Event Type: Seminar

When: 22/09/2008.

Details: This new and practical one day course is designed to introduce participants to the law that determines who should receive asylum or human rights protection in the UK, how their claim is determined and what financial support they are entitled to. The course has a particular focus on the needs of asylum seeking women who are experiencing or have experienced gender-based violence and will cover: The legal framework for protection (including the Refugee Convention 1951, the European Convention on Human Rights 1950 and the EU Qualification Directive); Applying for asylum in the UK (including the New Asylum Model and Legacy Cases); The different types of status given and refusal; Financial support through the status determination process; Financial support for failed asylum seekers including section 4 support; Supporting women asylum seekers and refugee women. All participants will receive a free copy of Rights of Women’s latest publication Pathways to Justice: BMER women, violence and the law.

Venue: NCVO, Regent’s Wharf, 8 All Saints Street, London N1 9RL

How to book: For more information and/or booking form, please contact the training officer at Rights of Women at training@row.org.uk or on 020 7251 6575/6 or visit: www.rightsofwomen.org.uk.

Cost: £100-£160

Email: training@row.org.uk

Website: www.rightsofwomen.org.uk.