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NARTHEX in collaboration with Bethel Doula Project are holding a
FREE Antenatal /Childbirth Drop-In Session
WHEN : beginning 8th April 2011, 1pm -3pm and every 2nd Friday of the month
WHERE : St Johns Church Community Rooms - entrance on Shakespeare St, Sparkhill B11 4RG
Bus number 6 from City Centre stops very close
No need to book - just turn up - let us know though if you need an interpreter -
All welcome from any area and at any stage of pregnancy. The sessions will be run by Isabelle Karimov, qualified Doula, trained NCT antenatal teacher and Baby Friendly Implementation Officer in HOB PCT
Debbie Ducille, 07713 113215
Mary Carroll,07988 742380
'Unsustainable: the quality of initial decision-making in women’s asylum claims'
Click here to read this new report from Asylum Aid.
Refugee Council own-language telephone advice service
From the 14th February 2011, the Refugee Council in Birmingham will be operating telephone advice only. This is a pilot project which will last for two months.
Click here for more information.
Important notice - ASIRT has moved!
Our new offices are at:
St Georges Community Hub,
Great Hampton Row,
Newtown,
B19 3JG
tel: 0121 233 4295
fax: 0121 233 4414
Click here for map
The Mothers’ Campaign of the All African Women’s Group
Please sign The Mother’s Campaign petition to demand that:
1. Everyone who wins the right to stay in the UK, no matter under which law or convention, must have the unconditional right to family reunion.
2. Children should have the right to join their mother or father even if they turned 18 before their parents’ asylum claim was settled.
For more information and to sign the petition, please go to http://www.PetitionOnline.com/MumsKids/petition.html or contact All African Women’s Group, aawg02@gmail.com, Crossroads Women’s Centre, 230a Kentish Town Road, London NW5 2AB, tel. 020 7482 2496
Seeking Refuge? A handbook for asylum seeking women
Read this Rights of Women handbook here.
Sojourner Project - update
The Government has reached a decision regarding a permanent solution to financial support for victims of domestic violence on Spouse visas with NRPF. From the 1st April 2012 victims of domestic violence who entered the UK on a Spouse Visa will have access to public funds for a limited period. They will receive benefits for five weeks while they prepare and submit their application for Indefinite Leave to Remain under the Domestic Violence Rule and a further five weeks while the application is being considered by the UKBA.
Up to April 2012, The Sojourner Project will continue in its current arrangements.
Women's Asylum News
Read the March 2011 issue from AsylumAid's Refugee Women's Resource Project.
Women's Asylum Charter
The Charter is a framework of principles aimed at persuading the UK Border Agency both to take a strategic approach to the needs of women seeking asylum and to put in place the operational procedures and safeguards that will remove the discriminatory barriers they face. A multi-level approach to promoting the Charter, encompassing strategy, operational policy and service delivery, will be adopted in relation to the UK Border Agency. For more information see Charter of rights of women seeking asylum