Gil migrated to the UK from Brazil with her partner and two children as a tourist, and subsequently became undocumented. When she fled abuse, she was not supported by the police and she ended up homeless with a child in mid-winter. Finding the Latin American Women’s Rights Service (LAWRS) changed her life and Gil now works on the group's Step Up Migrant Women campaign to highlight the vulnerability of migrant women with insecure immigration status who are suffering domestic abuse.
LAWRS also works with Migrants in Action (MinA), a community theatre group dedicated to Brazilian women in London who have experienced gender violence. Using theatre techniques, they create a safe space for women to share stories, identify violence and heal. We hear from the artistic director, Carolina Cal.
Women Resisting Violence is presented by Renata Peppl and produced by Louise Morris. Made through a partnership with King's College London and the Latin America Bureau.
Featuring music by Rebeca Lane, WARA and Uppbeat*. With excerpts from ‘We Still Fight in the Dark’/ 'Lutamos no escuro’, developed by Migrants in Action (MinA)
featuring \"Alguém me avisou\" by Dona Ivone Lara.
This episode is also available in Spanish and Portuguese.
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Get in touch: wrv@lab.org.uk
More info about the project: wrv.org.uk | about LAWRS: lawrs.org.uk | about MinA: migrantsinaction.org.uk
Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Impact Acceleration Account held at King’s College London.
*Uppbeat (free for Creators!) License code: WGSO3VEVLIGJQBUF
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