INTRODUCING
Women Beyond Borders
A practical guide to understanding the silent voices of EU women living in the UK after the Brexit Referendum.
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Women Beyond Borders is a booklet packed with practical tools, lively discussion and ideas around the emotional impact that Brexit has had on many EU citizens living in the UK.
During this two-year project, born out of the desire to listen to the voices of EU women who had no right to vote in the Brexit referendum, we discussed the emotional, practical and logistical impacts of this change in our personal lives.
Would you like to learn how to be an ally of EU Citizens navigating this change?
Or you might appreciate practical help to manage the changes and uncertainty of this scenario?
Or you might be simply interested in exploring the dilemmas and complexities of individuals due to the pandemic and Britain leaving the EU.
Download this booklet and find many ideas and suggestions to deepen your understanding and equip you for the future.
Fra Panella & Jill Mann are two European women. One of us was born in the UK, and one was born in Italy. We both experienced the challenges, bewilderment and the joy of living abroad. The Brexit referendum has impacted our lives in different ways, and we decided to speak about it.
SOPHIE:
"The Women Without Borders group was something I prioritised for my well being in 2020, with all the limbo feelings that Brexit had brought on in me.
I needed to discuss my confusion and heartache with women who understood and had very similar experiences of the situation to me. We explored themes of place, identity, belonging, ties with family and friends, and it meant so much to me.
It enabled me to voice, process my thoughts and even get support from the group as I decided to make a big decision to move back home across the border.
These women became my peer group online. It felt reassuring to see them on screen. I'm very thankful to all of them for listening and echoing some of what I was feeling, and also to Fra and Jill for facilitating the group in the first place with so much care, commitment, and sensitivity."
Sophie French national in the UK in 2020. Now in France in 2021
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