Black Women's Rape Action Project

Crossroads Women's Centre
230a Kentish Town Road
London
NW5 2AB

Tel: 020 7482 2496
Web: www.womenagainstrape.net
Best time to telephone: 1.30pm - 4.00pm, Monday - Friday

Black Women's Rape Action Project (BWRAP) provides practical self-help support services and counselling to Black women, and other women of colour including immigrant and refugee women and girls who: have been raped or sexually assaulted in their country of origin; face sexual harassment at work or in other areas; have experienced domestic violence, racist attacks or rape and sexual abuse by people in authority, including in institutions, by police or military forces.

Services include providing a safe environment for support, counselling and practical help with:

• Asylum and immigration claims
• Claiming compensation
• Health care referral
• Finding secure housing or a refuge
• Claiming benefits and services
• Reporting to the police
• Arranging protection from further attack
• Getting legal aid
• Preparing for and attending court

BWRAP makes visible the needs, and experiences and particular obstacles faced by black women and other women of colour when trying to escape a violent situation and reach a ‘place of safety’. They research and highlight legislation and policies which have a detrimental effect on such women, increasing their vulnerability to rape and other violence.