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VIRTUAL EVENT: Listening and learning from a collective voice for black, and ethnic minority women
07 July 2021, 12:30 pm–2:00 pm
This talk will discuss the forms of violence women have faced, how these are being addressed by Imkaan and how academia could work with the organisation to support them in the work they do.
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Aneeza Pervez
Join us in the second of our conversations with leaders of different London-based organisations that support women subjected to structural and systemic violence, who have been historically marginalised, and who have been prevented from participating in social, economic, and political life.
This event will be particularly useful for those interested in:
- equality
- women rights
- feminism
- violence against women
- women supporting women.
Systemic and structural violence against women: learning from non-academic voices
The conversational series is funded by UCL Culture's Listen and Learn Grant.
Our project aims to engage in conversations with leaders of different London-based organizations that support women subjected to structural violence, who have been historically marginalised, and who have been prevented from participating in social, economic, and political life. We refer, specifically, to women in precarious work positions, Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) women and girls, and Muslim women who lack the resources to be heard within academic contexts.
This series is co-organised by Aneeza Pervez, PhD student at the Department of Psychology and Human Development, UCL Institute of Education (IOE) and Rommy Anabalon Schaaf, PhD student at the Department of Culture, Media and Communication, IOE
Links
- UCL Culture
- Department of Psychology and Human Development
- Department of Culture, Media and Communication
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About the Speaker
Rosie Lewis
Head of Policy at Imkaan
Imkaan is an umbrella women's organisation dedicated to addressing violence against Black and Minoritised women and girls i.e. women who are defined in policy terms as Black and 'Minority Ethnic' (BME).
Before joining Imkaan, Rosie worked at the Angelou Centre in the North East of England where she was Deputy Director and managed the organisation’s Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) services, which included refuge provision for women without recourse to public funds.
Rosie is a qualified and trained IDVA and ISVA who is educated to post-graduate level (Masters in Research) and is currently working towards her PhD at Durham University.