We wish you all a peaceful and restorative winter season and look forward to continuing our journey together in 2025.

Warmest Regards,

TeamSWA

We encourage anyone in need of urgent assistance to reach out to alternative support services listed during this time.

If you are in a life threatening situation, please call 999 immediately.

As we approach the end of the year, we want to extend our heartfelt gratitude to all our followers, supporters, & partners for standing with us throughout 2024.

Please note that SWA will be closing its services for the winter break from Wednesday 25th December 2024 to 3rd January 2025.

The time for pledges and speeches has passed. Action is needed to address and disrupt perpetrators.

#FromHerKingsAreBorn #MeTooKaurs
#HarishaBrella #PankajLamba

Harshita Brella should be here today, she did the right things ⬇️

she left her abusive husband, ✅

she reported him to the police, ✅

she told her family and had their full support, ✅

she obtained a Domestic Violence (DV) Protection Order. ✅

She did all the right things.

She was also a migrant victim of abuse.

Now she is dead.

Please see our press release regarding the growing crisis of women of Indian Heritage being killed by their spouse or family member. ⬇️🧵

We also want to thank the talented @vik.kainth for designing the report’s cover.

This report is not just a call to action for services but a demand for accountability within our community. Silence and complicity must end to stop violence against women and girls.

#SWAGenderPowerAbuse2024

This report, analyzed with the expertise of Data Analyst Dr. Mandeep Kaur Marwah from Birmingham, will be launched at our conference on Friday 6th December. At 4 p.m. the same day, it will be available for download on our website.

*Sikh Women’s Aid 2024 Report Cover Reveal* 📖👀

We’re excited to share the cover of our latest report, "*Gender, Power and Abuse*", based on the findings of our national survey and trends observed on our helpline since our last report in 2022. 🧵⬇️

The report will be launched at our sold-out conference on Friday 6th December 2024, at the Tally Ho Conference Centre in Birmingham. On the same day, you can download and read it via our website.

#SWAGenderPowerAbuse #FromHerKingsAreBorn #MeTooKaurs

Systemic barriers such as stigma and fear of retaliation leave many survivors without justice, with 83% of sexual abuse cases unreported.

🚨 New Report Launch: Gender, Power & Abuse in the Sikh Panjabi Community 🚨

A groundbreaking 2024 report by Sikh Women’s Aid highlights alarming levels of domestic, sexual, spiritual, and faith-based abuse experienced by Sikh Panjabi women in the UK.

We have supported over 500 women escaping domestic abuse and life-threatening situations since inception.

We are sitting on six domestic homocide reviews of Sikh women who were killed by those closest to them.

#GenderPowerAbuse #FromHerKingsAreBorn

tinyurl.com/KilledWomen

What a fantastic conference by @sikhwomensaiduk.bsky.social
today! Their 3rd report brings forward the voices and experiences from the Sikh Panjabi community. My biggest take away was Sikh Panjabi women experience significant periods of abuse (c.25% is over 21+ years and c.47% 11 years +).

At SWA, we stand in solidarity with the survivors and will continue to fight for justice, support, and recognition for all those impacted by abuse. 3/3

#FromHerKingsAreBorn #MeTooKaurs #FaithAndSpiritualAbuse

While the case was unsuccessful, it highlights the immense courage of survivors and the urgent need to address spiritual abuse within faith settings. 2/3

🚨Important Update 🚨

The High Court has delivered its verdict in the civil case against a Coventry temple priest accused of spiritual, sexual, and financial abuse.

PLEASE SEE OUR PRESS RELEASE 🧵⬇️ 1/3