Sisters Uncut

Taking direct action for domestic violence services.

Summer of Action: South East London Sisters Uncut occupation on Rye Lane, Peckham

Wednesday, June 29, 2016

On Sunday 26 June, South East London Sisters Uncut kicked off the Sisters Uncut Summer of Action by occupying a building in the borough of Southwark. We are using this action to shame Southwark Council for its lack of support and provisions to women experiencing domestic violence, especially those from Black and Asian Minority Ethnic […]

Summer of Action: How can she leave when she has #NowhereToGo?

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

  Social housing is a lifeline for survivors of domestic violence. 87% of women experiencing domestic violence will have to move home in order to be free from abuse, and domestic violence is a leading cause of homelessness among women. With access to social housing becoming increasingly bleak, women are being trapped in abusive situations […]

“We are the suffragettes!”: Sisters Uncut chain themselves to Parliament at government art launch

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

09:00, 8th June 2016 “We are the suffragettes!”: Sisters Uncut chain themselves to Parliament outside government art launch As an art installation is unveiled in Parliament to commemorate women’s struggle for the vote, direct action group Sisters Uncut protested against cuts to domestic violence services. The group were joined by installation artist Mary Branson and […]

Solidarity with all survivors: domestic violence and sex work

Saturday, May 28, 2016

At Sisters Uncut, we have been working to develop our organisational position on sex work. After a lot of thinking and discussion, we have concluded that it is a vital issue of safety and justice to support sex workers in their call for the full decriminalisation of sex work. This blog seeks to highlight why […]

Why Not The Nordic Model?

Friday, May 27, 2016

Some may be be wondering why we are not supporting the Nordic model or ‘sex buyer law’, which is sometimes presented as the ‘feminist’ legal model regarding prostitution. Countries such as Sweden, Norway, and most recently France have implemented ‘Nordic model’-style laws.   Sisters Uncut cannot support the Nordic model, in part because it retains […]

No Justice for Survivors: the Ched Evans Retrial

Thursday, May 26, 2016

On Friday 27th May footballer Ched Evans will begin proceedings for retrial over a quashed conviction of rape. In 2012 Evans was sentenced to five years imprisonment for the rape of a 19 year old woman at a Premier Inn in North Wales. Clayton MacDonald, also a footballer, had invited Evans into the room by […]