Women's Paths Research Group

A women's refuge in Brighton, RISE, have compiled a Christmas wish list. Please donate, or share if you don't have the means.

Merry Christmas!

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We're looking for a new cohort to reign in Women's Paths Research Group series of activities for the 2018/2019 academic year :)
Please do drop us a line if you or anyone you know are interested!

So our time running Women's Paths has come to an end. We've had a fantastic year organising events and connecting with you all.

We extend our thanks to all of you for your attendance and support ❤️

Love from Arththi, Ope, Amber and Marlo

A final thank you to the amazing charities we worked with throughout the year. You made our vision to connect feminist scholarship to activism come alive. Thanks for all the work you do to transform the world 🌍 TransLeeds Shantona Womens Centre Women's Lives Leeds Leeds Animation Workshop Renaissance One Racial Justice Network Heritage Corner, Leeds

If you didn't make it to our finale symposium in June, you can read all about it on our blog. It was a truly phenomenal way to end the year!

https://womenspaths.tumblr.com/symposium18

Leeds Women's Aid is offering a Leeds Women’s Aid Training which will be held at Leeds Women’s Aid Head Office on Monday the 24th September.

Below is a brief outline of the course:

Forced Marriage Awareness & Good Practice
· What is a Forced Marriage?
· Exploring the concept of Honour & understanding Honour-Based Violence
· What are the motivations of honour-based abuse and forced marriage?
· Survivors Story & Case study analysis
· Understanding the barriers and consequences to fleeing Forced Marriage
· Identifying risk indicators
· Understanding the role of the Forced Marriage Unit and Forced Marriage Legislation to support professional working with and individuals affected by forced marriage and honour based violence and abuse.
· Risk awareness exercise and analysis
· Safety planning exercise and analysis
· Understanding best practice when working with individuals affected by forced marriage.

Further queries may be directed to Minnow Bachas: [email protected]

Our pals over at Sheffield have a brilliant conference on 'Intersectionality & Academia'!
We're going to be speaking at it so make sure you get your tickets to this FREE EVENT!!!

Intersections & Academia Conference 2018 The political backdrop of the past few years has provoked numerous conversations about social justice issues, both inside and outside of academia. However, like Donald Trump, Theresa May, and the rising Right, these conversations, and their corresponding movements (the Women’s March, anti-Trump pr...

Women's Paths members are invited to a performance:

Mafwa Theatre present
Women Of Power... powerful stories of the everyday, created for Refugee Week 2018.

Saturday 23rd June, 4 - 6pm

Howard Assembly Rooms, Leeds

Pay as you feel!

Thank you to everyone that attended our symposium today! We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.

Follow the Twitter hashtag to catch up on the days events. From the morning keynote to the final panel, the quality and passion of the research was phenomenal.

We extend our thanks to our speakers for travelling far and wide, and to our funders for making the day possible.

A summary of the day and photos to follow