January 2008 - hot off the press
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A new report from South Manchester Law Centre, in partnership with Manchester Metropolitan University:
Following a groundbreaking trans-national study on the experiences of women asylum seekers from Pakistan who seek refugee protection in the UK as a result of fleeing domestic violence in Pakistan, the ‘WASP’ study report is now available to purchase.
Safe to Return? Pakistani women, domestic violence and access to refugee protection – A report of a trans-national research project conducted in the UK and Pakistan.
Authors: Nadia Siddiqui, Sajida Ismail and Meg Allen.
Publication date: January 2008.
ISBN: 978-09541550-2-5
This publication is an invaluable resource for women’s service providers, immigration and asylum lawyers and decision-makers, practitioners who work with asylum seekers, refugees and survivors of domestic violence in health, social services and housing, refugee community organisations, academics, researchers, students, policy makers and campaigners.
*Purchase price: £15 + £2.30 p.p.*
To obtain a copy of the report please send your cheque for £17.30 to:
Andrea Grogan
WASP Project
South Manchester Law Centre
584 Stockport Road
Manchester
M13 0RQ.
Cheques payable to ‘South Manchester Law Centre’.
For further details about the WASP Project, please contact:
Nadia Siddiqui on 0161 248 1879 or by email: nadia@smlc.org.uk or Sajida Ismail
on 0161 248 1884 or by email: sajida@smlc.org.uk
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Last updated January 11, 2008