Southall Black Sisters

 

18 June 2020

 

Southall Black Sisters

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RT @RosieRoss11: Fab event by @FabianWomen discussing the inhuman No Recourse to Public Funds condition that is subjected onto so many migrants in the UK. NRPF means they cannot access welfare such as UC, housing allowance, child benefit and more. ...

June 18th @ 5:03 pm |

Southall Black Sisters

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RT @cinnamontoastuk: 'We must speak of the moral importance of ensuring all people are included. Human rights are for everyone; there is no hierarchy. We are all of value. This business of not helping people who are in real need is a disgrace. We ...

June 18th @ 5:03 pm |

Southall Black Sisters

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RT @cinnamontoastuk: 'You cannot make homelessness history unless you change the law around NRPF. Are we going to go from lockdown to moral meltdown after all the sacrifices people have made? We know this government can be pushed. So let’s push them ...

June 18th @ 5:03 pm |

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RT @cinnamontoastuk: ... choices made on the assumption that some lives matter more than others. We need to seize the moment and do things differently. To do that, we need some reflection, we need courage and we need solidarity. #FWNnrpf

June 18th @ 3:44 pm |

Southall Black Sisters

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RT @cinnamontoastuk: Pragna Patel of @SBSisters: What connects our concerns about migrant women, Covid-19, #BLM, Grenfell and Windrush is that they all show up the glaring inequalities in our society and they are political choices that grow out of ...

June 18th @ 3:44 pm |

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RT @sarakhyde: What can we do to support women with no recourse to public funds? @liambyrnemp “Push hard and push now.” Brilliant event tonight @KindySandhu co-vice chair of @FabianWomen with @SBSisters Pragna Patel and @HelenaKennedyQC #nrpf ...

June 18th @ 3:41 pm |

Southall Black Sisters

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RT @sjhutchinson: Brilliant @FabianWomen event on #NRPF this evening - well done to @KindySandhu for organising and excellent chairing. If you missed it, we'll be putting the recording up on youtube when we can. #FWNNRPF

June 18th @ 3:40 pm |

Southall Black Sisters

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Our Director makes a plea: Use your contacts & your influence. There is a consensus building that #NRPF is morally & politically wrong. Join the cause. We can bring it down. #ProtectionForAll Read & share our #DABill briefing paper ...

June 18th @ 3:38 pm |

Southall Black Sisters

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RT @hogotheforsaken: @sjhutchinson @SBSisters The exploitation of migrants - only welcome when needed in a pandemic - is reminding me of when women were co-opted to work in WW2 munitions, because needed (*while "maintaining their femininity"🤮), but ...

June 18th @ 3:28 pm |

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RT @beti_bar: I still remember my time working @SBSisters and how NRPF devastated the lives of many of my clients(in addition to the many abuse + disadvantages they had to endure). It is the type of structural inequality that simply facilitates abuse ...

June 18th @ 3:23 pm |

Southall Black Sisters

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RT @FabianWomen: #FWNNRPF @HelenaKennedyQC asks @liambyrnemp how #nrpf came into being. Liam admits that the Labour govt made mistakes on this. He says it is important we are honest & reflect on this. He hopes to pioneer new approaches in the ...

June 18th @ 3:22 pm |

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RT @FabianWomen: #FWNnrpf Pragna from @SBSisters says #BlackLivesMatter is about showing the denegration of the very people who built this country and run its services. Rhetoric about immigrants being lazy & not integrating completely at odds ...

June 18th @ 3:22 pm |

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RT @sjhutchinson: Pragna Patel argues history is littered with people who don't fit the profile are kept out, while those who do let in - this is at complete odds with the way this country has been built. We never saw that reflected - this is what ...

June 18th @ 3:22 pm |

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RT @iCreativeIram: Amazing pieces shared by the panellists today, Pragna Patel of @SBSisters @HelenaKennedyQC and @liambyrnemp hosted by @KindySandhu Let's give the women who experience NRPF higher prominence to help their cause! #FWNNRPF ...

June 18th @ 3:21 pm |

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RT @FabianWomen: #FWNnrpf @liambyrnemp says he wants the Westmidlands to be the first region of sanctuary. The metro mayor is an opportunity to fill the void in services that have disappeared in the last decade. https://t.co/oJDsLG...

June 18th @ 3:09 pm |

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RT @SianCElliott: Our values on the left are different, we must hold true to those. We must defend human rights and uphold fairness and justice. That starts with organising against the hostile environment and NRPF | Compelling speech from ...

June 18th @ 3:09 pm |

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RT @FabianWomen: #FWNnrpf @HelenaKennedyQC is referring to a case heard in May where #nrpf meant the welfare of a child was at stake & the court found in favour of the child & his mother. Details below https://t.co/J92TOG...

June 18th @ 3:03 pm |

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RT @cinnamontoastuk: Utterly harrowing account from Pragna Patel of @sbsisters on the destitution and abuse faced by women with NRPF. Protections for these vulnerable and marginalised women urgently need to be put in place. #FWNnrpf

June 18th @ 3:02 pm |

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RT @SianCElliott: "The very people the government have deemed disposable, are the very people that have formed the frontline of this crisis." Pragna Patel @SBSisters Migrant women must have equal rights and protections. We demand an end to the racist ...

June 18th @ 3:02 pm |

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RT @sjhutchinson: Pragna Patel argues we can't go back to business as usual, we need to change, reflect and show solidarity - asks us all to use our influence to support @SBSisters campaign to lift #NRPF and give migrant and abused women access to ...

June 18th @ 3:02 pm |

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RT @FabianWomen: 'The culture of surveillance over takes the duty for public bodies to protect" when it comes to migrants, under #nrpf There is no compassion including for those doing frontline work. Pragna from @SBSisters #FWNnrpf ...

June 18th @ 3:00 pm |

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RT @KindySandhu: Join us in just over an hour! I know you'll be wowed by the panellists Pragna Patel of @SBSisters @HelenaKennedyQC and @liambyrnemp Let's give the women who experience NRPF higher prominence to help their cause! #FWNNRPF @FabianWomen ...

June 18th @ 1:16 pm |

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RT @compinpolitics: Our new podcast series - What Matters? - has just launched on @ApplePodcasts. Listen in to the first episode with Pragna Patel of @SBSisters discussing sexism, racism, and her charity's work with domestic abuse survivors here - ...

June 18th @ 11:50 am |

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RT @DrProudman: Today MPs will debate @jessphillips amendments to the #DomesticAbuseBill to support & protect migrant women. MPs must listen to the powerful stories of #SurvivorCampaigner... #NoVictimLeftBehind #ProtectionForAll #LawInTheMaking ...

June 18th @ 11:50 am |

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RT @Safety4Sisters: We’re asking MPs to listen to the powerful stories of #SurvivorCampaigner... The #DomesticAbuseBill must do more to support&protect all survivors & their children #NoVictimLeftBehind #ProtectionForAll #LawInTheMaking ...

June 18th @ 11:50 am |

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RT @LAWALondon: We’re asking MPs to listen to the powerful stories of #SurvivorCampaigner... #DomesticAbuseBill must do more to support&protect all survivors & their children #NoVictimLeftBehind #ProtectionForAll #LawInTheMaking ...

June 18th @ 11:00 am |

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RT @FabianWomen: Join @FabianWomen tomorrow at 7:30 pm discussing #women with #NRPF and #COVID19. The panel, chaired by our Co-Vice Chair @KindySandhu and includes: @HelenaKennedyQC Pragna Patel Director of @SBSisters @liambyrnemp #FWNNRPF https: ...

June 18th @ 11:00 am |

Southall Black Sisters

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Thank you @jessphillips for your heroic efforts at the #BillCommittee in advocating for migrant women w/o access to the welfare safety net. The #BlackLivesMatter movement is a challenge to structural inequality & this Govt needs to listen. Action ...

June 18th @ 10:46 am |

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RT @FabianWomen: Join us tonight for our event on Women with no resource to public funds with @HelenaKennedyQC @liambyrnemp & Pragna from @SBSisters & @KindySandhu chairing. Book here https://t.co/vkTgRL... https://t.co/oDCl7k...

June 18th @ 10:09 am |

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RT @AngelouCentre1: @AngelouCentre1 will be giving evidence from 3pm @Commonswomequ - amplifying the voices of survivors and women without recourse to public funds https://t.co/Qr5Hbd... @Imkaan @SBSisters @lawrsuk @EVAWuk ...

June 18th @ 9:41 am |

Southall Black Sisters

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Join @FabianWomen for "All in this Together?" at 7.30pm to discuss impact of #Covid19 on women w/ No Recourse to Public Funds. Speakers include Pragna Patel, @HelenaKennedyQC & @liambyrnemp Chaired by @KindySandhu #NRPF https://t.co/t8qnlN...

June 18th @ 9:33 am |

Southall Black Sisters

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RT @FabianWomen: Thank you to everyone who attended #FWNWonderWomen tonight. You can join us tomorrow for our event on Women with no resource to public funds with @HelenaKennedyQC @liambyrnemp & Pragna from @SBSisters & @KindySandhu chairing. ...

June 18th @ 9:27 am |