NWJC leads discussions on ‘where next?’ for justice for women
The Clinks and The Weavers’ Company Justice and Women: A New Direction summit in London last week convened over 200 people with a common goal, to explore “where next” for justice for women?
Representatives from many of our partner organisations attended and speakers included Rokaiya Khan from Together Women project, Yorkshire and Humberside and Aliyah Ali from The Daddyless Daughters Project CIC as well as our Director of Strategic Development Abbi Ayers.
A common and pressing theme that echoed throughout the day was the need to better resource, fund and value women’s specialist services, delivered by women’s organisations, using tried and tested models of support that have consistently demonstrated impact, reduced reoffending and improved outcomes for women, girls, families and communities.
With the Women’s Justice Board tasked with developing a strategic vision for how we can reduce the numbers of women in prison and make better use of community sentences, now is the time to centre the wisdom, expertise and experience of the women’s sector in solutions-based thinking.
We know what works and we want to help shape the critical policy reforms that are needed to drive transformative systemic change for women and girls in contact with the CJS.
📷 credit Clinks / The Weavers’ Company
A panel discussion focused on how can we reduce the use of custody for women and bring about systems change that will result in better outcomes for all
CEO of Together Women, Rokaiya Khan talked about experiences of providing services to women, highlighting the effectiveness of women-centred approaches.
NWJC Director of Development Abbi Ayers outlined the importance of multi-agency working at local level and the role of commissioning and grant funding.
Aliyah Ali, founder of The Daddyless Daughters Project gave a presentation on the ‘care’ to custody pathway