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You are invited to the following event: REPORT LAUNCH: MAKING THE ASYLUM APPEALS PROCESS FAIR FOR WOMEN Event to be held at the following time, date and location: Thursday, 30 March 2017 from 18:00 to 20:00 (BST) Garden Court Chambers 57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields WC2A 3LJ London United Kingdom Asylum Aid* and the National Centre for Social Research** invite you to the launch of their new report 'Through her eyes: enabling women's best evidence at UK asylum appeals' This innovative study analyses the perceptions and experiences of women in the asylum appeals process, alongside those of judges, legal representatives, and support organisations. “Through her eyes” reveals important lessons which could make the UK asylum appeals system fairer for women. The study builds upon Asylum Aid's previous work documenting an asylum system that puts women at an acute disadvantage and advocating for change. Chaired by Professor Eleonore Kofman, co-Director of the Social Policy Research Centre at Middlesex University, this event will start with a presentation of the findings of the new report from authors Jane Kerr (Research Director, NatCen) and Gina Clayton (Legal Researcher, Asylum Aid) followed by a discussion on how to improve the asylum appeals process to ensure the system is fair for women and enables them to give best evidence at their hearing. Speakers include: • Catriona Jarvis, Judge of the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) (retired) • Kathryn Cronin, Barrister • Princess Chineze Onyeukwu, Protection Gap Advocate • Debora Singer MBE, Asylum Aid. Following the discussion, you are welcome to stay for light refreshments. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/report-launch-making-the-asylum-appeals-process-fair-for-women-tickets-32232142205?ref=enivtefor001&invite=MTE1NjU0MTkvZGVib3JhLnNpbmdlckBhc3lsdW1haWQub3JnLnVrLzA%3D&utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=inviteformalv2&utm_term=eventpage We are sincerely grateful for the support of the Nuffield Foundation which funded this research. www.nuffieldfoundation.org *Asylum Aid is a part of Migrants Resource Centre. Find out more about our work in this area through our Women's Project. Enquiries to [log in to unmask] ** The National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) is Britain’s largest independent social research agency. To find out more about the work we do visit http://natcen.ac.uk/ . ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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), Oxford Department of International Development, 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. E-mail: [log in to unmask] Posting guidelines: http://www.forcedmigration.org/research-resources/discussion/forced-migration-discussion-list-posting-guidelines Subscribe/unsubscribe: http://tinyurl.com/fmlist-join-leave List Archives: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html RSS: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?RSS&L=forced-migration Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/refugeestudies Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/refugeestudiescentre