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African
Women, Asylum & War -
While Western governments talk of making poverty history, they hide their responsibility for the wars, economic policies, arms trading and corruption behind that poverty. And behind the emigration people are forced into, leaving their homes and loved ones to escape death and devastation. Emigrating is rarely a choice, particularly for women and children who are 80% of displaced people worldwide. Once here, asylum seekers are hounded, locked up and deported. This treatment of asylum seekers from Africa (and elsewhere) IS the government's policy on Africa (and the other countries of the South). But women seeking asylum, most of whom are mothers and rape survivors, spearhead a largely hidden movement against sadistic immigration laws, and in defence of everyone's human rights, starting with the right of survival. Through self-help and campaigning with other grassroots people, many have won the right to stay. We will be sharing our experience of how to win despite these laws, with the launch in Scotland of Legal Action for Women's labour-saving, life-saving: A Self-Help Guide - For asylum seekers facing detention and deportation, and their supporters. Together we demand that the money squandered on war is spent instead on our communities globally, starting with women the primary carers everywhere. Speakers include: All African Women's Group: a self-help group of women asylum seekers fighting for the right to stay. Black Women's Rape Action Project: pressing for protection from rape for Black and immigrant women and girls UMOJA: a self-help support group for African asylum seeking lone mothers dispersed to Glasgow. Women of Colour in the Global Women's Strike: network of women in over 60 countries demanding that society Invest in Caring Not Killing! Contact: |