Charter of rights of women seeking asylum

The Charter is a framework of principles aimed at persuading the UK Border Agency to take both a strategic approach to the needs of women seeking asylum and to put in place the operational procedures and safeguards that will remove the discriminatory barriers they face. A multi-level approach to promoting the Charter, encompassing strategy, operational policy and service delivery, will be adopted in relation to the UK Border Agency.

Please view the Charter, the accompanying Explanatory Notes and the current list of organisations who have endorsed it.

Organisations that endorse the Charter commit themselves to promoting those aspects that are relevant to their work. If your organisation would like to endorse this Charter please email your organisation's name to .

If you  are working on these issues, please join our Women's Asylum Charter Google Group so that we can coordinate our efforts. This will enable us to share ideas and good practice and monitor progress.

Hear about the Charter on "Woman's Hour".