of rape',
Times 17 Jan 06.
While Tony and Ian Blair focus on defeating
terrorists, are domestic violence, rape and racist assault being
forgotten?
Ian Huntley was not a one-off
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Legal
backlash against |
Women who falsely cry rape could be named
and shamed by judges
Times 10 March 07
Press your MP to sign
EDM 1082 -
ANONYMITY IN RAPE CASES
Letter to the
Attorney General
protesting prosecutions of women who report rape and breach of
their anonymity - please endorse
Press release
more on
press highlights page
WAR's 30th Anniversary
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Seeking justice |
'Rape victim told to show duvet to
police' Independent, 2 Oct
Petition: End the Rape of Justice
Public Trial:
The rape of
justice -
Who's guilty?
Reports & photos of the Trial
Open
letter to Vera Baird,
Solicitor General, in
Times Online
Interview
with
woman testifying at Trial
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Related
articles |
The case
against
anonymous
prosecution
witnesses,
Guardian Letter 10 July 08
Call for
new
rape inquiry squads,
&
Rape case was
'a complete mess',
BBC,
July 08
Senior Met officer blames scepticism for low conviction rate,
Guardian 4
March, WAR's
Response
Article in
Tribune
about safety of sex workers Why society is still
failing prostitutes'
Guardian
Letters
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Winning compensation |
Woman wins appeal against compensation cut made because she had been drinking, reported in Morning Star, 12 Aug & link BBC Radio 4 Today:
Rape survivors win right to sue, Guardian 31 Jan 08
How we helped a London rape survivor
double her compensation
My struggle for
compensation for rape as a child
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Rape of
women |
Rape of women in
Iraq & Afghanistan by US/UK Forces
Press Statement
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Journalist
Giuliana Sgrena kidnapped
All Iraq is Abu Graib,
Haifa Zangana, July
06
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Kenyan Women To Sue British Army for
Alleged Rapes
WeNews:
US
Judge Theresa Deni
rules that a victim working as a prostitute, could not be raped:
it was “theft of services”
Extraordinary speech by Indian woman on village protests led by grassroots women against rape
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Seeking asylum |
Latest
News:
Asylum seeking children to have rights
Asylum from Rape Petition now online
Asylum from Rape Bulletin Summer
08
Rape finally
acknowledged by UN as a weapon of war
Good news! Betty and her children reunited;
£15,000 for asylum seeker illegally detained in UK
International Women's Day 8 March 08 Picket Serco "Close down Yarl's Wood & all Detention Centres"
Janipher Maseko's interview
First person| Family | Guardian
24 Nov 07
Safe at last: Rape victim is
granted asylum
Hampstead and Highgate Express
22 Nov 07
. . . ACTION ALERT . . . ACTION ALERT . . .
Independent Investigation demanded by women in Yarl’s Wood Removal Centre
Misjudging Rape
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Breaching Gender Guidelines and International Law in Asylum
Appeals,
5 Dec
Asylum from
Rape
Bulletin, Summer 07
Asylum from Rape Bulletin,
Oct/Nov 06
WAR's Rape Rights
Sheet
(pdf)
here
Asylum from Rape Petition
available to download as pdf
here
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Conference 07:
RAPE, RACE & PROSTITUTION
Campaigning for justice in the 21st
century
Rape and
domestic violence – Justice CAN be won
with
WAR & BWRAP
Photo from the Conference