Women for Refugee Women
@4refugeewomen.bsky.social
We support women seeking safety in the UK to rebuild their lives on their own terms.
www.refugeewomen.co.uk
#WelcomeEveryWoman #SetHerFree #SistersNotStrangers
www.refugeewomen.co.uk
#WelcomeEveryWoman #SetHerFree #SistersNotStrangers
It was great to connect with Baroness Ruth Lister, @refugeeaction.bsky.social, Lush, @asylummatters.bsky.social, and many others working tirelessly to make change happen.
We know the journey ahead is going to be challenging, but together, we can #LiftTheBan!
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We know the journey ahead is going to be challenging, but together, we can #LiftTheBan!
6/6
November 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
It was great to connect with Baroness Ruth Lister, @refugeeaction.bsky.social, Lush, @asylummatters.bsky.social, and many others working tirelessly to make change happen.
We know the journey ahead is going to be challenging, but together, we can #LiftTheBan!
6/6
We know the journey ahead is going to be challenging, but together, we can #LiftTheBan!
6/6
Giving people seeking safety the right to work makes sense. It would:
✅ Boost wellbeing and dignity
✅ Allow people to use their skills and experiences
✅ Benefit the UK economy and our communities
It's time to #LiftTheBan.
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✅ Boost wellbeing and dignity
✅ Allow people to use their skills and experiences
✅ Benefit the UK economy and our communities
It's time to #LiftTheBan.
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November 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Giving people seeking safety the right to work makes sense. It would:
✅ Boost wellbeing and dignity
✅ Allow people to use their skills and experiences
✅ Benefit the UK economy and our communities
It's time to #LiftTheBan.
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✅ Boost wellbeing and dignity
✅ Allow people to use their skills and experiences
✅ Benefit the UK economy and our communities
It's time to #LiftTheBan.
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(Cont)
As a result of being banned from working:
❌ Women are turning to sex work;
❌ Women are forced into exploitative and dangerous situations, becoming more vulnerable to sexual violence.
Find out more about #SafetyAndSurvival here: www.refugeewomen.co.uk/safety-and-s...
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As a result of being banned from working:
❌ Women are turning to sex work;
❌ Women are forced into exploitative and dangerous situations, becoming more vulnerable to sexual violence.
Find out more about #SafetyAndSurvival here: www.refugeewomen.co.uk/safety-and-s...
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Women for Refugee Women : Safety and Survival: How the Work Ban Fuels Violence Against Women Seeking Asylum
New research uncovers how the work ban harms women seeking safety in the UK, placing them at risk of abuse and exploitation.
www.refugeewomen.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
(Cont)
As a result of being banned from working:
❌ Women are turning to sex work;
❌ Women are forced into exploitative and dangerous situations, becoming more vulnerable to sexual violence.
Find out more about #SafetyAndSurvival here: www.refugeewomen.co.uk/safety-and-s...
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As a result of being banned from working:
❌ Women are turning to sex work;
❌ Women are forced into exploitative and dangerous situations, becoming more vulnerable to sexual violence.
Find out more about #SafetyAndSurvival here: www.refugeewomen.co.uk/safety-and-s...
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We were particularly proud to hear Baroness Lister speak about our research, #SafetyAndSurvival, and the impact of the work ban on women seeking asylum:
❌ Women are being forced to enter and stay in unwanted or abusive relationships as a result of the work ban
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❌ Women are being forced to enter and stay in unwanted or abusive relationships as a result of the work ban
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November 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We were particularly proud to hear Baroness Lister speak about our research, #SafetyAndSurvival, and the impact of the work ban on women seeking asylum:
❌ Women are being forced to enter and stay in unwanted or abusive relationships as a result of the work ban
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❌ Women are being forced to enter and stay in unwanted or abusive relationships as a result of the work ban
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We heard powerful speeches from Baroness Ruth Lister, Cathy Lebadou - activist and #LiftTheBan ambassador, Andrew Butler of Lush and Asli Tatliadim of @refugeeaction.bsky.social on why we need to #LiftTheBan.
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November 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We heard powerful speeches from Baroness Ruth Lister, Cathy Lebadou - activist and #LiftTheBan ambassador, Andrew Butler of Lush and Asli Tatliadim of @refugeeaction.bsky.social on why we need to #LiftTheBan.
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If you’d like to join WRW’s community of changemakers, please sign our pledge to #WelcomeEveryWoman: www.refugeewomen.co.uk/welcome-ever...
We can’t do this without you. 💜
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We can’t do this without you. 💜
5/5
Women for Refugee Women : Sign Our Pledge
Join our strong, compassionate community standing in solidarity with refugee women, and join our campaign to change the UK asylum process.
www.refugeewomen.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
If you’d like to join WRW’s community of changemakers, please sign our pledge to #WelcomeEveryWoman: www.refugeewomen.co.uk/welcome-ever...
We can’t do this without you. 💜
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We can’t do this without you. 💜
5/5
A huge thank you to all who attended!
The packed out room was full of solidarity, resistance, and courage.
As Memory shared, “I am hopeful about the future because of people like you.”
Together we organise and together we rise! ✊
4/5
The packed out room was full of solidarity, resistance, and courage.
As Memory shared, “I am hopeful about the future because of people like you.”
Together we organise and together we rise! ✊
4/5
November 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
A huge thank you to all who attended!
The packed out room was full of solidarity, resistance, and courage.
As Memory shared, “I am hopeful about the future because of people like you.”
Together we organise and together we rise! ✊
4/5
The packed out room was full of solidarity, resistance, and courage.
As Memory shared, “I am hopeful about the future because of people like you.”
Together we organise and together we rise! ✊
4/5
As Memory said, “We can’t stop the far-right by emulating the policies of the right.”
The Government needs the moral courage to call out racism and to pursue policies of justice, compassion and kindness, instead of trying to appease racism, xenophobia and hatred.
3/5
The Government needs the moral courage to call out racism and to pursue policies of justice, compassion and kindness, instead of trying to appease racism, xenophobia and hatred.
3/5
November 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
As Memory said, “We can’t stop the far-right by emulating the policies of the right.”
The Government needs the moral courage to call out racism and to pursue policies of justice, compassion and kindness, instead of trying to appease racism, xenophobia and hatred.
3/5
The Government needs the moral courage to call out racism and to pursue policies of justice, compassion and kindness, instead of trying to appease racism, xenophobia and hatred.
3/5
We were honoured to join brilliant speakers including @hackneyabbott.bsky.social, @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social, @zarahsultana.bsky.social, Andrea of @evawuk.bsky.social, and Sabby and Sabrina of Women Against the Far Right.
Thank you all for your moving and important words.
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Thank you all for your moving and important words.
2/5
November 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
We were honoured to join brilliant speakers including @hackneyabbott.bsky.social, @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social, @zarahsultana.bsky.social, Andrea of @evawuk.bsky.social, and Sabby and Sabrina of Women Against the Far Right.
Thank you all for your moving and important words.
2/5
Thank you all for your moving and important words.
2/5
Keep your eyes peeled over the #16DaysOfActivism to learn more about our work and how you can get involved to create change.
We can’t end violence against women unless we’re fighting for ALL women.✊
Today and every day, we say it loud and we say it clear: refugees are welcome here!
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We can’t end violence against women unless we’re fighting for ALL women.✊
Today and every day, we say it loud and we say it clear: refugees are welcome here!
5/5
November 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Keep your eyes peeled over the #16DaysOfActivism to learn more about our work and how you can get involved to create change.
We can’t end violence against women unless we’re fighting for ALL women.✊
Today and every day, we say it loud and we say it clear: refugees are welcome here!
5/5
We can’t end violence against women unless we’re fighting for ALL women.✊
Today and every day, we say it loud and we say it clear: refugees are welcome here!
5/5
That's why we fight for a fairer world for refugee women each and every day.
We know a different world is possible.
If you agree, sign our pledge to #WelcomeEveryWoman to become part of our community of changemakers: www.refugeewomen.co.uk/welcome-ever...
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We know a different world is possible.
If you agree, sign our pledge to #WelcomeEveryWoman to become part of our community of changemakers: www.refugeewomen.co.uk/welcome-ever...
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Women for Refugee Women : Sign Our Pledge
Join our strong, compassionate community standing in solidarity with refugee women, and join our campaign to change the UK asylum process.
www.refugeewomen.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
That's why we fight for a fairer world for refugee women each and every day.
We know a different world is possible.
If you agree, sign our pledge to #WelcomeEveryWoman to become part of our community of changemakers: www.refugeewomen.co.uk/welcome-ever...
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We know a different world is possible.
If you agree, sign our pledge to #WelcomeEveryWoman to become part of our community of changemakers: www.refugeewomen.co.uk/welcome-ever...
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This is shameful.
Any Government serious about tackling violence against women and girls must include ALL women, including those seeking safety here.
Failure to do so would create a two-tier system where refugee women are treated as less-deserving and left behind.
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Any Government serious about tackling violence against women and girls must include ALL women, including those seeking safety here.
Failure to do so would create a two-tier system where refugee women are treated as less-deserving and left behind.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
This is shameful.
Any Government serious about tackling violence against women and girls must include ALL women, including those seeking safety here.
Failure to do so would create a two-tier system where refugee women are treated as less-deserving and left behind.
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Any Government serious about tackling violence against women and girls must include ALL women, including those seeking safety here.
Failure to do so would create a two-tier system where refugee women are treated as less-deserving and left behind.
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The majority of women seeking safety in the UK are survivors of sexual and gender-based violence.
Yet the asylum system in the UK harms rather than protects.
Hostile policies, such as enforced poverty and destitution, place women at risk of further violence, abuse, or exploitation.
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Yet the asylum system in the UK harms rather than protects.
Hostile policies, such as enforced poverty and destitution, place women at risk of further violence, abuse, or exploitation.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The majority of women seeking safety in the UK are survivors of sexual and gender-based violence.
Yet the asylum system in the UK harms rather than protects.
Hostile policies, such as enforced poverty and destitution, place women at risk of further violence, abuse, or exploitation.
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Yet the asylum system in the UK harms rather than protects.
Hostile policies, such as enforced poverty and destitution, place women at risk of further violence, abuse, or exploitation.
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Solidarity ❤️❤️
November 18, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Solidarity ❤️❤️
We're angry. We're sad. We're outraged.
While we collect ourselves and ready ourselves for another fight, we call on you to sign our pledge to #WelcomeEveryWomen: www.refugeewomen.co.uk/welcome-ever...
Here, we will share updates and actions. People power will prevail!
9/9
While we collect ourselves and ready ourselves for another fight, we call on you to sign our pledge to #WelcomeEveryWomen: www.refugeewomen.co.uk/welcome-ever...
Here, we will share updates and actions. People power will prevail!
9/9
Women for Refugee Women : Sign Our Pledge
Join our strong, compassionate community standing in solidarity with refugee women, and join our campaign to change the UK asylum process.
www.refugeewomen.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
We're angry. We're sad. We're outraged.
While we collect ourselves and ready ourselves for another fight, we call on you to sign our pledge to #WelcomeEveryWomen: www.refugeewomen.co.uk/welcome-ever...
Here, we will share updates and actions. People power will prevail!
9/9
While we collect ourselves and ready ourselves for another fight, we call on you to sign our pledge to #WelcomeEveryWomen: www.refugeewomen.co.uk/welcome-ever...
Here, we will share updates and actions. People power will prevail!
9/9
It isn't too late.
It's time for people everywhere to say #NotInOurName!
After all, it is what any one of us would want if faced with the impossible decision to flee to save our lives.
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It's time for people everywhere to say #NotInOurName!
After all, it is what any one of us would want if faced with the impossible decision to flee to save our lives.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
It isn't too late.
It's time for people everywhere to say #NotInOurName!
After all, it is what any one of us would want if faced with the impossible decision to flee to save our lives.
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It's time for people everywhere to say #NotInOurName!
After all, it is what any one of us would want if faced with the impossible decision to flee to save our lives.
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Maryam, a refugee woman in our network shared:
🗣️ "This change makes me feel like I will never truly be welcome, that I will always be viewed as a 'refugee' and not as a member of society like everybody else."
The Government should be ashamed.
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🗣️ "This change makes me feel like I will never truly be welcome, that I will always be viewed as a 'refugee' and not as a member of society like everybody else."
The Government should be ashamed.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Maryam, a refugee woman in our network shared:
🗣️ "This change makes me feel like I will never truly be welcome, that I will always be viewed as a 'refugee' and not as a member of society like everybody else."
The Government should be ashamed.
7/🧵
🗣️ "This change makes me feel like I will never truly be welcome, that I will always be viewed as a 'refugee' and not as a member of society like everybody else."
The Government should be ashamed.
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This is a very dangerous step in the wrong direction.
Human rights are not conditional.
When we allow for them to dismantled for some, we endanger them for all.
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Human rights are not conditional.
When we allow for them to dismantled for some, we endanger them for all.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
This is a very dangerous step in the wrong direction.
Human rights are not conditional.
When we allow for them to dismantled for some, we endanger them for all.
6/🧵
Human rights are not conditional.
When we allow for them to dismantled for some, we endanger them for all.
6/🧵
These plans are morally and ethically bankrupt.
It is a cheap attack on people seeking safety.
These plans send the message that:
❌ Protection is temporary
❌ That people with refugee status will never be welcome here
5/🧵
It is a cheap attack on people seeking safety.
These plans send the message that:
❌ Protection is temporary
❌ That people with refugee status will never be welcome here
5/🧵
November 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
These plans are morally and ethically bankrupt.
It is a cheap attack on people seeking safety.
These plans send the message that:
❌ Protection is temporary
❌ That people with refugee status will never be welcome here
5/🧵
It is a cheap attack on people seeking safety.
These plans send the message that:
❌ Protection is temporary
❌ That people with refugee status will never be welcome here
5/🧵