A Special Award was given to Denise Marshall, the former CEO and extraordinary feminist who passed away on the 21st of August 2015. The award was accepted on her behalf by her widow Lisa Alabaksh. During her lengthy career within the women’s sector, Marshall was the founder of an internationally acclaimed scheme, the Poppy Project, which […]
Million Women Rise (MWR) is a movement made up of thousands of women who are united by outrage at the continued daily, hourly, minute-by-minute individual and institutionalised male violence enacted against women worldwide. They believe that every woman and child has a right to live free from violence and that ongoing violence devastates not only […]
For 40 years Rights of Women has worked and campaigned to secure access to justice for all women affected by violence. From the campaign to make rape in marriage a crime in the early 1980s through to working with government to develop new civil and criminal law remedies in relation to forced marriage and prostitution […]
Sisters Uncut aims to draw attention to the politics of cuts to domestic violence services. The group does this, primarily, by taking direct action. The actions taken by Sisters Uncut have increased awareness and seen the attendance at organising meetings increase significantly after each action. This is due to the public nature of our actions […]
In July of 2015, Clear Lines curated and hosted the UK’s first-ever festival dedicated to talking about sexual assault and consent through the arts and discussion. Clear Lines was created by a group of women who work in the field of sexual assault or have experienced it themselves. They are all passionate about finding safe […]
Winnie M Li has worked tirelessly to radically reframe the discussion around rape and sexual violence across the UK. Stemming from her own experience of being raped in 2008 by a 15-year-old stranger in a park, Winnie focuses her writing and her advocacy on fundamental questions around sexual assault and violence: Why can’t we talk […]
Becoming Unbecoming is a devastating personal account of gender violence told in graphic-novel form, set against the backdrop of the 1970s Yorkshire Ripper man-hunt. Una’s is a major new voice speaking out about the silencing of women with a beautiful, unflinching and empowering memoir. Una believes that too much emphasis rests on the strength or […]
