16 days: My Body Back

16 days: My Body Back

  When receiving vital care feels like you are re-living traumatic events, something has to be done. We ACT because they … support women to re-gain control over their health, their bodies and themselves following sexual assault. The My Body Back clinic opened on the 6th August 2015 in Barts Health NHS Trust providing a […]

16 days: Asylum Aid

16 days: Asylum Aid

Ensuring that women seeking asylum in the UK are treated with fairness and dignity We ACT because they… provide women seeking asylum with support and legal advice; educate, lobby, and campaign on issues affecting women seeking asylum; and run training on gender issues in the asylum system. Asylum Aid work to support people seeking refuge […]

16 days: Stay Safe East

16 days: Stay Safe East

Domestic violence is never easy to seek help for, but what if you have nowhere to go that understands? We ACT because they… listen and respond to disabled women experiencing domestic violence or hate crime Stay Safe East is a leading organisation for disabled women experiencing domestic violence and disability hate crime. Yet, it is […]

16 days: White Ribbon

16 days: White Ribbon

The largest effort in the world of men working to end men’s violence against women We ACT because they … work to ensure men take more responsibility for ending violence against women Violence against women is mainly carried out by men so it can only end if men take action. White Ribbon is a national […]

16 days: IKWRO

16 days: IKWRO

Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation (IKWRO) Protecting and promoting the rights of Middle Eastern, North African and Afghan women and girls who are at risk of violence and abuse We ACT because they… provide advice and support to women to escape the threat of ‘honour’ based violence, forced marriage, child marriage, female genital mutilation […]