Women for Refugee Women
@4refugeewomen.bsky.social
We support women seeking safety in the UK to rebuild their lives on their own terms.
www.refugeewomen.co.uk
#WelcomeEveryWoman #SetHerFree #SistersNotStrangers
www.refugeewomen.co.uk
#WelcomeEveryWoman #SetHerFree #SistersNotStrangers
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LGBTQI+ people are not safe in immigration detention. The safeguards are failing, and queer lives are being put at risk. It’s time for the government to act.
Share this post if you agree there is #NoPrideInDetention
Read more: buff.ly/dQQACAg
Share this post if you agree there is #NoPrideInDetention
Read more: buff.ly/dQQACAg
January 28, 2026 at 9:01 AM
LGBTQI+ people are not safe in immigration detention. The safeguards are failing, and queer lives are being put at risk. It’s time for the government to act.
Share this post if you agree there is #NoPrideInDetention
Read more: buff.ly/dQQACAg
Share this post if you agree there is #NoPrideInDetention
Read more: buff.ly/dQQACAg
A vital read by our Founder, @natashawalter.bsky.social. 👇👇👇
The threat to Rojava is grave and resonates beyond Syria. This is where the phrase Woman Life Freedom was first used. This cannot be where it dies.
I write for the Guardian about why we should all be standing by the women in NE Syria in these desperate times.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I write for the Guardian about why we should all be standing by the women in NE Syria in these desperate times.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The revolutionary women of Rojava are in grave danger. That has consequences for us all | Natasha Walter
For a decade, the autonomous territory in Syria has been a bastion of gender equality. It holds important lessons for the fight against authoritarianism, says author Natasha Walter
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:09 AM
A vital read by our Founder, @natashawalter.bsky.social. 👇👇👇
End of the week wins! 🎉🤩
🌈 Three of our Rainbow Sisters have been granted protection in the UK, and
🫂 One of our network members is going to be reunited with her husband after many years forced apart.
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🌈 Three of our Rainbow Sisters have been granted protection in the UK, and
🫂 One of our network members is going to be reunited with her husband after many years forced apart.
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January 23, 2026 at 10:59 AM
End of the week wins! 🎉🤩
🌈 Three of our Rainbow Sisters have been granted protection in the UK, and
🫂 One of our network members is going to be reunited with her husband after many years forced apart.
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🌈 Three of our Rainbow Sisters have been granted protection in the UK, and
🫂 One of our network members is going to be reunited with her husband after many years forced apart.
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⏪ Last year was an extremely hostile year for women seeking safety in the UK.
Yet the refugee women in our network met this hostility with hope, resistance and sisterhood! And we couldn’t be prouder.
Here are our highlights of 2025 👇
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Yet the refugee women in our network met this hostility with hope, resistance and sisterhood! And we couldn’t be prouder.
Here are our highlights of 2025 👇
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January 21, 2026 at 7:16 PM
⏪ Last year was an extremely hostile year for women seeking safety in the UK.
Yet the refugee women in our network met this hostility with hope, resistance and sisterhood! And we couldn’t be prouder.
Here are our highlights of 2025 👇
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Yet the refugee women in our network met this hostility with hope, resistance and sisterhood! And we couldn’t be prouder.
Here are our highlights of 2025 👇
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🗣️ "I was imprisoned in Iran for speaking out against human rights abuses and state executions, and for defending women's rights... Today, I use that voice to speak out about the horrors that continue."
A brilliant, must-read piece by @nasrin-2.bsky.social.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A brilliant, must-read piece by @nasrin-2.bsky.social.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I know the terrible cost of speaking out in Iran – and I beg the world to stand with those speaking out now | Nasrin Parvaz
Survivors of the regime like me are reliving our nightmares as brave Iranians fight for their freedom. They say they have nothing to lose but their chains, says women’s rights activist and torture sur...
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:12 AM
🗣️ "I was imprisoned in Iran for speaking out against human rights abuses and state executions, and for defending women's rights... Today, I use that voice to speak out about the horrors that continue."
A brilliant, must-read piece by @nasrin-2.bsky.social.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A brilliant, must-read piece by @nasrin-2.bsky.social.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
🚨 The public inquiry on Manston is shocking, yet unsurprising.
The detention centre was found to be:
❌ “Overcrowded, squalid and insanitary” which led to
❌ an outbreak of diphtheria and scabies
❌ and inhumane conditions.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... 1/5
The detention centre was found to be:
❌ “Overcrowded, squalid and insanitary” which led to
❌ an outbreak of diphtheria and scabies
❌ and inhumane conditions.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... 1/5
Manston asylum centre was ‘overcrowded, squalid and insanitary’, inquiry hears
Extent to which conditions deteriorated at Kent detention centre in 2022 is being investigated in public hearing
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:59 AM
🚨 The public inquiry on Manston is shocking, yet unsurprising.
The detention centre was found to be:
❌ “Overcrowded, squalid and insanitary” which led to
❌ an outbreak of diphtheria and scabies
❌ and inhumane conditions.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... 1/5
The detention centre was found to be:
❌ “Overcrowded, squalid and insanitary” which led to
❌ an outbreak of diphtheria and scabies
❌ and inhumane conditions.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... 1/5
🚨 We are horrified by the disturbing footage of the response to peaceful protests in two detention centres against the harmful 'one in, one out' UK-France deal .
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... 1/3
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... 1/3
More than 100 asylum seekers stage ‘one in, one out’ protests at detention centres
Officers with riot shields, dogs and teargas called in to quell action at Harmondsworth and Brook House facilities
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:46 PM
🚨 We are horrified by the disturbing footage of the response to peaceful protests in two detention centres against the harmful 'one in, one out' UK-France deal .
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... 1/3
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... 1/3
The first week of the new term is complete!
This week we have:
💜 Welcomed women back to our community space, including 7 new members
🎵🥁 Launched our Music Group - a fun space for women to learn how to play different instruments, create music together, and sing
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This week we have:
💜 Welcomed women back to our community space, including 7 new members
🎵🥁 Launched our Music Group - a fun space for women to learn how to play different instruments, create music together, and sing
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January 9, 2026 at 11:35 AM
The first week of the new term is complete!
This week we have:
💜 Welcomed women back to our community space, including 7 new members
🎵🥁 Launched our Music Group - a fun space for women to learn how to play different instruments, create music together, and sing
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This week we have:
💜 Welcomed women back to our community space, including 7 new members
🎵🥁 Launched our Music Group - a fun space for women to learn how to play different instruments, create music together, and sing
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Today @hmiprisonsnews.bsky.social released an inspection report on Derwentside.
📢 The report shows what we already know: detention harms.
➡️ Pregnant women & survivors of violence are still detained
➡️ Vulnerabilities ignored
Detention is never safe. It’s time to #EndDetention.
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📢 The report shows what we already know: detention harms.
➡️ Pregnant women & survivors of violence are still detained
➡️ Vulnerabilities ignored
Detention is never safe. It’s time to #EndDetention.
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January 6, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Today @hmiprisonsnews.bsky.social released an inspection report on Derwentside.
📢 The report shows what we already know: detention harms.
➡️ Pregnant women & survivors of violence are still detained
➡️ Vulnerabilities ignored
Detention is never safe. It’s time to #EndDetention.
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📢 The report shows what we already know: detention harms.
➡️ Pregnant women & survivors of violence are still detained
➡️ Vulnerabilities ignored
Detention is never safe. It’s time to #EndDetention.
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📣 Final few days!
We’re looking for two people to join our small but mighty Campaigns team!
💜 Campaigns and Communications Manager
✊ Policy and Research Manager
Deadline: 7th Jan, 5PM
Find out more and how to apply: www.refugeewomen.co.uk/jobs/
We’re looking for two people to join our small but mighty Campaigns team!
💜 Campaigns and Communications Manager
✊ Policy and Research Manager
Deadline: 7th Jan, 5PM
Find out more and how to apply: www.refugeewomen.co.uk/jobs/
Women for Refugee Women - Jobs & Careers
Explore current refugee women job & career opportunities at Women for Refugee Women. Join our small team and make a difference to refugee women.
www.refugeewomen.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 10:30 AM
📣 Final few days!
We’re looking for two people to join our small but mighty Campaigns team!
💜 Campaigns and Communications Manager
✊ Policy and Research Manager
Deadline: 7th Jan, 5PM
Find out more and how to apply: www.refugeewomen.co.uk/jobs/
We’re looking for two people to join our small but mighty Campaigns team!
💜 Campaigns and Communications Manager
✊ Policy and Research Manager
Deadline: 7th Jan, 5PM
Find out more and how to apply: www.refugeewomen.co.uk/jobs/
🏅New Year, New Challenge, Real Difference
Join Team Women for Refugee Women and make a real difference to the lives of refugee women.
Whether it's a run, swim, jump - or something different altogether - your challenge can send the powerful message to refugee women that they are welcome here.
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Join Team Women for Refugee Women and make a real difference to the lives of refugee women.
Whether it's a run, swim, jump - or something different altogether - your challenge can send the powerful message to refugee women that they are welcome here.
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January 2, 2026 at 6:22 PM
🏅New Year, New Challenge, Real Difference
Join Team Women for Refugee Women and make a real difference to the lives of refugee women.
Whether it's a run, swim, jump - or something different altogether - your challenge can send the powerful message to refugee women that they are welcome here.
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Join Team Women for Refugee Women and make a real difference to the lives of refugee women.
Whether it's a run, swim, jump - or something different altogether - your challenge can send the powerful message to refugee women that they are welcome here.
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Happy New Year! 🌟
Our hopes for 2026:
💜 A compassionate and fair asylum system;
❤️ A world where refugee women can heal, rebuild their lives and THRIVE.
Wishing you all a happy, healthy and joy-filled year from all at WRW.
Our hopes for 2026:
💜 A compassionate and fair asylum system;
❤️ A world where refugee women can heal, rebuild their lives and THRIVE.
Wishing you all a happy, healthy and joy-filled year from all at WRW.
January 1, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Happy New Year! 🌟
Our hopes for 2026:
💜 A compassionate and fair asylum system;
❤️ A world where refugee women can heal, rebuild their lives and THRIVE.
Wishing you all a happy, healthy and joy-filled year from all at WRW.
Our hopes for 2026:
💜 A compassionate and fair asylum system;
❤️ A world where refugee women can heal, rebuild their lives and THRIVE.
Wishing you all a happy, healthy and joy-filled year from all at WRW.
Looking for a new job in 2026?
We're recruiting for TWO roles in our Campaigns team:
👉 Campaigns and Communications Manager
👉 Policy and Research Manager
Find out more and how to apply: www.refugeewomen.co.uk/jobs/
Deadline 7th Jan, 5pm.
We're recruiting for TWO roles in our Campaigns team:
👉 Campaigns and Communications Manager
👉 Policy and Research Manager
Find out more and how to apply: www.refugeewomen.co.uk/jobs/
Deadline 7th Jan, 5pm.
Women for Refugee Women - Jobs & Careers
Explore current refugee women job & career opportunities at Women for Refugee Women. Join our small team and make a difference to refugee women.
www.refugeewomen.co.uk
December 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Looking for a new job in 2026?
We're recruiting for TWO roles in our Campaigns team:
👉 Campaigns and Communications Manager
👉 Policy and Research Manager
Find out more and how to apply: www.refugeewomen.co.uk/jobs/
Deadline 7th Jan, 5pm.
We're recruiting for TWO roles in our Campaigns team:
👉 Campaigns and Communications Manager
👉 Policy and Research Manager
Find out more and how to apply: www.refugeewomen.co.uk/jobs/
Deadline 7th Jan, 5pm.
To the refugee women in our network, our staff, volunteers, trustees, partners, friends and all those celebrating, we wish you a very Merry Christmas.
We hope you have a joy-filled and celebratory day!🎄🌟
We hope you have a joy-filled and celebratory day!🎄🌟
December 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM
To the refugee women in our network, our staff, volunteers, trustees, partners, friends and all those celebrating, we wish you a very Merry Christmas.
We hope you have a joy-filled and celebratory day!🎄🌟
We hope you have a joy-filled and celebratory day!🎄🌟
🪄 Our festive wishes
At our annual winter party, we had a pop-up Santa's Grotto where women could share their wishes for 2026.
Follow along to read some of our wishes, and for ways you can help spread some magic to refugee women. 👇
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At our annual winter party, we had a pop-up Santa's Grotto where women could share their wishes for 2026.
Follow along to read some of our wishes, and for ways you can help spread some magic to refugee women. 👇
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December 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
🪄 Our festive wishes
At our annual winter party, we had a pop-up Santa's Grotto where women could share their wishes for 2026.
Follow along to read some of our wishes, and for ways you can help spread some magic to refugee women. 👇
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At our annual winter party, we had a pop-up Santa's Grotto where women could share their wishes for 2026.
Follow along to read some of our wishes, and for ways you can help spread some magic to refugee women. 👇
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'The Home Office treated me like an animal in a cage'
Read our former client's response to this week's High Court ruling that the Home Office failed to protect vulnerable people in detention 🖋️
www.bigissue.com/opinion/vuln...
Read our former client's response to this week's High Court ruling that the Home Office failed to protect vulnerable people in detention 🖋️
www.bigissue.com/opinion/vuln...
I'm a vulnerable migrant. The Home Office treated me like an animal in a cage
Malachi, a vulnerable migrant, was held in an immigration detention centre by the Home Office. They say they were treated like an animal.
www.bigissue.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
'The Home Office treated me like an animal in a cage'
Read our former client's response to this week's High Court ruling that the Home Office failed to protect vulnerable people in detention 🖋️
www.bigissue.com/opinion/vuln...
Read our former client's response to this week's High Court ruling that the Home Office failed to protect vulnerable people in detention 🖋️
www.bigissue.com/opinion/vuln...
✨ A snippet of our annual Winter Party ✨
Celebration, sisterhood, joy, community, connection.
It was a beautiful afternoon!
Wishing you a wonderful festive period, from all of us at WRW. 💜
Celebration, sisterhood, joy, community, connection.
It was a beautiful afternoon!
Wishing you a wonderful festive period, from all of us at WRW. 💜
December 19, 2025 at 11:25 AM
✨ A snippet of our annual Winter Party ✨
Celebration, sisterhood, joy, community, connection.
It was a beautiful afternoon!
Wishing you a wonderful festive period, from all of us at WRW. 💜
Celebration, sisterhood, joy, community, connection.
It was a beautiful afternoon!
Wishing you a wonderful festive period, from all of us at WRW. 💜
This is brilliant and welcome news.
No-one should be forced into homelessness.
Now it’s time to extend the move-on period to 56 days permanently.
Well done to all involved in making this happen, it will make a huge difference! 👏💜
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
No-one should be forced into homelessness.
Now it’s time to extend the move-on period to 56 days permanently.
Well done to all involved in making this happen, it will make a huge difference! 👏💜
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Thousands to avoid Christmas on streets as Home Office ordered to delay refugee evictions
Move-on period extended from 28 days to 56 days if person recently granted refugee status is at risk of sleeping rough
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This is brilliant and welcome news.
No-one should be forced into homelessness.
Now it’s time to extend the move-on period to 56 days permanently.
Well done to all involved in making this happen, it will make a huge difference! 👏💜
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
No-one should be forced into homelessness.
Now it’s time to extend the move-on period to 56 days permanently.
Well done to all involved in making this happen, it will make a huge difference! 👏💜
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
🚨 The Government's long-awaited Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy was released today.
Here's the good, the bad, and the ugly. 👇
www.refugeewomen.co.uk/vawg-strategy/ 1/🧵
Here's the good, the bad, and the ugly. 👇
www.refugeewomen.co.uk/vawg-strategy/ 1/🧵
Women for Refugee Women - Women for Refugee Women’s Statement on the Government’s VAWG Strategy: Leaving Refugee Women Behind
The Government's VAWG strategy leaves refugee women behind. Until the Government acknowledges that its own hostile asylum policies perpetuate and exacerbate violence against refugee and asylum-seeking...
www.refugeewomen.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
🚨 The Government's long-awaited Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy was released today.
Here's the good, the bad, and the ugly. 👇
www.refugeewomen.co.uk/vawg-strategy/ 1/🧵
Here's the good, the bad, and the ugly. 👇
www.refugeewomen.co.uk/vawg-strategy/ 1/🧵
Reposted by Women for Refugee Women
I'm eternally grateful for the tireless work done by brilliant organisations in Bristol and across the country to support migrants and refugees - thank you @4refugeewomen.bsky.social @rainbowmigration.bsky.social @praxisprojects.bsky.social
and Stand Against Racism and Inequality (SARI)
and Stand Against Racism and Inequality (SARI)
December 18, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I'm eternally grateful for the tireless work done by brilliant organisations in Bristol and across the country to support migrants and refugees - thank you @4refugeewomen.bsky.social @rainbowmigration.bsky.social @praxisprojects.bsky.social
and Stand Against Racism and Inequality (SARI)
and Stand Against Racism and Inequality (SARI)
Reposted by Women for Refugee Women
I'm deeply worried by what I've heard from organisations in Bristol about LGBTQ+ asylum seekers being the target of hate crime while in unsuitable asylum accommodation - this week I called on the government to act.
December 18, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I'm deeply worried by what I've heard from organisations in Bristol about LGBTQ+ asylum seekers being the target of hate crime while in unsuitable asylum accommodation - this week I called on the government to act.
✍️ Here I found, by Malika
Read this beautiful piece by Malika, a member of our network, reflecting on the community she has found at Women for Refugee Women.
"When I feel scared, here I feel safe.
When I have tears, here I find smiles.
When I feel sad, here I find happiness."💜
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Read this beautiful piece by Malika, a member of our network, reflecting on the community she has found at Women for Refugee Women.
"When I feel scared, here I feel safe.
When I have tears, here I find smiles.
When I feel sad, here I find happiness."💜
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December 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
✍️ Here I found, by Malika
Read this beautiful piece by Malika, a member of our network, reflecting on the community she has found at Women for Refugee Women.
"When I feel scared, here I feel safe.
When I have tears, here I find smiles.
When I feel sad, here I find happiness."💜
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Read this beautiful piece by Malika, a member of our network, reflecting on the community she has found at Women for Refugee Women.
"When I feel scared, here I feel safe.
When I have tears, here I find smiles.
When I feel sad, here I find happiness."💜
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The proposed reforms to the asylum system will have a disproportionate impact on people with protected characteristics - like women and the LGBTQ+ community.
We're extremely thankful to Kirsty Blackman MP for securing a Westminster Hall Debate this morning analysing this disproportionate harm.
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We're extremely thankful to Kirsty Blackman MP for securing a Westminster Hall Debate this morning analysing this disproportionate harm.
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December 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The proposed reforms to the asylum system will have a disproportionate impact on people with protected characteristics - like women and the LGBTQ+ community.
We're extremely thankful to Kirsty Blackman MP for securing a Westminster Hall Debate this morning analysing this disproportionate harm.
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We're extremely thankful to Kirsty Blackman MP for securing a Westminster Hall Debate this morning analysing this disproportionate harm.
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🚨People are dying in the hostile asylum system.
Tragically, lives are being lost. But we don't know how many, and often, who.
We must #KnowTheirNames.
@asylummatters.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Tragically, lives are being lost. But we don't know how many, and often, who.
We must #KnowTheirNames.
@asylummatters.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Home Office urged to be transparent about deaths of asylum seekers in its care
Campaigners call for quarterly data to be published in line with other departments instead of FoI route
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
🚨People are dying in the hostile asylum system.
Tragically, lives are being lost. But we don't know how many, and often, who.
We must #KnowTheirNames.
@asylummatters.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Tragically, lives are being lost. But we don't know how many, and often, who.
We must #KnowTheirNames.
@asylummatters.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
📣 Job opportunities!
Join our small but mighty Campaigns team:
📱 Campaigns and Communications Manager
🔍 Policy and Research Manager
Both roles:
✅ Permanent
📍 Hybrid, 2 days in the office per week, Old St
💰 £38,500-43,500 per annum, DOE
🗓️ Apply by 7 Jan, 5pm
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Join our small but mighty Campaigns team:
📱 Campaigns and Communications Manager
🔍 Policy and Research Manager
Both roles:
✅ Permanent
📍 Hybrid, 2 days in the office per week, Old St
💰 £38,500-43,500 per annum, DOE
🗓️ Apply by 7 Jan, 5pm
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Women for Refugee Women - Jobs & Careers
Explore current refugee women job & career opportunities at Women for Refugee Women. Join us in supporting & empowering refugee &asylum-seeking women in the UK.
www.refugeewomen.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
📣 Job opportunities!
Join our small but mighty Campaigns team:
📱 Campaigns and Communications Manager
🔍 Policy and Research Manager
Both roles:
✅ Permanent
📍 Hybrid, 2 days in the office per week, Old St
💰 £38,500-43,500 per annum, DOE
🗓️ Apply by 7 Jan, 5pm
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Join our small but mighty Campaigns team:
📱 Campaigns and Communications Manager
🔍 Policy and Research Manager
Both roles:
✅ Permanent
📍 Hybrid, 2 days in the office per week, Old St
💰 £38,500-43,500 per annum, DOE
🗓️ Apply by 7 Jan, 5pm
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