The success of Every Single Woman
Every single woman seeking protection in the UK has the right to an asylum system sensitive to her needs and responsive to the persecution she has suffered
Copies of the DVD are available from charter@asylumaid.org.uk
Every single woman
The Charter of the Rights of Women Seeking Asylum inspired the Every Single Woman campaign. Every Single Woman compares the support available to women seeking asylum with that available to all other women settled in the UK - and demands that women seeking asylum are extended the same minimum standards we would expect for anyone else.
Every Single Woman shows all too clearly why a gender-sensitive asylum system is urgently needed. You can read the campaign briefing or extended briefing to learn more, or read further details below about how the campaign unfolded...
Every Single Woman was highly commended at the Charity Awards 2010
See how the campaign unfolded...
| 30/1/12 | Debora Singer has a message for the new Chief Executive of the UK Border Agency |  |
| 24/1/12 | 'Unfair, unsafe and undignified': Christel Querton describes the latest research by the Women's Project at Asylum Aid |  |
| 3/10/11 | Asylum Aid Director Maurice Wren writes for LibDemVoice, and asks how the Coalition Government will approach right of women seeking asylum |  |
| 29/6/11 | 'Nothing works in my life' Debora Singer writes for Mind, to describe the mental health costs when women seeking asylum are treated unfairly |  |
| 7/3/11 | Natasha Walter's 'No Place to call home' is published in the New Statesman, highlighting the "precarious life" into which many women asylum seekers are forced |  |
| 10/1/11 | UK Border Agency starts to publish asylum statistics broken down by gender for the first time - in response to Charter endorsers | |
| 10/12/10 | "We weren't born asylum seekers" Debora Singer writes for openDemocracy to mark International Human Rights Day 2010 | |
| 26/11/10 |
'The experiences of asylum seeking women must be recognised' Debora Singer writes for the Scottish Refugee Council's 16 Days of Action |
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| 25/11/10 |
Home Secretary Theresa May MP outlines the Government's forthcoming Strategy to End Violence Against Women and Girls, which will consider the specific needs of women seeking asylum |
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| 23/11/10 |
The Why Refugee Women Charter, demanding minimum standards for the treatment of women seeking asylum, launches in Leeds |
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| 14/11/10 |
The Govan and Craigton Integration Group Network launches a postcard campaign inspired by the Charter. Hundreds of messages calling for the fair treatment of asylum seeking women are sent directly to the Home Secretary |
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| 30/10/10 | 'It's time we recognised the needs of women seeking asylum' Debora Singer writes for Liberal Conspiracy |  |
| 01/07/10 |
Charter of the Rights of Women Seeking Asylum 2 years on: impacts and actions published |
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| 22/03/10 |
'Women seeking asylum: shame and isolation' Debora Singer writes for the People on the Move project at openDemocracy |
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| 11/03/10 |
TUC Women's Conference joins the call for a gender sensitive asylum process |
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| 08/03/10 |
UKBA announce Matthew Coats, Head of Immigration, will be their new 'gender champion' |
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| 24/02/10 |
Publication welcomed - Human Rights Watch report into women in detained fast track |
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| 19/01/10 |
'Lessons from Tinsley House' Debora Singer responds to Chief Inspector Anne Owers report at theFword |
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| 14/12/09 |
Women's Asylum Charter welcomes the Home Secretary's response to Neil Gerrard in the Commons |
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| 30/11/09 |
'We need a gender-sensitive asylum system' Debora Singer in The Guardian |
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| 29/11/09 |
Every Single Woman report launched
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| 29/10/09 | 'Home is where the heartbreak is' Samira Shackle in The New Statesman | |
