My name is Nanou Thassinda. I have been a volunteer with Migrants Organise for 20 months facilitating the “Migrant Women’s Rights Group”. It is a peer support group involving 80 migrant and refugee women.

The majority of the women are seeking asylum, including survivors of trafficking and gender-based violence. We come together to connect, share problems and build our power.

Normally we have activities like yoga, meditation, exercise, baking, poetry or someone will  come in and talk to us: like we’ve had doctors come in about health.