KMEWO is a specialist BME organisation that works with women from Kurdish, Middle Eastern and North African backgrounds.
KMEWO provides:
- One-to-one information, advice and advocacy support
- Bilingual counselling in Kurdish, Arabic, Farsi, Tigrinya and English
- A wide range of confidence building, education training and volunteering opportunities for women
KMEWO’s work responds to a number of issues Middle Eastern and North African women encounter in the UK, such as:
- Difficulty in finding employment
- Domestic abuse and other violence against women
- Unsuitable housing
- Unstable immigration status
- Cultural differences and discrimination
- Low confidence