Southall Black Sisters was founded in 1979 following the murder of anti-racist activist Blair Peach and since then have combined providing advocacy for local women with nationally reaching campaigns. Their most high profile campaigns have included those for the release of Kiranjit Ahluwalia and Zoora Shah, and campaigns around forced marriage and the abolition of […]
IC Change is a grassroots volunteer-led campaign that has made a huge impact in a short period of time. Their work during 2016 to raise awareness of the Istanbul Convention and press for its ratification in the UK has been both inspiration and successful. They have effectively built broad-based support across the political spectrum, women’s […]
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 […]
Ending Victimisation and Blame have created an anonymous platform for survivors of domestic and sexual violence and abuse to share their stories, providing a safe, supportive, anonymous and non-judgemental space for those who have experienced Domestic & Sexual Violence and Abuse to share their experiences. They offer training and consultancy for those working with people […]
Young Women Against Violence Empowered (YWAVE) is a group of young women aged 16-25 who are committed to raising awareness around the issue of Domestic Abuse and its effects on children and young people. Many of the women have had their own experience of abuse and have completed training to become peer mentors for other […]
Survivors of Prostitution-Abuse Calling for Enlightenment. SPACE is an international organisation committed both to raising the public’s consciousness of the harm of prostitution and to lobbying governments to do something about it. SPACE includes members from France, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Canada, the US and the UK, formed to give voice to women who have survived […]
KWAN is an autonomous women’s group based in Kabala in the Northern Region of Sierra Leone. This area was the scene of some of the worst violence during the civil war, with much of the population either involved in the fighting or directly victimised. Many of the men living there now are ex-combatants and domestic violence, alongside […]
Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize 