Womens views on how the immigration system affects their mental health, covering asylum decision making, housing conditions, detention, gender based violence and more- email us to order the book here - all profits go into supporting our advocacy team with volunteer expenses and destitution grants
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Advocacy & Information
We are here to advocate with refugee and migrant women in the West Midlands, create information and inspire change in partnership with others.
Community Advocacy
We are strengthening our community advocacy work. We have moved to the Jericho Foundation, and are currently offering booked appointments where essential, and phone and online appointments where possible.
Resources
We link women into community resources and give out hygiene products to combat period poverty
CMWH Partnership
We provide advocacy casework assistance to forced migrant women housed in the Coventry Migrant Womens House Project.
Policy & Advocacy
To ensure women's voices are heard, and their problems addressed in a dignified and fair manner. Working with partners to shine a light on gender policies in practice. Educating and informing officials and the wider networks. Improving policies, and the lives of refgugee and migrant women.
Social Change Group
We coordinate a weekly group, to bring women together to find strength from each other as well as information on how to tackle a difficult system.
Therapeutic Project
Wellbeing activites through self-care meetings for advocates and interpreters, acupuncture and counselling sessions, art workshops and well being groups.