Posts Tagged "female genital mutilation"

Getting it right first time: women and asylum

Posted on May 16, 2011

Asylum Aid recently exposed very high rates of refusal for women seeking asylum in the UK. Russell Hargrave has written a guest blog to tell us more: The typical image of a political refugee is of a single male, fleeing conflict in which he has become embroiled at home. But in 2009 more than 7000 women applied for asylum in the UK.  The factors which lead women to seek asylum can be very different from their male counterparts. Women face persecution for their political activities, but also for their gender. They may come from societies where violation of women’s rights is the norm,...

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Government plan on violence against women and girls: OUR VERDICT

Posted on Mar 11, 2011

IKWRO explains why the government’s new action plan on violence against women and girls does do enough for victims of ‘honour’ based violence

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IKWRO says zero tolerance to female genital mutilation

Posted on Feb 7, 2011

IKWRO says zero tolerance to female genital mutilation

In Iraqi Kurdistan more than two thirds of women have undergone female genital mutilation. IKWRO marks the international day of zero tolerance to FGM with an article on FGM in the Middle East.

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Introducing…. the Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation

Posted on Oct 11, 2010

Learn more about IKWRO, how we help women and our campaigns.

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