See here Roj Women’s last Annual Activities Report 2010/2011
We are a Kurdish and Turkish grass-roots women’s rights movement established in 2004 and based in London. Roj Women has a membership of hundreds of women from different countries both in Europe and in the Kurdish regions of Syria, Iran, Iraq and Turkey.
a) seminars and trainings to advance general education and knowledge of rights,
b) language courses, counselling sessions, apprenticeships and other similar work related training to develop women’s skills in order to tackle unemployment,
d) psychological support and legal and general advice for victims of domestic violence and forced marriage.
To achieve our objectives we work in partnership with other UK-based women’s rights organisation and statutory agencies in England.
Our campaigning work aims to tackle the double discrimination Kurdish women are subject to as a result of their gender and of their ethnicity in their countries of origin. We want to improve the lives and expand the opportunities available to women living in Kurdish regions by means of drawing attention to the political factors that shape their particular struggle and of lobbying and campaigning for the necessary changes to overcome them.
Contact Roj Women
Addresses: 31-33, Dalston Lane. London, E8 3DF
Fairfax Hall. 11, Portland Gardens. London, N4 1HU
Phone numbers: 02072496980 / 02088801804 / 07854431016 / 07438303978
Email: rojwomen[at]gmail.com
Roj Women’s Association is very grateful to the funding contributed to our work by individual donors as well as by trusts and funds:
Lipman Miliband Trust: For Socialist education and research
Maypole Fund: Money from Women for Women
Big Lottery Fund
We are equally grateful to our partners:
Nafsiyat: Intercultural Therapy Centre
Turkish and Kurdish newspaper
Kurdish Community Centre
KSSO at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
We also thank the office of Jean Lambert Green MEP and the Programme for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights for their financial and technical support.
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Dear Roj Women,
My name is Gowhar ,I am a member of Kurdish Women’s Project in West London and I have been living in London since 1993. At the moment I am working as women advocate in Manor Gardens and Medical Foundation for the Care of Torture and Violence.
I am an active member of “KWP”,I am also a singer who can sing in Farsi, Kurdish, I love cultural activities and art. I would like to join your art and cultural activities and contribute more to my community.
I will be happy to participate in your feature project’s plan. If you need more information please contact me on the following details.
Best wishes
Gowhar