Sabrina is a passionate and effective advocate and organiser on issues of institutionalised and systematic oppression, including gendered violence. She has over the years worked as a counsellor, a refuge worker, an advocate and an organiser. Sabrina was the co-ordinator of the Million Women Rise march and rally against violence against women on 8 March 2007 and was instrumental in developing the coalition behind the event.
WAST is a group of women seeking asylum in the UK living in Greater Manchester who established their own self-help and campaign group. Women have left their countries following torture and persecution, many from domestic and sexual violence, threat of an honour killing and FGM, and because of oppression due to their sexuality, race or political activity. WAST offers support and advice to women refugees and helps them to set up their own anti-deportation campaigns.
WAST also lobbies for the rights of women asylum seekers in general and to raise awareness about issues that force women to seek international protection and the injustices they undergo while going through the asylum system.
Southall Black Sisters was established in 1979 to meet the needs of black (Asian & African-Caribbean) women. A not-for-profit organisation, it provides comprehensive specialist support and services to women experiencing violence and abuse. It is managed by a group of women with long experience of women’s struggles and an enormous commitment to women’s rights. For more than two decades Southall Black Sisters has been at the forefront of challenging domestic and gender violence, both locally and nationally, and has been campaigning for the provision of support services to enable women and their children to escape violent relationships. The group’s aims are to highlight and challenge violence against women; empower them to gain more control over their lives; live without fear of violence; and assert their human rights to justice, equality and freedom.
Nominees
Apna Haq
Jill Radford
Julia Tant
Maryam Namazie
Monica Hill
Sue Lambert
Eighteen & Under
Newham Asian Women’s Project
Safeguarding Children in Education (SCiE)
Safe Space
The Foundation for Women’s Health Research & Development (FORWARD)
Until the Violence Stops (Tender)