Rights of Women Events

Rights of Women delivers workshops, seminars and other events to provide updates and information on changes to law and policy that affects women.

Through these events, we aim to strengthen the capacity of voluntary sector organisations that are working to influence policy and improve the status of women.

Who falls between the legal aid gaps?
Domestic violence, immigration and legal aid
London, Wednesday 29th May 2013

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Who falls between the legal aid gaps?

Domestic violence, immigration and legal aid

Speakers from Rights of Women and the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC), Eaves, The Aire Centre, Immigration Lawyer’s Practitioners Association (ILPA)

This free, one-day conference examines protection from domestic violence for women who are in the UK and have an insecure immigration status. Examining the impact of recent legal aid changes and considering the different types of applications that a victim of domestic violence might need to make, this day will cover:

Who can give immigration law advice?
Who is now eligible for legal aid?
Who can make an application under the domestic violence rule?
Who can access the destitute domestic violence concession?
What protection is now available for European women or under European law?
What is the future of civil legal aid?

This conference will examine recent changes to legal aid following the entry into force of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Action 2012 as well as discussing the proposals made in the Ministry of Justice's new consultation: Transforming legal aid: delivering a more credible and efficient system.

When: 10am-4pm, Wednesday 29th May 2013

Where: Amnesty International Human Rights Action Centre

Refreshments: Refreshments will be provided

Open to women and men.

The event is free but booking is ESSENTIAL.

Booking information

Complete and return the booking form here and email it back to training@row.org.uk or fax to 020 7490 5377.

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Rights of Women policy networks

Women's Migration and Asylum Network

Women's Migration and Asylum Network

The objectives of the Women’s Migration and Asylum Network are to:

facilitate communication between and strengthen the understanding of network members on legal and policy issues that affect migrant and asylum-seeking women;
improve the participation of network members in the legal and policy formation process;
positively influence law and policy that affects migrant and asylum-seeking women;
promote gender equality and work towards the elimination of discrimination on the grounds of gender, as well as discrimination against women where it intersects with age, disability, gender identity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation or any combination thereof; and,
to promote the human rights of all women in the UK.

The Network will focus on improving gender equality in relation to the following thematic areas:

asylum;
economic migration;
family migration (including family formation and reunion);
settlement and routes to citizenship;
violence against women issues (including trafficking).

The Women's Migration and Asylum Network will exist primarily as virtual 'e-group' with occasional seminars and events being organised as and where necessary. The network is open to individuals and representatives from statutory and voluntary organisations across England and Wales. For further information about the network please read its Terms of Reference here.

To join the network please email info@row.org.uk.

The creation and facilitation of the network has been made possible by Unbound Philanthropy.