The WASP Project National Conference
Date and venue: Friday 7th December 2007 at
Chancellors Conference Centre, Manchester
The WASP research project is a groundbreaking study conducted by South
Manchester Law Centre in partnership with Manchester Metropolitan University
focusing on the experience of Women Asylum Seekers from Pakistan who seek
refugee protection in the UK as a result of fleeing domestic violence in
Pakistan. This is a trans-national research project covering England and Wales
and four regions in Pakistan. The study pays particular attention to the:
- Nature and extent of protection in Pakistan,
- The difficulties associated with the concept of internal flight,
- Difficulties Pakistani women have experienced with their attempts to access
justice within the asylum system
- Problems with access to services in the UK.
Keynote speakers:
Hina Jilani, Human Rights lawyer based in Pakistan and UN Rapporteur;
Pragna Patel, Chair of Southall Black Sisters;
Melanie Plimmer, Barrister at Garden Court North specialising in asylum
law;
Alison Stanley, Solicitor and Head of Immigration at Bindman and Partners.
This conference will be of particular interest to:
Women’s service providers, immigration and asylum lawyers and decision makers,
practitioners in health, social services and housing who work with asylum
seekers, refugees and survivors of domestic violence, refugee community
organisations, academics, researchers, students, policy makers and campaigners.
Conference fees:
- £117.50 inc.vat for voluntary, not-for-profit and charitable organisations;
- £235 inc. vat for private practitioners, statutory and public organisations
and individuals.
*CPD points pending* *refreshments and lunch provided*
To register your interest, contact the project workers: Nadia Siddiqui by
email: [log in to unmask] telephone: 0161 2481879 or Sajida Ismail by email
on [log in to unmask] telephone: 0161 248 1884.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Note: The material contained in this communication comes to you from the
Forced Migration Discussion List which is moderated by the Refugee Studies
Centre (RSC), University of Oxford. It does not necessarily reflect the
views of the RSC or the University. If you re-print, copy, archive or
re-post this message please retain this disclaimer. Quotations or extracts
should include attribution to the original sources.
List archives are available at:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html
|