by Management Committee | May 16, 2022 | News, Press Release
‘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...
by Karishma | Apr 29, 2022 | News
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...
by Management Committee | Nov 17, 2021 | News, Press Release
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...
by Karishma | Sep 3, 2021 | News
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...
by Management Committee | Jun 22, 2021 | News
On Wednesday 23 June 2021, our director Pragna Patel will give evidence on behalf of SBS to the People’s Tribunal of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). CEDAW is the body of independent experts from around the world that monitors...