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UPCOMING EVENT 29th October: NESTAC: Hearing the Silenced Stories of Slavery
Black History Month 2021 EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF DOMESTIC SERVITUDE ON THE MENTAL HEALTH OF MIGRANT WOMEN IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY FRIDAY 29TH OCTOBER 12:30-14:30 PM

Black History Month 2020
The month of October marks Black History Month. It celebrates, recognises, and values the inspirational individuals and events from within the BME community. The following

Coronavirus
If you think you might have Coronavirus you can now have a test. Signs of Coronavirus are: A high temperature Or a new and continuous

What does Black History Month (BHM) mean to you?
NESTAC Peer Mentors exchange their views on what BHM means to them.

COVID-19 – How are we affected by the pandemic?
NESTAC Peer Mentors exchange their views about COVID-19 and the way it affects them.

Black History Month
Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognising the central role of blacks in U.S. history.

I can’t breathe… Set me free…
I can’t breathe. I haven’t breathed since I was an adolescent, growing up in a joint family in India under the strict vigilance of the so-called keepers and

The safest thing to do at this difficult time.
As the Northwest’s biggest anti FGM charity, we know that our services are essential to the family, women and children that attend our workshops, events

Why FGM makes me questions everything.
I am not an FGM activist, nor am I a person who actively sought to find out about it. I simply knew that it was

The effects of FGM on women’s health.
FGM is and will always be traumatic. It has been found that the psychological trauma that women experience through FGM stays with them for the

Mariatu Sesay
The old woman sat on my chest and hold my mouth. I wanted to scream but I couldn’t. In the next room, I can hear

Young Adults and FGM
I’m 17. A student…. a young adult in the making, a woman that has so many hopes for the future. FGM. Unethical and abominable. I’m
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