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 […]
Born in Newport, Wales to a Welsh woman and Yemeni man, Gabriella was 5, her mother disappeared. A year later her father was charged with (her mother’s) manslaughter and imprisoned. Her mother’s body has never been found. Gabriella and her three sisters were put in to care. Gabriella was 12 when her father – released […]
Cath Elliott is a feminist writer, campaigner, and trade unionist. Cath has written for Comment is Free and other online sites, as well as her own blog http://toomuchtosayformyself.com where her focus has always been on feminism and the endemic problem of violence against women. Until her recent decision to leave her job so she could […]
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 […]
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 […]
