Women and girls should be able to live a life free from violence. However, many people in power are using the issue of violence against women and girls as a way to spread misinformation and hatred, benefiting their own agendas. (1/4) 🧵

Very proud to be part of this partnership led by @sbsisters.bsky.social, along with fellow organisations, over the next 5 years. The project seeks to create real and systemic change for women in Black, minoritised and migrant communities that have faced VAWG and domestic abuse. Read more below ⬇️

🚨 Are you interested in applying to the Policy & Communications Manager on Labour Exploitation position? 🚨 📣 We're hosting an online QA for applicants on Tuesday 7th of April! 🤓 Save the date and your questions! Register here ➡️ buff.ly/QBp3aXa

As part of this coalition, we've released a new briefing on how to make the Fair Work Agency work for all workers. A key priority is to ensure that migrant workers feel safe enough to report abuse. A robust firewall allows them to do so without fear. Read the briefing here! ⬇️

The second entry of The Prisma's series on fetishisation of Latin American women is out! Melissa, our Young Women's Programme Coordinator, and Lorena, member of the Young Women's Advisory Board (YWAB), give their perspectives on the YWAB's research on online abuse: theprisma.co.uk/2026/03/23/b...

Two years ago, Australia introduced a Workplace Justice visa so that workers wouldn't be prevented by their immigration status from bringing an employment claim. With the UK's Fair Work Agency launching in April LEAG has pulled together learnings for the UK labourexploitation.org/publications...

✨ We are #hiring! ✨ We're looking for a Policy & Comms Manager on Labour Exploitation. Come and join our wonderful team of Latin American women! 💜 ➡️ Deadline: Sunday 12th of April ➡️ More information here: www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/latin-a... #Recruitment #CharityJobs

Last week we participated in a mass lobby with fellow organisations to meet with MP's over the Government's earned settlement proposal. Let's stand with migrant people! ✊ Here's a glimpse of that day:

Along with fellow VAWG organisations, we've signed a letter urging the Justice Secretary to reconsider the Government's proposal to significantly reduce jury trials. Read why we're taking a stance here: www.theguardian.com/law/2026/mar... - @theguardian.com

📣 VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITY! 📣 We're looking for a Counsellor/Psychotherapist (Portuguese speaker) to support our community of Latin American women! 💜 If you're interested, you can find the volunteer role description and application form on our website: lawrs.org.uk/vacancies/

Our Young Women's Advisory Board research report, "Voices of Young Latinas: Peer Research on Online Abuse and the Impact of Fetishisation" has been featured in an article by The Prisma! Read more on their findings and the importance of these issues here: theprisma.co.uk/2026/03/16/l...

Dolores Modern, our Policy & Comms Manager on Labour Exploitation wrote on new developments surrounding safe reporting: A positive policy by the Police Service of Northern Ireland and an ambiguous VAWG strategy by the UK Gov. 💡 Read more on our blog: lawrs.org.uk/blog/2026/03...

Monserrat Escudero, our Policy & Comms Manager on VAWG, will be participating at @legalactiongroup.bsky.social's conference on #DA and #HousingLaw. Monserrat will be sharing her expertise at the panel regarding migrant rights and intersectionality. Find more about the event here ⬇️

Today we are joining migrant and refugee groups, unions, and faith communities and others in Parliament at the Mass Lobby for Migrant Rights. We’ll be meeting MPs face-to-face and urging them to oppose the Government’s harmful earned settlement plans. Settlement is a right.

Today, our Director, Gisela Valle, will be participating at MEWSo's event "Our Lives Are Not Border Policy - An International Women's Day Conference". Gisela will be talking about the impact of immigration status on safety, wellbeing, and access to justice. ✊

Today, on #InternationalWomensDay, Mariana Brandeburgo, Co-Chair of our Board of Trustees, reflects on the feminist legacy we commemorate, the determination that drives us today, and the world we want to imagine as a community of migrant women in the future: lawrs.org.uk/blog/2026/03... ✊💜

Yesterday, Liz Davies KC of @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social delivered closing submissions for the DA Group in the @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social on behalf of SBS, @lawrsuk.bsky.social & @solacewomensaid.bsky.social, instructed by Public Interest Law Centre. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRZH... (1:20:20) 1/🧵

The Detention Taskforce's new briefing, "Barriers to Disclosure", looks at the experiences of trafficking survivors' going through the immigration system. Rather than blaming victims, we must address the barriers that prevent disclosure. Read the briefing: labourexploitation.org/publications...

This week, the government announced significant changes to the framework for the protection of refugees in the UK which will undoubtedly have a harmful and profound impact on the women who seeking safety, as well as on their families and communities. (1/4)

Our Young Women's Advisory Board (YWAB) is proud to present their report "Voices of Young Latinas: Peer research on online abuse and the impact of fetishisation" (1/4)! Get a glimpse of how the report came to be on our blog: lawrs.org.uk/blog/2026/03...

Today our Director, Gisela Valle, will be speaking at the @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social on behalf of the DA Group, formed by LAWRS, @sbsisters.bsky.social and Solace Women's Aid (1/3).

Today in public hearings for Module 10: Impact on Society, we will hear evidence from witnesses including Dr. Clare Wenham, expert in the impact on gender and Gisela Valle, on behalf of the Domestic Abuse (DA) Group.

📣 The deadline for the Home Office’s public consultation on new immigration proposals is on the 12th of February. This ‘earned settlement’ model would have a huge impact on migrant communities such as the Latin American community (1/3)

The PSNI will stop sharing data on migrant victims of crime with the Home Office, with the exception of very specific circumstances. This is a step in the right direction. It is time for our Government to follow suit and stop putting victims of VAWG and modern slavery at risk.

Government proposals to make settlement (Indefinite Leave to Remain) harder to access will directly harm migrant women who are victims/survivors of VAWG and exploitation (1/2) @sbsisters.bsky.social @evawuk.bsky.social & Hibiscus.

With fellow organisations at CLAUK, we've collaborated on a guide regarding the Earned Settlement consultation to facilitate the public's participation and have their say on these proposed changes. (1/2)

'Our Side of the Story' Created by the Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group and Stand & Be Counted Theatre, this short film features people with lived experience of asylum hotels. The group is supported by us, and the film presents a spoken version of a statement they shared a few months ago.

The Gvt’s VAWG strategy commits to establishing safe reporting mechanisms for survivors. Thank you to everyone who has stood with us in this fight. There is much work ahead of us, but we will hold this Government to their word. Our full statement here: shorturl.at/EMgpK

On #InternationalMigrantsDay, we reaffirm that dignity, safety, and human rights must apply to everyone, regardless of immigration status. Migrant women's ability to live free from fear is fundamental to a fair and just society. (1/6)

#16DaysOfActivism - “There are no humans less deserving of a dignified life.” Today, on #HumanRightsDay, we’re closing our #16DaysOfActivism with a blog entry that reaffirms the need for a human rights framework in our society and that, alarmingly, is increasingly being questioned. (1/2)

#16DaysOfActivism - As migrant Latin American women, we're currently living under an environment that stacks the odds against us: hostile immigration policies, weaponisation of VAWG and fetishisation of our identities. (1/2)

#16DaysOfActivism 💜 ✊🏽 - Today we talk about online abuse as a new form of VAWG. Women want digital spaces free from fetishisation and abuse. (1/2) #StopOnlineAbuse

#16DaysOfActivism - Young women are impacted by fetishisation in many different ways, especially within online contexts. (1/2) #StopOnlineAbuse

#16DaysOfActivism - LAWRS’ Young Women’s Advisory Board, which gives direction to our advocacy and policy work on young migrant women, is exploring how the fetishisation of the ‘Latina’ image shapes identity and safety, and affects their political participation (1/2)

#16DaysOfActivism - We cannot end VAWG while misinformation about it is allowed to spread unchecked. Today, we’re sharing the reality survivors face in the midst of the weaponisation of VAWG. (1/2)

#16DaysOfActivism 💜 ✊🏽 - Our Director, Gisela Valle, tells us how scapegoating is being used by the current government as a way to ignore larger widespread issues. Positioning migrants as the enemy isn’t going to fix severe structural issues that affect all communities in the UK. #NotInOurName

#16DaysOfActivism - When VAWG is used as a tool to further anti-immigration agendas, it creates a space for myths, exaggeration or misrepresentations. (1/2) #NotInOurName #MigrantJustice

#16DaysOfActivism VAWG is weaponised when women’s experiences and pain is used to justify racism and harsh immigration policies. (1/4)

#16DaysOfActivism - Recently, the fight against gender-based violence has been co-opted by the far-right, anti-migrant agenda. (1/4) #EndViolenceAgainstWomen #MigrantJustice

#16DaysOfActivism - Migrant women who are victims of gender-based violence and modern slavery, already facing a hostile environment, will be particularly impacted by this government’s immigration policy. (1/4)

#16DaysOfActivism - On 15th October we stood side by side outside the Home Office with fellow organisations, @sbsisters.bsky.social , @evawuk.bsky.social and Hibiscus to take a stand against the Immigration White Paper (1/2) #16Days #EndViolenceAgainstWomen #MigrantJustice

#16DaysOfActivism Eloisa’s* story is one that unfortunately many migrant women can relate to. Having to choose between safety or risking deportation is one that no woman should face. The Gov's immigration policy keeps women like Eloisa in danger. This cannot stand. #EndVAWG #MigrantJustice

#16DaysOfActivism - Today we are amplifying the voices of the women we support through our caseworkers. These women should be at the centre of the discussion for migrant women’s rights. The women whose lives are affected by harsh immigration policies (1/2)

The Labour government’s proposal on having VAWG seems too good to be true. How can this become a reality when migrant women aren’t being included in this plan? (1/2) #16DaysOfActivism #EndViolenceAgainstWomen #MigrantJustice #SafeReporting

Today our Director, Gisela Valle, is presenting at the International Forum Beyond Borders: Human Rights and Justice for Migrant Women Conference. We thank @siemprengo.bsky.social for organising this incredible space. Working in coalition is essential! 🤍

#16DaysofActivism - Today we join the global campaign to end gender-based violence. At LAWRS, we stand with migrant women whose safety, dignity, and rights are being undermined by harmful immigration policies (1/6)

The govts. “earned settlement” plans punish and trap Black, minoritised & migrant victim-survivors of VAWG. These reforms are detrimental and cruel. They must be reversed. Read our joint statement with @sbsisters.bsky.social, @evawuk.bsky.social & Hibiscus ➡️ buff.ly/akg3Yan

Did you know how much UK's GDP could be boosted if we #LiftTheBan on work for people seeking asylum? People want to work, contribute and use their skills. Instead, they're trapped in limbo. Tell the Minister to #LiftTheBan now! lifttheban.co.uk/email-the-ne... - @asylummatters.bsky.social

🚨 Are you interested in applying to the Policy & Communications Manager on Violence Against Women and Girls position? 🚨 We're hosting an online QA for applicants on Thursday 27th of November! 🤓 Save the date and your questions! Register here ➡️ buff.ly/Bo2mT8B

With @sbsisters.bsky.social, @evawuk.bsky.social and Hibiscus, we share this joint statement regarding the announced changes to the asylum system. Refugee and migrant women's rights are human rights. We stand united in condemning these reforms and call on the govt to change its course immediately.