Sarah Graham, communications executive, Women for Refugee Women Visit the CharityComms website to view slides from past events, see what events we have coming up and to check out what else we do: www.charitycomms.org.uk

2. Women for Refugee Women
Women for Refugee Women challenges the
injustices experienced by women who cross borders
to seek safety. We work in three ways:
• We work at the grassroots to support and
empower women who are seeking asylum
• We work with the arts, media and public events
to tell women’s stories
• And, by publishing research and informing
politicians, we try to create a fairer asylum
process

3. #SetHerFree
We launched the Set Her Free campaign in
January 2014, calling for an end to the detention
of women who seek asylum in the UK.
• 6,000 women come to UK each year to seek
asylum in own right
• 2,000 asylum-seeking women detained each
year
• Majority of women held in Yarl’s Wood
detention centre, near Bedford

4. User-generated content: #SetHerFree

5. User-generated content: #SetHerFree

6. User-generated content: #SetHerFree

7. User-generated content: 99 women
Our focus since September has been
campaigning against the detention of pregnant
women, following HMIP’s report in August.
99 pregnant women were detained in Yarl’s
Wood in 2014. To highlight this, we invited 99
inspiring women to write a message of support
and solidarity, ahead of International Women’s
Day – 8 March 2016.

8. User-generated content: 99 women

9. User-generated content: 99 women
• Process:
– Approaching and photographing existing supporters
– Compiling our ‘wish list’ – actors, singers, musicians,
academics, politicians, healthcare professionals,
writers, comedians, engineers, businesswomen,
women from relevant NGOs, AND refugee women
from local groups
– Emailing, posting cards, following up
– Launch preparations: photo gallery, scheduled tweets,
suggested social media posts, media coverage
– Sharing on 8 March, International
Women’s Day

10. User-generated content: 99 women

11. refugeewomen.co.uk/99women

12. Press coverage: 99 women

13. Public engagement: 99 women

14. Public engagement: 99 women

15. Visit the CharityComms website to
view slides from past events, see
what events we have coming up
and to check out what else we do:
www.charitycomms.org.uk

16. Conference
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London
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