RT @DrJohannaSpiers: Hello Twitter, @4refugeewomen need help supporting refugee women who have been made homeless or don't have access to healthcare during #COVID19. I know lots of us are also facing financial problems, but if you do have some spare ...
This is simply appalling @SophieRunning. We are with you in your fight for protection and justice. This is happening to women every day. Huge gap between rhetoric and reality in the policing and prosecution of VAWG! https://t.co/RK5hKc...
RT @WomensBudgetGrp: THREAD: There is no safety net for Migrant women. They are on the frontline of #Covid19 crisis but have little to no access to crucial services if they fall on hard times. This cannot be right. Read our & #CovWP latest report ...
RT @WEPIslington: Scrap #NoRecourseToPublic... A key message from today's thought-provoking webinar launch of @WomensBudgetGrp's new report. 'Migrant Women and the Economy' #MigrantWomenEcon https://t.co/HmgT1x...
Thank you to the @womensbudgetgrp for organising today's event #MigrantWomenEcon with a fantastic selection of speakers, as we continue to fight for the rights of BME and migrant women @LAWRS @4refugeewomen @FWTCov @KateOsamor https://t.co/k649dX...
RT @suart_rebecca: Brilliant analysis of the precarious situation of migrant women, especially as key workers in COVID times who have little or no access to public services #feministeconomics #MigrantWomenEcon @WomensBudgetGrp https://t.co/E3wvVf...
RT @Al_Hasaniya: Thank you to all speakers at today's #MigrantWomenEcon report launch & a special thank you to Pragna Patel from @SBSisters who spoke so passionately about BME women and NRTPF - we share your thoughts & ask for more from the ...
RT @WomensBudgetGrp: You can also access further gender analysis of #Covid19 on our website. https://t.co/FqpLD8... #MigrantWomenEcon 7/7 ...
RT @WomensBudgetGrp: If you are interested in reading further on the gendered impact of #Covid19 then sign up to receive our weekly newsletter https://t.co/ysJbHh... #MigrantWomenEcon 6/7 ...
RT @WomensBudgetGrp: Read our & CovWP latest report #MigrantWomenEcon https://t.co/s5E51T... 5/7 ...
RT @WomensBudgetGrp: BME organisations are being inundated with calls from migrant women who are at crisis point and beyond. These services were are already overstretched and are now being expected to do what govt has failed to do. Protect Migrant ...
RT @WomensBudgetGrp: As highlighted by Pragna Patel @SBSisters this is a time when organisations need to be showing solidarity. Bigger, generic domestic abuse services need to be asking the question to their funders- What are you doing to support BME ...
RT @WomensBudgetGrp: THREAD: We would like to say a huge thank you to all our speakers and their powerful insight in what is happening on the front line in protecting Migrant women and the serious barriers they face that have been exacerbated by ...
RT @AVAproject: #MigrantWomenEcon report launch highlights how migrant women are being left behind in protection measures currently being implemented - women are being forced to choose between safety and financial security https://t.co/bYzLQy...
RT @Safety4Sisters: This is such an important point. It’s shocking that small BME migrant women’s group are having to deal with this overwhelmingly at a point of utter crisis. This is not just a public health crisis but a VAWG and human rights ...
RT @BDavisBriz: Sara Reis from @WomensBudgetGrp says that Migrants & particularly Migrant Women are “undervalued by society but over represented in the low-skilled low-paid frontline key worker jobs”. Says #Coronavirus recovery should be a time ...
RT @K_IngalaSmith: Of course I see the impacts of this though my work at nia but hearing the issues raised in concentration at the @WomensBudgetGrp webinar makes me thoroughly ashamed of our government #MigrantWomenEcon https://t.co/gtkCOy...
RT @K_IngalaSmith: I see a lot of pain and horror in my work & research. It hurts to see policy makers turn their backs on doing the most possible to end men’s violence against women. But hearing these women talking about conscientious policy ...
RT @stroudsing: This is a really important point. Has LA outsourcing led to not only outsourcing service delivery, but outsourcing a moral responsibility to uphold the rights of the most vulnerable? #MigrantWomenEcon https://t.co/F4AgOr...
RT @NikkivanderGaag: Sara Reid @WomensBudgetGrp #MigrantWomenEcon 'This crisis is a collison course with preexisting biases. The immigration system privileges high-skilled workers - designed to make people self-sufficient but puts a lot of barriers ...
RT @K_IngalaSmith: Elizabeth Jiminez of @LAWALondon: Immigration policing has been placed above human rights. Protection of vulnerable workers and victims of crime as human rights should be more important than immigration status. #MigrantWomenEcon
RT @WomensBudgetGrp: Elizabeth Jiménez, @lawrsuk 'When we value the work of Migrant women in the #Covid19 crisis we must not exclude their human lives. They cannot just be reduced to the economic contribution they provide. Beyond the pandemic we must ...
RT @magpieprojectuk: Research proves BME women don't get a worse service from generic organisations, they don't get a service at all. Marginalised women won't approach those services. If they do, those generalisists do not have the nuanced offer so ...
RT @magpieprojectuk: Pragna Patel "Ring fence funds for specialist organisations. Stop commissioning generic services without grassroots access and sensitivity to help vulnerable migrant women. We will ask "where are the funds for BME women's ...
RT @NikkivanderGaag: @WomensBudgetGrp #MigrantWomenEcon Pragna Patel @SBSisters 'The litmus test must be how a government treats its most vulnerable people.'
RT @NikkivanderGaag: @WomensBudgetGrp Pragna Patel @SBSisters As individuals you can write down examples of injustice and send to the government as evidence. As women's orgs your first question should be: Where are the funds for migrant women?
"It beggars belief that 6 weeks into lockdown we find ourselves going with a begging bowl to local authorities: 'please include women with NRPF' & saying to govt: 'please include women with NRPF. It makes me very angry." - Pragna Patel ...
"A combination of commissioning structures that are discriminatory, with the hostile environment, means that in this crisis we are effective saying that there are some groups that we are willing to help, the rest are disposable." - Pragna Patel ...
Pragna Patel says: "We've heard announcement after announcement of how govt is making funding available to local authorities, to this body & that body to deal w/supporting vulnerable people but there has been no specific reference to include ...
RT @WomensBudgetGrp: Pragna Patel, @SBSisters '6 weeks after lockdown BME organisations have been reduced to going to funders with a begging bowl asking for no recourse women to be supported. #Covid19 impacts everyone yet policies are not inclusive ...
RT @magpieprojectuk: Listening to Pragna from @SBSisters is inspiring and galvanising. Commissioners, funders, local authorities, discrimination against BME groups and specialist service providers has been so disastrous that only a public enquiry ...
RT @NikkivanderGaag: @WomensBudgetGrp #MigrantWomenEcon Pragna Patel @SBSisters ' I want to see a formal inquiry to expose discrimination and exclusion that is marginalising groups even more.'
RT @FWTCov: Passionate speech by Pragna @SBSisters #MigrantWomenEcon We must mobilise and be angry! Lessons MUST be learned @WomensBudgetGrp @CRASAC @coventry_haven @Kairos_WWT @CELCCov #CovWP
Pragna Patel says: "I'm angry and appalled at the fact that in this moment of crisis...the government has chosen to pursue and maintain hostile immigration policies" #MigrantWomenEcon
RT @K_IngalaSmith: Powerful words from Pragna Patel @SBSisters: No recourse to public funds is institutionalised discrimination, institutionalised destitution and a conscious policy choice. Even in these times of crisis, this gvt has chosen to pursue ...
RT @WomensBudgetGrp: Pragna Patel, @SBSisters 'The burden of responsibility in protecting Migrant women has shifted to BME organisations who are already overstretched.' #MigrantWomenEcon
RT @HillingdonWomen: Pragna Patel @SBSister at #MigrantWomenEcon: "NRPF is a form of institutionalized destitution and discrimination. We need to see a lifting of NRPF"
RT @BDavisBriz: Pragna from @SBSisters says that the government needs to drop the #NoRecourse agenda during the #coronavirus crisis - says the “hostile environment” policy is preventing people from getting the support they need #MigrantWomenEcon
RT @DrAishaKGill: Just asked Migrant Women and the Economy launch [@WomensBudgetGrp, @SBSisters , @KateOsamor ] whether they know how much of Covid-19 VAWG government funding is ring-fenced to support BME specialist domestic violence/abuse services. ...
RT @WomensBudgetGrp: Our report #MigrantWomenEcon shows the issues that Migrant women face is not a new problem that has been created by #Covid19. It was always there. Our Social Security system and the immigration system- in particular the hostile ...
RT @BDavisBriz: HOWEVER, @KateOsamor also acknowledges that this information is not being communicated to eligible persons & the groups that supports them. Anecdotally, Osamor also notes that local authorities are not distributing funds in a ...
RT @BDavisBriz: Chair of @AppgNRPF, @KateOsamor MP says that the lockdown is not preventing MPs for scrutinising ministers on the issues raised by panelists - digital sessions and letter writing means these issues are staying on the agenda ...
RT @legalhackette: LEGAL CHALLENGE to @RobertJenrick's failure to provide emergency funding for adequate accommodation for domestic abuse survivors during the Covid-19 crisis, by @SBSisters and @publiclawcentre, after record numbers of women killed.
RT @FiLiA_charity: 𝗙𝗶𝗟𝗶𝗔 𝗣𝗢𝗗𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗦 Amplifying the Voices of Women (particularly those less often heard or purposefully silenced) Pragna Patel - FiLiA Conference 2019 ‘Bradford connection and the politics of simultaneous resistance' ...
RT @WomensBudgetGrp: and our very own Sara Reis, @sararsreis who wrote our #MigrantWomenEcon report https://t.co/s5E51T...
RT @WomensBudgetGrp: Pragna Patel, Southall Black Sisters @SBSisters 'We have seen that there is a need to support Migrant women for longer as migrant women have been left behind in all measures to protect victim against violence so are increasingly ...
RT @Safety4Sisters: We are joining this brilliant @WomensBudgetGrp event - Migrant Women and the Economy Report Launch. Thank you for organising and thanks to the speakers. https://t.co/aoeBHB...
RT @WomensBudgetGrp: Elizabeth Jiménez, Latin American Women’s Rights Service @lawrsuk 'Many of the Migrant women we support have no access to Universal Credit. They are at risk of exploitation and at the mercy of their employers. They have no safety ...
RT @WomensBudgetGrp: Pragna Patel, Southall Black Sisters @SBSisters 'It is obvious and clear that statutory agencies and voluntary orgs are not able to support women who were already isolated and marginalised and this has been made worse by ...
RT @FWTCov: Through consulting with women accessing our services @FWTCov #coventry #CovWP one of the many issues they face #COVIDー19 is 'Having children at home & needing to maintain engagement in learning/activities... is a barrier & ...
Our Director Pragna Patel says: "the burden and responsibility of keeping migrant women safe during this crisis has fallen on BME services, who are already struggling with a lack of resources" #MigrantWomenEcon
RT @BDavisBriz: Next, Pragna Patel from @SBSisters points out there has been “precious little” research into migrant women as users of services. As a result, charitable services are seeing an increase in demand for services - particularly around ...
RT @FWTCov: #MigrantWomenEcon Pragna @SBSisters "No recognition of impact of migrant women as users of services...violence against women rises in period of crisis VAWG" #COVIDー19
RT @WomensBudgetGrp: .@sararsreis 'The social care workforce is predominantly (83%) female and migrants make up 16% of workers in the sector. Care workers are highly exposed to the virus and we know that access to PPE is worse in social care than ...
RT @WomensBudgetGrp: .@sararsreis 'Cleaning jobs have been impacted by the lock down and quarter of this workforce are Migrant and majority are women. These are precarious roles and makes Migrant women increasingly vulnerable to the economic impact ...
RT @BDavisBriz: Opening up, Sara Reis from @WomensBudgetGrp says that the #Coronavirus crisis has exacerbated the health & financial barriers faced by migrant women - “the industries almost affected are overrepresented by migrant workers; the ...
RT @WomenHackney: WE are tuning into @WomensBudgetGrp's webinar 'Migrant Women and the Economy Report Launch' with strong panel @kateosamor, Pragna Patel, @SBSisters, Elizabeth Jiménez, @lawrsuk, Priscilla Dudhia, @4refugeewomen & Noreen Bukhari, ...
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RT @WomensBudgetGrp: There is no safety net for migrant women. They are over represented in ‘key worker’ occupations, putting their own lives at risk to deliver crucial care at the same time they have little or no access to public services. Our ...
RT @WomensBudgetGrp: Most migrant women have no access to public funds. If they lose job, hours or home in #Covid19 pandemic they cannot claim benefits like Universal Credit, Housing Benefit or get homelessness support from local authorities. Latest ...
RT @WomensBudgetGrp: The immigration system creates serious economic challenges for migrant women, impacting their ability to be free from violence & access lifeline services. #Covid19 has shown a reckoning is due in how we treat migrant women. ...
RT @WomensBudgetGrp: It's not right that Migrant women at forefront of #Covid19, saving lives & caring for sick, are being asked to pay twice for NHS through taxes & immigration health surcharge. They deserve a safety net too. Our & ...
RT @JustFairUK: Many migrant women in UK are providing lifesaving care in #Covid19 outbreak Attend this digital seminar on May 5 to find out more about the situation of migrant women in UK economy. Speakers: @KateOsamor @SBSisters @4refugeewomen ...