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Investing in Safety Launch Event
Leading by and for services Southall Black Sisters, Latin American Women’s Rights Service, Safety4Sisters, Ubuntu Women Shelter and The Angelou Centre invite you to the online launch event of our Investing in Safety model resources (free to download and use): Investing in Safety makes a strong financial case for investing in community based, specialist, by and for services supporting…
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Update – Violent Racist Attack on Selma Taha and Friends
A Statement from Selma Taha On 5 October 2023, I made it known publicly that I and two friends had been the victims of racist abuse and physical violence on the tube, and that a police officer was present, off-duty, who had failed to intervene during the incident to de-escalate the situation so as to…
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SBS follow up statement on Israel/Palestine
It has come to our notice that our earlier statement on this issue is being widely misrepresented in the mainstream media, on social media and by various actors in the VAWG (Violence against Women and Girls) sector as not being sufficiently vocal on sexual violence against Israeli women. It appears to be part of a…
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Safe and Secure: The No Recourse Fund Report of Findings
This evaluation report explores the impact of the UK wide Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG), Immigration and No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) Project conducted by Southall Black Sisters (SBS). The aims of the Project, funded by the Tampon Tax Fund (commissioned by the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) and conducted 2017-19,…
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In memory of Meredith Tax
Politically active and writing till the very end of her life at the age of 80, American feminist, Meredith Tax, passed away on Sunday, 25th September 2022, having suffered from breast cancer for some time. A friend and political ally of Southall Black Sisters, she was a feminist who understood the importance of secular spaces…
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Statement in support of Salman Rushdie
August 13 2022 Southall Black Sisters (SBS) strongly condemns the violent attack on Salman Rushdie who has sustained life-changing injuries. While the motives of the attacker are still not clear, it is likely that the fury with which he reportedly attacked Rushdie was motivated by religious fervour. This incident will send shivers down the spine…
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Southall Black Sisters hosts book launch of No Safe Place
Southall Black Sisters hosts book launch of ‘No Safe Place’ to mark the National Day of Memory for Victims of Honour Based Abuse ‘No Safe Place’ is a memoir by Bekhal Mahmod with Dr Hannana Siddiqui, member of Southall Black Sisters (SBS). The book launch is a hybrid event – full details and registration can…
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Announcing our new Executive Director
‘I look forward to joining SBS to amplify Black women’s voices.’ Southall Black Sisters is entering a new phase under the leadership of Selma Taha. We will continue to remain a vital and vociferous campaigning voice for Black and minoritised women, to grow and develop the excellence of our services for women and girls facing…
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Partnership with Specialist Legal Firm Extended
We are pleased to announce the extension of our partnership for another year with Wesley Gryk Solicitors LLP, specialists in UK immigration and nationality law, who are rated as leaders in this area of law by both The Legal 500 & Chambers and Partners. Under the partnership, SBS has funding to refer women to Wesley Gryk for…
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Marking International Women’s Day…THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES
Marking International Women’s Day THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES…. Of course, women have much to celebrate on International Women’s Day. This is the tenth anniversary of the inspirational women’s revolution in Rojava, North Eastern Syria, where women share equally all leadership roles with men in an ethnically inclusive, ecologically sustainable grassroots democracy despite occupation of some parts…
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Activism is the rent we pay to live on this planet – Our tribute to Pragna Patel
Southall Black Sisters’ Management Committee are sad to announce that our Director, Pragna Patel, is standing down on 5th January 2022, after several powerful decades at the helm. The title of this tribute is a paraphrased quote from Alice Walker, one of Pragna’s favourites, and the guiding light behind her dedication to building Southall Black…
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Child protection in religious organisations and settings – Investigation Report – September 2021
Southall Black Sisters welcomes the shocking report on child abuse in religious settings that was published this week and to which we gave written and oral evidence. Although not the full and final report, it exposes the pervasive culture of hypocrisy, secrecy and denial around religious abuse of power, particularly in minority communities which have…
