16 days: Apna Haq

16 days: Apna Haq

Addressing the imbalance working towards justice We ACT because they … provide confidential, one-to-one support for Asian women experiencing domestic violence, providing them with information about the services available to help, including on refuges, housing, police support, and legal support. Apna Haq is a specialist Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) women’s organisation with over twenty […]

Introducing…16 days of activism

Introducing…16 days of activism

What are the 16 days? ICchange needs your support for 16 days of action created by the UN to make sure that vital work being done to stop gender-based violence continues to transform the lives of women and girls. The campaign starts on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, […]

SAVE APNA HAQ

SAVE APNA HAQ

It was a huge privilege to join Apna Haq today in protesting against funding cuts to their vital services. At ICchange we are campaigning for the UK government to ratify – or bring into law – a transformational international agreement: the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence. The Istanbul Convention is ground-breaking. […]

Join us to march on 22 November

Join us to march on 22 November

JOIN US MARCHING TO REMEMBER THE WOMEN KILLED ON SUNDAY 22nd NOVEMBER 2015 2 women are killed by a partner or ex-partner every week in the UK. This statistic is horrifying. But we can take action to help protect women who are at risk. We need to make sure that we take action to ensure vital […]