Booking Link: app.lineupnow.com/event/coleri...

Tayọ Aluko & Friends presents a special fundraising performance of Coleridge-Taylor of Freetown in support of SBS’s life-saving work with Black, minoritised, and migrant women, on 19 May at The Bread & Roses Theatre, Clapham.

Use Code: 140618SBS for discount tickets at £15! Link in comment⬇️

Newspaper background with a bold headline stating ‘93 organisations reject misleading narratives on “false allegations” and defend life-saving support for migrant victim-survivors’

BBC’s claims on MVDAC-DVILR misuse do not reflect frontline reality.

Misuse is the exception, not the norm.

With 92 organisations, we reject this framing and call for evidence-led debate rooted in lived experience.

Read the full statement: southallblacksisters.org.uk/news/false-d...

We stand with bereaved families in demanding justice, and with victim-survivors in recognising the long-term impacts of abuse on mental health.

Join us in calling for urgent reform. (5/5)

We are calling for clear legal recognition of the link between suicide and abuse to strengthen responses, support victim-survivors to come forward, and ensure accountability. (4/5)

Frontline experience and wider evidence show that victims of abuse are now more likely to die by suicide than be killed by a partner, yet alleged abusers are rarely investigated.

Black, minoritised and migrant women face even greater barriers to safety and support.

This must change. (3/5)

In doing so, it holds her abuser accountable and sends a clear message that these cases must be taken seriously.

Too often, this link is overlooked. (2/5)

Kimberly’s story: the tragedy that changed British legal history Her death led to landmark ruling that sustained domestic violence can make an abuser criminally responsible for their victim’s suicide

Nearly three years on from Kimberly Milne’s death, our thoughts remain with her family and friends. 💔

We welcome the landmark verdict of culpable homicide in her case, which clearly recognises the link between suicide and abuse. (1/5)

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...

Collectively, we can create change in our communities, standing strong against those who use violence against women and girls to further their anti-migrant and anti-women agendas and demanding accountability from decision makers on this issue. (4/4)

As part of our #NotInOurName campaign, we’re launching this practical guide to engage in conversations about the weaponisation of VAWG and a resource to stand against false narratives that endanger our communities and create more violence. (3/4)

We see this constantly from people in the political and public arena to news outlets and media platforms. The danger of misinformation is that it trickles down to our communities, neighbours, co-workers, creating false narratives that should be stopped (2/4)

Not In Our Name: VAWG Weaponisation Guide - Southall Black Sisters Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is not a tool for political point-scoring. It is not a justification for racism, xenophobia,

Women and girls should be able to live a life free from violence. However, many people are using the issue of violence against women and girls as a way to spread misinformation and hatred, benefiting their own agendas. (1/4)

Read our guide: southallblacksisters.org.uk/news/not-in-...

Throughout, we emphasised the vital role of ‘by and for’ services in ensuring women are seen, heard, and believed, and in driving prevention and accountability by challenging the structures that fail them.

🎧 Podcast coming soon. Stay tuned. 3/3

We centred migrant women’s experiences, particularly those facing No Recourse to Public Funds, and highlighted the gap between victim-survivors’ realities and law, policy, and practice. 2/3

Five people seated around a table in a studio, recording a Lyca Xtra podcast discussion, with mugs and microphones visible.

Here to stay. Here to fight. ✊🏽

Earlier this week, our Policy Manager joined the Lyca Xtra podcast, hosted by Deep Rajah Dhir, alongside @awrcentre.bsky.social and UHUMANS 2050, to discuss gender-based violence in Asian communities. 1/3

We continue to fight for stronger protections for Black, minoritised and migrant women to prevent abuse, improve responses, and hold perpetrators accountable, so that more women are able to come forward and seek safety.

✊🏽 Our work continues. 2/2

A group of women smiling together inside a parliamentary room, with one holding a book titled 'Honoured: Naz Shah'.

A group of people holding purple balloons and a sign reading 'Free Zoora Shah' outside a historic court building.

We welcome recognition from Naz Shah MP of Southall Black Sisters' life-saving work on domestic and ‘honour’-based abuse.

Her mother Zoora Shah, who endured horrific abuse and was imprisoned for murder, was released in 2006 after a decade-long campaign led by Naz and Southall Black Sisters. 1/2

Graphic for the first blog in Southall Black Sisters’ Real Impact series on the government’s strategy to tackle violence against women and girls, with this first instalment focusing on No Recourse to Public Funds. The design features black and white text on a maroon background set against a beige textured paper.

Extending safety and support to all victim-survivors, regardless of immigration status, is essential.

✉️ Join us in taking action. Write to your MP today. 4/ 🧵

Graphic for the first blog in Southall Black Sisters’ Real Impact series on the government’s strategy to tackle violence against women and girls, with this first instalment focusing on No Recourse to Public Funds. The design features black and white text on a maroon background set against a beige textured paper.

Graphic for the first blog in Southall Black Sisters’ Real Impact series on the government’s strategy to tackle violence against women and girls, with this first instalment focusing on No Recourse to Public Funds. The design features black and white text on a maroon background set against a beige textured paper.

Graphic for the first blog in Southall Black Sisters’ Real Impact series on the government’s strategy to tackle violence against women and girls, with this first instalment focusing on No Recourse to Public Funds. The design features black and white text on a maroon background set against a beige textured paper.

While the strategy includes some positive steps, it fails to meet the needs of migrant women. We cannot support it as it stands and will continue to call for urgent protections. 3/ 🧵

Graphic for the first blog in Southall Black Sisters’ Real Impact series on the government’s strategy to tackle violence against women and girls, with this first instalment focusing on No Recourse to Public Funds. The design features black and white text on a maroon background set against a beige textured paper.

Graphic for the first blog in Southall Black Sisters’ Real Impact series on the government’s strategy to tackle violence against women and girls, with this first instalment focusing on No Recourse to Public Funds. The design features black and white text on a maroon background set against a beige textured paper.

Graphic for the first blog in Southall Black Sisters’ Real Impact series on the government’s strategy to tackle violence against women and girls, with this first instalment focusing on No Recourse to Public Funds. The design features black and white text on a maroon background set against a beige textured paper.

NRPF is one of the most significant barriers preventing migrant women from escaping abuse, and a structural issue the strategy fails to address.

We set out its impact and what this omission means in practice for migrant victim-survivors. 2/ 🧵

Graphic for the first blog in Southall Black Sisters’ Real Impact series on the government’s strategy to tackle violence against women and girls, with this first instalment focusing on No Recourse to Public Funds. The design features black and white text on a maroon background set against a beige textured paper.

Graphic for the first blog in Southall Black Sisters’ Real Impact series on the government’s strategy to tackle violence against women and girls, with this first instalment focusing on No Recourse to Public Funds. The design features black and white text on a maroon background set against a beige textured paper.

Graphic for the first blog in Southall Black Sisters’ Real Impact series on the government’s strategy to tackle violence against women and girls, with this first instalment focusing on No Recourse to Public Funds. The design features black and white text on a maroon background set against a beige textured paper.

Today we launch the first commentary in our Real Impact Series, analysing the government’s strategy to tackle violence against women and girls and its failure to address No Recourse to Public Funds.

Read here: southallblacksisters.org.uk/news/nrpf-th... 1/ 🧵

A march moving through a city street, with people carrying a 'Southall Black Sisters' banner and various protest signs.

A large red banner reading 'Southall Black Sisters' held by protesters in a crowded street demonstration.

Southall Black Sisters out in force. ✊🏾

This weekend, we marched alongside hundreds of thousands for Palestine and against the far-right.

We'll keep showing up, speaking out, organising and challenging from the grassroots for rights and justice NOW.

Statutory agencies & govt policies are systematically failing Black, minoritised & migrant women.

Southall Black Sisters in conversation with Changing Suits on breaking the silence on domestic & ‘honour’-based abuse, & the barriers women continue to face.

🎧 Listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWYw....

Statement on the Government’s VAWG Strategy - Southall Black Sisters Today the government announced its long-awaited strategy to tackle violence against women and girls (VAWG). While we welcome this historic strategy, we are disappointed that it does not fully address ...

Read our initial response here: southallblacksisters.org.uk/news/stateme.... 3/3

We’ll break the strategy down theme by theme, highlighting the accountability gaps it leaves behind.

Because this is about lived realities, not just policy on paper. 2/3

Calendar-style graphic with the text ‘The Real Impact’ and ‘Coming soon,’ featuring a megaphone illustration and a note about an intersectional analysis of the government’s VAWG strategy and its impact on Black, minoritised, and migrant women.

The government published its strategy to tackle violence against women and girls last December.

But what does it actually mean for Black, minoritised and migrant women fleeing abuse?

Over the coming year, we’ll be sharing a series of sharp, intersectional analyses examining its real impact. 1/3

Graphic announcing £5 million National Lottery investment in a systems-change partnership supporting migrant women, led by specialist grassroots organisations, with partner logos displayed.

No woman should be denied safety & support because of her immigration status.

£5m from the National Lottery’s UK Fund will drive systemic change for migrant women facing abuse – led by SBS and grassroots partners, & co-designed with victim-survivors.

🔗 southallblacksisters.org.uk/news/landmar....

Poster for the 'Black Love Project' inviting Black African and Caribbean participants aged 18+ to share diverse experiences of love including self, platonic, familial, queer, monogamous, open, and polygamous, with a link or QR code to take part.

SASH, a free service supporting sexual and relationship health, is challenging harmful stereotypes about Black communities in the media.

They’re spotlighting the rich, layered realities of Black love in all its forms, from self-love and family to queer, monogamous, open and more.

Get involved 👇🏾

This time last week, over 500 people marched to Parliament and met with over 100 MPs about the Government's devastating proposed changes to settlement.

And we're not stopping here. It's vital we keep up the pressure. Sign the open letter to the Home Secretary.

act.praxis.org.uk/open-letter-...

The campaign calls for urgent reforms to prevent further loss of life and to ensure that these women are no longer overlooked in policy and practice.

No woman should be rendered invisible in life or in death. 4/4