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Fiona Holm and Naomi Hunte were killed by the same violent partner.

Pragna Patel, our co-director, conducted the research for the vital report published today by Centre for Women's Justice on the unjust criminalisation of women who are themselves victim-survivors of…

Pragna Patel, our co-director, is in the Guardian today speaking about the Suicide is Homicide campaign and its relevance to the coroner's courts.

In response to the the Taryn Baird court outcome Project Resist have released a statement.

Pragna Patel will be chairing a discussion with the Director of The Conspiracistsa timely and compelling documentary exploring the ideas and experiences of women in the MAGA movement, and has urgent…

Project Resist have released a statement in response to the recent investigation report from the BBC into false domestic abuse allegations being made in the immigration system.

Never Forgotten: Violence Against Women and Systemic Failures to Protect, Investigate and Convict Project Resist and theCentre for Women, Peace and Security will be jointly hosting an in person event…

In advance of international Women’s Day,Project Resist Directors will be speaking at two events that focus on the intersection of the mainstreaming of the far-right and violence against women and…

Pragna Patel spoke at the annual Claudia Jones Commemoration Event at Highgate Cemetery 22nd February.

Today Project Resist and FiLiA publish our Joint Statement on ‘Earned Settlement’.

The family of Fiona Holm have just launched a new petition to the Home Secretary and Commissioner of the MET Police demanding justice for Fiona and for Naomi Hunte.

Today Project Resist launch the Double Injustice Campaign; seeking full justice for the families of Naomi Hunte and Fiona Holm.

Watch our new Suicide is Homicide Campaign Video here.

Pragna Patel has been announced as a Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economic’s Centre for Women, Peace and Security.

Pragna Patel’s LSE blog Race riots in the UK left women squeezed between the far right and patriarchy- based on recent research by Project Resist into the Far Right Rights has been published.

To mark the beginning of 16 Days of Activism -the UN’s international call to end gender based violence, Project Resist and the Women’s Liberation Alliance are holding an online seminar to address the…

Project Resist will be speaking at the Phoebe Centre’s annual Gender Justice and Intersectional Practice Conference.

Today marks 100 days since Moroccan feminist and human rights defender Ibtissame Betty Lachgar was imprisoned in Rabat, Morocco for posting a photograph of herself wearing an “Allah is Lesbian”…

The Suicide is Homicide campaign press conference was launched by Project Resist alongside bereaved families from across the UK, to discuss the systemic and ongoing failures on the part of the…

Project Resist are proud to announce that both Pragna Patel and Rosie Lewis will be chairing panels at the October 2025FiLiA Conference, the largest independent feminist grassroots conference in…

Why Do I Have to Hide Away? shines a light on the hidden impact of the 2024 far-right riots on Black, migrant, and minoritised women and children in the North of England.

We are thrilled to showcase the latest issue (8) of the Feminist Dissent journal on human rights in an age of populist authoritarianism.

“On July 15th, the Angelou Centre and Project Resist launched Stories of Colour, a powerful, survivor-led and anti-racist initiative which centres black, minoritised and migrant women’s experiences…

Project Resist is excited to announce the forthcoming launch of Women’s Liberation Alliance (WLA) of which we are a member.

Project Resist, Her Name Was Chloe Holland & Domestic Abuse Related Suicides have launched their Suicide is Homicide campaign.

Pragna Patel will be speaking at Northumbria University’s Modern Law Review sponsored conference: Gender-based violence across borders: challenges and opportunities to establishing routes to safety…

Project Resist and Rights of Women brought together VAWG organisations to examine how UKVI’s handling of counter-allegations is negatively impacting migrant women victim-survivors of domestic abuse…

Pragna is guest speaker at AWRC’s Unlocking Doors: Sustainable Solutions to the Housing Crisis Facing BME Women with NRPF “For many BME women with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF), escaping abuse…

Pragna Patel will be speaking at the Immigration Law Practitioners Association Conference 5th March 2025.

From March 2025, Project Resist will create space to amplify the political voice of sister activists and organisations working to end gender-based violence, racism, and other forms of oppression as…

Project Resist is working in collaboration with the Girlington Centre in Bradford to support black and minority women who continue to encounter prejudices and obstacles when reporting domestic abuse…

Pragna Patel will be participating as a guest at the Resilient Democracy Conference that is being organised by Unlocking Democracy 21st and 22nd February.

Project Resist, One Law for All and the International Bar Association have come together to mark International Women's Day on 6 March by convening a public meeting on the unconscionable practice of…

Project Resist continued our Specialist Advocacy Training sessions with the incredible women from Ubuntu Women Shelter ( a migrant led women’s organisation based in Glasgow).

Project Resist is currently working in collaboration with the Angelou Centre and Resist Network on a submission to the Women and Equalities Committee’s 2025 new inquiry into community cohesion.

Project Resist has made a submission to the Independent Sentencing Review. (January 2025) on black and minority women’s experiences of sentencing in the criminal justice system.

In November Project Resist began our Resist Network specialist Advance Advocacy training with over 30 frontline advocates from 4 of the Resist Network organisations based in the North West of England.

Project Resist joined other women in protest against the brutality of the fundamentalist Iranian regime organised in London by One Law For All and FEMEN.

Pragna Patel will be speaking at the National Black Crown Prosecution Association (NBCPA) conference in Birmingham and running a workshop exploring the experiences of black and minority women in the…

Pragna Patel will be speaking at P.H.O.E.B.E Centre's first annual Gender Justice & Intersectional Practice Conference Friday, November 29.

Pragna Patel will be the Keynote Speaker at the Faith to Faithless Conference in London.

On Friday 16 August, Pragna Patel spoke at an ‘in conversation’ event to mark South Asian Heritage Month hosted by the National Black Crown Prosecution Association.

Project Resist has been involved in regional responses to the recent wave of racist far right violence.

On 10 July, Pragna Patel contributed to a panel discussion following the publication of Susanna Rustin’s book, Sexed: A History of British Feminism.She took part in a rich and stimulating discussion…

Project Resist has a featured article on the FiLiA website, mapping the concerns and issues faced by BME led grassroots organisations and groups.

Project Resist and the Resist Network submitted a 16 page response to the DHR statutory guidance review, to raise serious concerns about the the ways that Reviews are currently conducted.

Pragna Patel co-authored this article on the recent important Michaela School ruling with other members of Feminist Dissent, which you can read fully on the Project Resist blog or here.

Pragna Patel spoke at a conference on the state’s controversial immigration law and policy: “Contesting The Hostile Environment” organised by Social Scientists Against The Hostile Environment.

Pragna Patel will be speaking about violence against BME women alongside Womens Resource Centre, Refuge and Surviving Economic Abuse and other organisations- at the Westminister Insights conference…

Rosie Lewis will be delivering a workshop at the national Rosa Fund Conference for grassroots women's organisations across the UK.

Pragna Patel spoke to an audience of funders and family court strategists about the issues experienced by black and minoritised women and children in the family courts.

Rosie Lewis will be speaking at the Women's Resource Centre annual 2024 "Currency of Change" conference in Manchester on the Economic Justice Panel.

Read Pragna Patel’s article for the Guardiandefending the rights of women and drawing attention to wave of religious fundamentalism targeting the rights and freedoms of women.

As contributors to Feminist Dissent Project Resist supported this joint statement; standing in solidarity with the people of Gaza and against fundamentalism.