Project Resist is an independent strategic advocacy and policy organisation that specifically focuses on the needs of black and minority women. It draws on four decades of the frontline experience of its two key founding members: Pragna Patel and Rosie Lewis. They have previously led trail blazing specialist organisations and conducted pioneering and award-winning cases, policy work and campaigns in support of women’s rights to justice and self-determination in the face of gender-based violence, racism and social, economic and political inequality.
Project Resist is proactive in using opportunities and spaces for partnership and solidarity work with women and families facing injustice across social and racial divides. Without losing sight of the specificities of our experiences as women, our aim is to find ways of forging connections and supporting each other in recognition of the urgent need to develop shared political values and to move away from the divisive and destructive aspects of identity politics.
Our Vision
A world where women no longer experience violence, racism and injustice and can realise their rights and freedoms in all aspects of their lives.
Our Mission
Through fearless advocacy, we strive to challenge all systems of power, privilege and censorship that stand in the way of women’s access to equality, dignity and safety. We aim to use all the legal and advocacy tools available to remove barriers that prevent black and minority women’s access to their rights and democratic inclusion; to hold state and community institutions to account and to advance a feminist agenda for liberation and justice.
Our Aims & Objectives
What We Do
- We develop the capacity of grassroots and frontline organisations, by delivering training and working in partnership to challenge injustice.
- We undertake high quality strategic advocacy, legal and policy work and campaigns that defend women’s rights and freedoms.
- We engage with and strengthen strategic partnerships and networks with a range of women’s organisations working for justice, particularly in the North, where black and minoritised women face greater levels of discrimination and isolation.
- We draw on our work and experiences to defend key principles of secular democracy and human rights, which we see as necessary to the realisation of women’s substantive rights.
Our Values
Our aim is to work towards equality and justice based on the following foundational values.