Co-founded by Alison and Jane Gordon – twin sisters from Northern Ireland, Sisters For Change is a non-profit organisation that seeks to transform the lives of millions of women and girls across the world.
Our mission is to provide the world’s most marginalised women access to information and justice, to mobilise communities and their leaders to speak out and put an end to the social acceptance of violence against women, and to hold governments legally accountable.
sistersforchange.org.ukGrants
Sisters for Change
Securing an inclusive and effective Domestic Violence & Abuse Act
Grant: £61,734
November 13, 2017
The Queen’s Speech in June 2017 announced a new Domestic Violence and Abuse Bill (DV&A Bill). It is critical that this legislation is inclusive, addressing the needs and realities of all women victims of domestic abuse in England, including BME victims and non-UK citizens, and remedies the weaknesses of the current legal and policy framework.
Through this project, Sisters For Change will:
- Provide legal education and technical legal support to Black and Ethnic Minority (BME) Violence Against Women (VAW) service providers to enable them to participate in the legislative consultation process relating to the Bill.
- Educate Parliamentarians and Government officials about the complexities of domestic abuse, with specific emphasis on BME women victims; the weaknesses of the current legal framework; and priorities for reform.
- Advocate at the national and local level to influence the content of the DV&A Bill and ensure legislation that provides effective protection and support for all women victims.
| Increase Public Understanding | Advance High Quality Thinking | Increase Access to Employment |
| General Public | ||
| Implications of Brexit | Legal Needs in Healthcare Settings | Influence the Online Court |
| Develop Robust Evidence Base | ||
| Understand Role of Technology | ||
| Law Reform, Policy and Regulation | ||
| Communications to Disseminate Learning | ||
Sisters for Change
The power of law in her hands: Building the legal capacity of England's Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Women’s Sector
Grant: £50,000
November 9, 2016
This project will deliver a legal education/capacity building programme to support the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) women’s sector in England. The project seeks to address the current legal capacity gap in the sector, to build confidence in using law as a tool to achieve better social outcomes and remedies for BAME women victims of violence, to enhance the capacity of the BAME women’s sector to monitor State obligations under domestic and international human rights law.
The project has 4 work streams:
- Legal Education.
- Legal Access.
- Legal Evidence Gathering.
- Legal Advocacy/Stakeholder Education.
| Increase Public Understanding | Advance High Quality Thinking | Increase Access to Employment |
| Staff in Voluntary Sector | ||
| Implications of Brexit | Legal Needs in Healthcare Settings | Influence the Online Court |
| Develop Robust Evidence Base | ||
| Understand Role of Technology | ||
| Law Reform, Policy and Regulation | ||
| Communications to Disseminate Learning | ||
