Sian has been a writer and feminist activist for over ten years. Between 2007 – 2013 she co-organised three Reclaim the Night marches, while co-running the Bristol Feminist Network. She is the founder and director of the Bristol Women’s Literature Festival which aims to tackle cultural femicide. She has written on male violence against women for […]
Samantha began campaigning after her daughter Jayden was murdered by her pattern. She set up the campaign Jayden’s Gift, she has participated in documentaries and speaks at events, telling her daughter’s story and campaigning for the safety of other women.
Roxanne used the Femicide Census as the inspiration to create ‘The most beautiful project that shouldn’t exist’. She decided to commemorate the 598 women killed by a current or former partner between 2009 and 2015 by creating a quilt of 598 patches, each one dedicated to a murdered woman. The finished quilt was unveiled in […]
Mehala is a campaigner-survivor who successfully campaigned for survivors of domestic abuse in Bristol to be placed in the highest priority band for social housing. She worked on the national campaign to allow survivors of domestic abuse to register to vote anonymously. She was involved in organising the Bristol #MeToo march in 2017, and set […]
Jessica is a forensic psychologist whose work focuses on victim blaming. She started the #nomoreCSEfilms campaign which has succeeded in getting a number of local authorities, police forces, and charities to stop using graphic and potentially traumatising, victim blaming resources in interventions with children affected by child sexual abuse. With Claire Paterson-Young, she recently published The Little […]
Attendees of the 2018 FiLiA conference can get a special deal on tickets to our twentieth anniversary event. FiLiA and the Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize have worked in collaboration since 2013 and we’re thrilled to be able to offer attendees this price. If you attended this year’s FiLiA please contact EmmaHPrize@gmail.com for details of how […]
We’re very excited to share the shortlist for the 2018 Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize. It’s our twentieth year of the prize and we’ve received more nominations for women working against male violence against women than ever before. It’s been wonderful to read about all the work that women are doing and the shortlisting process this […]
Join us on the 1st November for the 2018 Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize awards dinner – hosted by Jenni Murray at The Real Greek Bankside. To celebrate the twentieth year of EHMP we are holding a very special evening of entertainment, dinner, and prizes. Each ticket includes a glass of prosecco on arrival, a meze […]
You can now nominate women and groups campaigning against male violence against women for the 2018 EHMP award by going to the nominate tab at the top of the website, or by clicking here
Agency for Culture and Change Management UK (ACCM UK) are a charity and an international non-governmental organisation who work to lobby for and communicate the effects of legislation concerning Female Genital Mutilation, Forced Arranged Marriage, Honour Based Violence and other harmful traditional practices in the UK. ACCM UK works closely with local communities through organising […]
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