About us

History

Safety4Sisters was initially established in 2009 by two Manchester feminist activists, Vicky Marsh and Kate Cook as a networking and campaigning group, committed to challenging the denial of human rights to safety and protection and support that migrant women with “no recourse to public funds” faced when they experienced domestic abuse.

Safety4Sisters (S4S) is a specialist feminist and anti-racist organisation based in the North West of England, but with a global outlook. Safety4Sisters was founded in Manchester as a networking and campaigning group by feminist activists working to end violence against women and girls (VAWG). From the outset, the organisation challenged the denial of safety, protection and human rights experienced by migrant women facing domestic abuse, particularly those with no recourse to public funds (NRPF). 

In 2021, Safety4Sisters received charitable status with the overarching purpose of addressing the exclusion of Black and minoritised migrant women with NRPF from the most basic rights of safety and protection, both through frontline delivery and national campaigning.

History Timeline

  • Mission

    Safety4Sisters mission is to provide migrant women with insecure status, who have experienced gender-based violence, specialist, non-judgemental, empowering, and holistic support to enable them to survive, recover and ultimately reach their full potential and find their voice in society. 

  • Vision

    Safety4Sisters vision is a society where migrant women experiencing gender-based violence are empowered to secure their human rights to safety, freedom, justice, and dignity.

Team

At Safety4Sisters, we are proud of our dynamic and deeply diverse team, which includes migrant women, refugees, and first-generation migrants, many of whom bring their own lived experience of the UK immigration system and gender-based violence. Our team reflects a wide range of cultural backgrounds, with women from countries including Malaysia, India, the Philippines, Iran, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Ukraine, Jamaica and the UK. This diversity is our strength — enabling us to deliver informed, empathetic, and culturally sensitive support to the women we work with.

The team brings decades of collective experience across the Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and migration sectors. This includes frontline service provision, leadership in regional and national organisations, campaigning and advocacy work, and policy influence to ensure the voices and safety of migrant women are centred. Together, from volunteers to frontline advocates, senior leadership to trustees, we are united in our commitment to challenging gender-based violence, racism, and the hostile environment. We celebrate the richness of our team not only as a reflection of the communities we serve but as the driving force behind everything we do. 

Meet Our Director

In 2023, Safety4Sisters welcomed Jasmine Mohammad to the team as the new Director of Safety4Sisters.  Prior to joining the organisation, Jasmine worked as the Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Services Manager at the Angelou Centre, a specialist ending VAWG By and For service based in Newcastle. Jasmine is also the Chair of Humraaz, a specialist By and For Northern women’s organisation, a trustee at End Violence Against Women, a national membership and campaigning coalition and an Advisory Board Member of Project Resist.

Jasmine is committed to highlighting the regional differences that Black and minoritised women and children experience in the North and retains a critical eye on the intersecting oppression that Black and minoritised migrant women face at personal, community and institutional levels. Jasmine also works nationally to influence policy change, ensuring that the safety, representation, and voices of migrant women are considered.