The Women’s Building* that Peabody has promised to build on the site of Holloway Prison is at risk of housing probationary services. Formerly the largest women’s prison in Europe, Holloway prison was a site of intense violence and harm. The Women’s Building was demanded by the community, to be a space for healing and support […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 6pm Saturday 12 March 2022 The action marks the anniversary of the infamous Clapham Common vigil for Sarah Everard, where police beat and arrested women Patsy Stevenson, violently arrested by police at the vigil last year, gave a speech to crowds: “I was arrested on the floor for putting down a candle” […]
Feminist action group that launched Kill the Bill movement mark one year since Clapham Common vigil, where women were brutalised by police officers Hundreds expected to gather at New Scotland Yard to withdraw consent from British policing Sisters Uncut say when policing bill passes, “more police powers will lead to more police violence” Sisters Uncut […]
2 women a week are killed by a partner or ex-partner
1 in 2 survivors turned away from refuge
refuge funding cut by 1/4 since 2010