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Greater London (On-site)
£33,366 per year
Full-time
Contract
Job description

IKWRO is a registered charity which provides advice and support to Middle Eastern, North African and Afghan women and girls living in the UK, who have experienced, or are at risk of all forms of “honour” based abuse, including; forced marriage, child marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM), or domestic abuse.

We work with women and girls of all ages, including lesbian women, bisexual women and trans women. We offer services in Kurdish, Farsi, Arabic, Dari, Pashto, Turkish and English.

IKWRO offers free advice, advocacy and counselling services and operates a refuge which provides safe accommodation and specialist support to single women at risk of “honour” based abuse, forced marriage and domestic abuse. 

The post-holder will be responsible for delivering IKWRO’s training services in educational setting, and with front line agencies, in line with an agreed strategy under the direction of IKWRO’s management. This entails:

·       Providing training programmes to young people, professionals and community members with the aim of raising awareness on violence against women and girls and in particular the harmful practices of “Honour” Based violence (HBV), Forced Marriage and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).

·       Coordinating the booking, delivery and evaluation of education work with young people in primary and secondary schools, as well as out of school youth settings.

·       Using a range of practical and creative tools to educate young people about the violence and abuse within intimate relationships, challenge attitudes of victim blaming, and enable young people to feel access support services.

Delivering customised needs-based training programmes for voluntary and statutory organisations to help IKWRO increase income generation through training programmes

Application resources
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IKWRO - Women's Rights Organisation View profile Organisation type Registered Charity Company size 11 - 20
Refreshed on: 12 February 2025
Closing date: 27 February 2025 at 23:30
Tags: Advice / Information, Advocacy, Ethnic Minority / BAME, Gender / Gender Based Violence, Human Rights, Women's Rights

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