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Winners 2000
Individual Award: Nazand Bezikhani
Nazand Bezikhani, a political refugee form Iraqi Kurdistan, was a driving force behind Kurdish Women Against Honour Killings. Because of her work, it was recently declared, “Kurdish men are more afraid of Nazand Bezikhani than of Saddam Hussein.”
Group Award: Kalayaan
Kalayaan, a voluntary organization that ran a 10-year campaign against domestic slavery of migrant workers and the immigration laws which exploit them was awarded the group prize.
Special Award: Helen Grindrod QC
Helen Grindrod QC was given a special award in recognition of her legal work on behalf of victims of sexual violence.
Other Nominees 2000
Individuals
Donna Bradly – Donna Bradley is a survivor of child sexual abuse at home and in care. She was one of the first to lodge complaints against Cheshire and North Wales for the abuse she suffered in children’s homes. Donna set up a group called ASHA, which gives support and advice to other adult women survivors of child sexual abuse.
Helen Grindrod QC - Helen established the principle of cumulative provocation in law as a defence to murder. Until Emma Humphrey’s appeal only immediate threats of violence were being considered; Emma’s appeal overturned this law and has helped many women since. Helen has also been instrumental in promoting change in the training of prosecutors for rape cases by her public speaking against unfair practices which victimise the complainant. Her loss in July 2002 is deeply felt by all of us.
Annette Hewis – Annette Hewis was wrongly convicted of arson in 1996 and jailed for 13 years; her conviction was quashed last year. She was planning to write a book about violence inflicted on her by the criminal justice system, but was so damaged by her experiences and exhausted by her ordeal that she has not yet recovered sufficiently to do so. Like Emma, her case demonstrates the extraordinary lack of care given to miscarriage of justice victims on their release from prison.
Irene Ivison – Irene tragically died shortly after being nominated for this prize. She wrote to us only three days before her death to say how proud she was to be nominated. She was the founder of CROP (Coalition for the Removal of Pimping and Procurement) and had campaigned tirelessly around of issues of prostitution and pimping since the tragic murder of her daughter Fiona in 1993 by a user of prostitutes. She was the author of ‘Fiona’s Story’ published in 1997. She took a groundbreaking case to the European Court of Human Rights to challenge the failure of the police and social services to protect her daughter. She provided huge support for other parents and survivors whose lives had been changed by the abuse of children and women in prostitution. Irene met Emma and the two had planned to work together. The loss of both women is deeply felt by all of us.
Bobbie McNeirney – Bobbie McNierney was one of the first outreach workers within the WAFE Network and has developed a strong and caring outreach support programme from Halton Women’s Aid. She has supported many women through complex and difficult court cases through her work at Halton and through Justice for Women.
Carolyne Noble – Carolyne founded AMICA (Aid for Mothers Involved in Contact Action) when she was fighting her own case to get her three-year-old daughter’s contact with a violent and sexually abusive father stopped through the courts. For the last three years she has run a phone line from her own home and at her expense, for women who are experiencing contact problems in the context of domestic violence and child abuse.
Pragna Patel – Pragna was a worker with Southall Black Sisters for 10 years and remains actively involved in their management. She is “symbolic with the movement in defending the legal rights of women. Her active involvement in the Kiranjit Aluwhalia and Zoora Shah campaigns has informed other women’s groups and influenced both the media and the judiciary”.
Julie Riding – Julie Riding is a survivor, a volunteer and a support group member who has worked with the project. She has contributed to counselling, training and used her own experiences as a victim of abuse to highlight the problem of domestic violence and dispel the stereotypical view of the victim.
Sara Swann – Sara is project leader of Barnardo’s Streets and Lanes Project. The project provides assistance to girls and young women under the age of 19 who are sexually exploited through prostitution. She was responsible for developing a model which promotes children abused through prostitution as victims rather than child prostitutes and those who use children in prostitution as child abusers rather than pimps or punters.
Mairead Tagg – Mairead Tagg works for Greater Easter House Women’s Aid. She has campaigned on behalf of and acted as an expert witness for a number of domestic abuse murder cases. She has conducted research and training in the field of domestic violence. “Her determination and desire to make a difference has benefited a lot of people”.
Cecilia Whitehorn – Cecilia Whitehorn joined NIWA approximately five years ago. Cecilia has been instrumental in developing training material on domestic violence specifically targeting at the police (RUC) in Northern Ireland.