Women and Children's Department
The Women and Children's Department provides legal advice, representation and support to women and children asylum seekers and those with limited immigration status experiencing violence in the UK. Clients will be seen by a female solicitor or caseworker and, where possible, a female interpreter. The Department is currently funded by the Scottish Government Violence against Women Fund and Comic Relief.
Our legal services include:
- Legal advice to women and children asylum seekers and refugees
- Legal advice to women and children who have been trafficked
- Legal advice to women and children with limited immigration status who have experienced domestic abuse or other forms of violence in the UK
- Referrals to other solicitors in LSA and to partner organisations for help with related issues, such as housing, financial support, counselling and preventing violence
- Representation in all relevant courts and tribunals
How to refer a case to us for legal advice - please call 0141 353 3354
Our related activities include:
The Women and Children's Department also seeks to raise awareness and participate in influencing policy to the benefit of our client group by actively promoting partnership working and engaging in a wide range of related activities. We therefore undertake the following:
- Training and seminars for partner organisations and for our client group
- Advice line for partner organisations to access specialist legal advice on behalf of our client group
- Participation in practitioners' working groups and stakeholder groups covering the issues of trafficking, violence against women subject to immigration control, and unaccompanied asylum seeking children
- Publication of reseach and participation in research on trafficking and on issues particularly affecting our client group
- Volunteer programme aimed at increasing opportunities for interested parties to gain practical experience of working in a specilist legal department employing a human-rights based approach to casework
Women and Children's Department leaflet
How to apply to our volunteer programme