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Conference: National Refugee Women’s Conference on SET HER FREE and the campaign against detention

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National Refugee Women’s Conference on
SET HER FREE
and the campaign against detention
14 January 2015
at the Amnesty International Human Rights Action Centre, London EC2A 3EA, 10.30 to 4pm
Hear from inspirational speakers including:
Meltem Avcil, ex-detainee and campaigner (below at the Summit to End Sexual VioIMG_0273lence in Conflict); Nimko Ali, anti-FGM campaigner; Diana Nammi, campaigner against honour killing and Woman of the Year at the Women on the Move Awards, Zrinka Bralo of the Migrant & Refugee Communities Forum
Join the energy of the London Refugee Women’s Forum, Women Asylum Seekers Together Manchester, Women Asylum Seekers Together London, Hope Projects, Embrace, Why Refugee Women – groups at the forefront of the campaign against detention
Find out what we have done in the campaign so far and how we can work together to end detention
Workshops include campaigning with the arts, working with the media,
Download Conference Flyer (JPG File)
Download Conference Flyer (JPG File)
campaigning online and organising protests
Performances from the London Refugee Women’s Forum and WAST Manchester
Includes the launch of our brand new research on the treatment of women in detention
You don’t have to be a refugee woman to come to this conference – this is open to everyone who supports justice and solidarity with women seeking sanctuary
Further details on the Set Her Free Campaign can be found here: http://refugeewomen.com/campaign/
 http://refugeearchives.wordpress.com/2015/01/05/conference-national-refugee-womens-conference-on-set-her-free-and-the-campaign-against-detention/

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