#southallblacksisters

[poulomidesai]

Poulomi Desai - Hundred Heroines

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Delighted to have chosen as one of the Hundred Heroines of Photography by the Hundred+ Heroines UK charity, for my decades of photography work with queer communities, my work in Bangladesh and India, and facilitating women who have survived domestic violence to form their own photography groups for campaigning.

[sarinakaurbcu]

SBS – Southall Black Sisters

This is a non-profitable organisation assisting the needs of Asian, African Caribbean and minority ethnic women. The aim is to help women and children escape violence and abuse, including forced/honoured marriages.

A free education resource pack written by the SBS had been created for teachers to undertake prevention work on violence against women and girls. I believe that this is a brilliant technique to allow the correct advice and support be given to those in need

The agency has a wide range of hashtags that are spread across social media. A few examples include: #Equalityandhumanrights #sexselectiveabortion #selfharm #sexualviolence #housingadvice #legalaid. This enables the awareness to be searched through the web, allowing the public to gain and receive easy information and access.

Conducting primary research had led myself and a collaborative partner decide to get in contact with the charity in the hope that we would be able to ask them a few questions about the charity.  The email that we had sent read as the following. 

Hello, My name is Sarina and I am currently carrying out a university project in Birmingham that needs to include research about non profitable organisations. The brief given to me, suggests that I collect primary research about an issue I feel passionate about, in order to create an exhibition piece. Would the SBS be able to answer a few questions that would inform me more about key issues, regarding the injustice, violence and inequality that women and young girls have to struggle with? Please contact my email: * Kind regards, Sarina Kaur.