Too many women in the UK are still being sent to prison instead of receiving community sanctions and targeted support to address the causes of their offending, according to a Soroptimist International. The women’s prison population doubled between 1995 and 2010. Most women in prison serve short prison sentences for non-violent offences and many have themselves been more »
CONTINUE READINGDate & Time: From 12th January 2015 onwards Organiser: West London Rape Crisis Description: www.wgn.org.uk/ West London Rape Crisis Centre (Women and Girls Network – Women’s Self-Empowerment Groups West London Rape Crisis Centre (part of Women and Girls Network) is now running self-empowerment groups for women 18 and over in West London who have experienced more »
CONTINUE READINGUpRising is a UK-wide youth leadership development organisation. At UpRising we deliver a range of skills and knowledge session for young people aged 19-25 on our programme with the aim of exploring different themes in leadership and identify the power players across all sectors of society. As part of the programme, we aim to match more »
CONTINUE READINGPlease participate in this survey on improving health outcomes for women offenders How does your organisation help to improve health outcomes for women offenders? Clinks has launched a survey to find out more about voluntary sector health services for women in the Criminal Justice System. The findings will be used to highlight and share good more »
CONTINUE READINGThe Quipu Project – an interactive documentary that allows communities affected by a forcible sterilisation programme in Peru in the 1990s to share their stories – has launched a crowd-funding campaign to raise funds to develop and expand its ground-breaking work: http://igg.me/at/quipuproject The project which is based in the UK, collaborates with women and men more »
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