Emma Humphreys 2019 – Picklejar Films
We were delighted to have Picklejar Films at our 2019 event with the Centre for Women’s Justice – many thanks to them for these very moving short films showing the highlights of the evening:
EHMP and CWJ Awards 2019
Many thanks to everyone who contributed to making our 2019 awards so special. For the first time EHMP held the awards jointly with the Centre for Women’s Justice. The awards were chaired by Samira Ahmed. The Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize was given jointly to Afsana Lachaux and Maryam Namazie. The first ever Centre for Women’s […]
Lilly Lewis – Centre for Women’s Justice Award Winner – 2019
Lilly Lewis is a survivor and campaigner who has done her campaigning work over the last three years despite being incarcerated. After being sentenced to seven year’s imprisonment in 2016 she began to work with APPEAL’s Women’s Justice Initiative to use her story to campaign about the treatment of abused women by the criminal justice […]
Maryam Namazie – Joint EHMP Winner – 2019
Maryam Namazie was the first public female atheist from a Muslim background in the UK. Maryam began campaigning over a decade ago and has always focused on the issues of women from Muslim backgrounds. Her work challenges both sex inequality within Islam as well as the additional difficulties that women face after leaving Islam.
Afsana Lachaux – Joint EHMP Winner – 2019
Afsana Lachaux has spent the past five years campaigning for women’s access to justice. After having to flee Dubai, and whilst continuing to fight for the return of her son, Afsana has successfully campaigned for the FCO to include warnings to women about the potential impact of sharia law in travel guidance, as well as fighting […]
Magdalen Berns – Special Award Winner – 2019
Magdalen Berns was a campaigner for lesbian and other women’s rights. She produced YouTube videos in defence of women’s private spaces and sex specific rights. She had a wide reach in introducing new women to radical feminism and faced down a lot of hostility for publicising her views. Magdalen died in September 2019, aged 36.
Meena Patel – Lifetime Achievement Award Winner – 2019
Meena Patel joined Southall Black Sisters in 1987. Since then she has spearheaded SBS’ campaigns to raise awareness of the violence experienced by Black and ethnic minority women. She also runs SBS’ survivor involvement work, and helps other women to politicise their experiences: many of these women have gone on to campaign with SBS. Meena […]
