Women in Prison is an organisation offering advice and support for women affected by the criminal justice system. We now have two new projects, Housing and Domestic & Sexual Violence, that sit alongside our core work. Both projects are aimed at women in, or returning to, London. Through our Housing Project we offer dedicated housing more »
CONTINUE READINGPlease click here for WRC’s template response to the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) VAWG consultation. (NB. This response is an updated version of the one previously published on this site, incorporating additional survey responses.) You can read more about the consultation and WRC’s briefing on the issue here (under the ‘Consultations’ tab.) Please more »
CONTINUE READINGWe currently have five vacancies at WRC! Please follow the links below for more information on the roles and how to apply to join the Women’s Resource Centre team. Training and Partnership Facilitation Officer Training and Financial Sustainability Officer Business Development Officer Shared Head of Sustainability and Development Head of Policy Completed applications should be more »
CONTINUE READINGThe London Borough of Lambeth wishes to offer an opportunity for an experienced and suitably qualified organisation to deliver the provision of a specialist community based service for female offenders. To view the full advert and for further information please click here. The aims of the service are: To reduce reoffending amongst women To divert more »
CONTINUE READINGMOPAC are currently undertaking a consultation for the second mayoral strategy on violence against women and girls (2013-16); the consultation is now open and closes on 9 August 2013. Like the first strategy, the second will be an integrated VAWG strategy with prevention at its heart, but MOPAC’s aim this time is to focus on action more »
CONTINUE READINGAnnecka Marshall, PhD (University of Warwick) is writing a book entitled Black Sisterhood: Black Feminism, Womanism and Women’s Organizing. She will be conducting semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions with members of Black women’s organizations, Black feminists and womanists between June and August 2013. Dr Marshall wants to investigate the importance of Black women’s independent more »
CONTINUE READINGAn investigation into the reporting of familial sexual abuse in South Asian communities The following questionnaire is part of a University of Roehampton research project that hopes to gain a better understanding of the nature and consequences of sexual violence and abuse in South Asian communities in England. The project aims to explore whether sexual offending more »
CONTINUE READINGMayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) are currently undertaking a consultation for the second mayoral strategy on violence against women and girls (2013-16); the consultation is now open and closes on 9 August 2013. This is an important consultation for the women’s sector and WRC are putting together a response. If you are not more »
CONTINUE READINGRota, the BAME-led social policy think tank that focuses on race equality and issues affecting Britain’s BAME communities, has started the petition “The British Government: Keep the Public Sector Equality Duty” and need your help to get it off the ground. Will you take 30 seconds to sign it? Please CLICK HERE to sign. Here’s more »
CONTINUE READINGRoss says ‘Not all rape is rape’… Our CEO, Vivienne Hayes tells the Daily Mail: ‘Does Ross think all women and girls should lock themselves away or wear a chastity belt because men and boys are not expected to monitor and control their behaviour?’ For more on this story: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2330930/Crimewatch-creator-Nick-Ross-provokes-fury-suggesting-rape-rape-victim-drunk-leading-men-on.html#ixzz2UZyAEJTY
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