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Publications: For Asylum Seekers and their Supporters: A Self-Help Guide against detention & deportation
A “Bleak House” for Our Times An investigation into Yarl’s Wood Removal Centre Submission to the Stephen Lawrence Enquiry A
Chronology of Injustice: The
case for Winston Silcott's conviction to be overturned Parliamentary
briefing Defending the Right to Protest in Parliament Square Reports of self-help workshops organised by Legal Action for Women 1. The freedom of movement in towns and cities 2. Defending children's right to non-segregated, multi-dimensional education 3. Defending the right to dissent & protest 4. Single mothers benefits, disability benefits and asylum benefits 5. Anti-trafficking legislation: protection or deportation? 6. Defending breastfeeding - our human right to the best 7. Community care: a social entitlement or an individual expense 8. Claiming compensation for rape and other violence 9. Rights of women asylum seekers 1: Preventing dispersal 10. Rights of women asylum seekers 2: Preventing detention and removal
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Legal Action for Women law@crossroadswomen.net A grassroots anti-sexist, anti-racist legal service for all women based at the Crossroads Women's Centres in London, England and San Francisco, USA. Since LAW-London began in 1982, in response to prostitute women's need for legal advice and back-up, it has focused on providing free services to low-income women who are more likely to be denied justice. LAW-SF has done similar work. Most recently it co-ordinated the monitoring of a trial for rape and attempted murder which was not taken seriously because some of the victims were sex workers – women attended court hearings over two years and held pickets outside the court. The man was sentenced to life. LAW combines access to a network of sympathetic lawyers, with experienced lay workers from similar backgrounds to the women using its services. Its insistence that no case is "hopeless", that something can always be done, has won LAW recognition from legal professionals, civil rights and welfare organizations, and community groups. LAW has helped prevent many injustices and set important precedents, including with the first private prosecution for rape in England, which resulted in an 11-year conviction. We work with the mothers, daughters, sisters, wives and other relatives and friends who are fighting for justice for their loved ones. Financial Appeal: |
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