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was one of the founders. NAWP subsequently grew to include a resource centre, refuge and second-stage hostel. In 1997 a counselling service was established for girls and women aged 12 to 55. NAWP offered information, advice, counselling and befriending services in the five major languages of
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As part of a nationwide funding crisis for specialist providers of BME refuges, the London Black Women's Project was threatened in 2019 with the loss of its council contract to run Newham's refuges for domestic and sexual violence victims. After protests from local campaigners and women's
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In 1987 Newham Asian Women's Project was established, opening a hostel providing emergency accommodation to women and children escaping domestic violence.
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London Black Women’s Project to continue running domestic violence service as council restarts new contract tender process
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Women’s organisations call for council to recommission Plaistow-based refuge provider London Black Women’s Project
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organizations, the decision was reversed in November 2019, and LBWP's contract was extended for another year.
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were so prevalent among young British Asian women, and make recommendations aimed at improving the situation.
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Women’s lives ‘at risk’ as refuges for black and minority ethnic domestic-violence survivors face closure
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Anita Bhardwaj, 'Growing Up Young, Asian and Female in Britain: A Report on Self-harm and Suicide',
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In 2015 it was agreed to expand the project's provision, and rename the project accordingly, and on
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Project fears it may lose contract to run refuges in the borough for women
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Women’s Groups call for Newham Mayor to reinstate funding for BME refuges
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obstructed access to services for South Asian women experiencing
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2016 the project was renamed London Black Women's Project.
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The organization's patron is the actress and writer
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Organisations based in the London Borough of Newham
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Index

East London
women's refuges
London Borough of Newham
South Asian
racism
domestic violence
East London
Gulshun Rehman
Gujarati
Urdu
Hindi
Punjabi
Bengali
self-harm
suicide
International Women's Day
Meera Syal





Yinka Sunmonu
"Newham Asian Women's Project"
Alison Donnell
ISBN
978-1-134-70025-7
London Black Women's Project: History
Individual Stories
London Black Women's Project (LBWP)

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