IARS joins Step Up Migrant Women UK Campaign
As part of our Gender and Justice Empowerment Project, the IARS has just joined the UK chapter of the European Campaign Step Up Migrant Women. In...
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The Women’s Advisory Board consists of users from our women-focused projects and meets monthly, enabling refugee, asylum-seeking and other...
Learn moreIARS’ Response to the new Victims’ Strategy
To Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice: This consultation is written in response to your new cross-governmental Victims’ Strategy...
Learn moreRECRUITING VOLUNTEERS FOR THE WOMEN’S ADVISORY BOARD
IARS is looking to recruit 10 women from all backgrounds for its Women’s Advisory Board (WAB). The WAB’s role is to serve as an independent...
Learn moreInternational Day of Peace in Support of Victims of Crime
Friday marked International Day of Peace, an annual celebration of the landmark day the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The UDHR...
Learn morePreventing and Responding to Gender-Based Violence
It is almost too obvious to say we all have a right to life. It’s protected in law by our Human Right Act, which requires the government to take...
Learn moreReflections on the 6th IARS Annual Conference
In a political climate characterised by Euroscepticism, xenophobia, and increasingly socially conservative policy, the 6th IARS Annual Conference...
Learn moreKeeping Domestic Violence on the EU Agenda
When we conceptualise domestic violence (DV), a few images spring to mind. The young wife who faces violence from her husband but is fearful of...
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My week at IARS International Institute started with an introduction into the work the IARS and the 6thannual conference being held the following...
Learn moreComic Relief: Gender, Justice and Empowerment Project
This programme has as objective to help and protect vulnerable refugee and asylum-seeking women. This specific group has to face multiple...
Learn moreInternational Day in Support of Victims of Torture: Justice and Rehabilitation
In 1997, the UN General Assembly proclaimed 26 June to be the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. This is a day in which citizens...
Learn moreIARS’ Response to the Domestic Abuse Bill Consultation
The Government has launched a consultation on measures to be included in a draft Domestic Abuse Bill. As part of IARS’ public policy work, we...
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