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Protect the Founders
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Our work
Protect Black Women provides a network and support system for Black women and girls. We combat misogynoir and racial trauma through advocacy, counselling and community.
Misogynoir is the particular hatred and prejudice directed at Black women, where racism and sexism meet. The term was coined by Dr Moya Bailey.
Our programmes and projects
- CounsellingSponsored assessments and counselling with Headstrong Counselling, and our helpline.
- CO-SHIPCommunities of Study for Healing in Practice.
- Winners CircleOur original, continuing cohort programme.
- Backtalkers UKOur series, first held in London on 20 September 2026 and continuing online this winter.
- Return to Accra 2027We return to Accra at the end of May 2027, when the eighth Principle, Environment, is declared.
- Coaching and trainingProgrammes delivered with leading practitioners in diversity and inclusion.
- Creative social practiceRetreats, concerts and arts-based events.
- Future projectsProtect the Founders and Protect the Students.
Coaching and training
Our advocacy, research, coaching and fundraising work aims to build inclusive environments in workplaces, in education and in society more broadly: spaces where Black women can prosper.
Our training and coaching programmes are delivered in partnership with leading practitioners in diversity and inclusion. They include the Black Empathic Approach, devised by Dr Isha Mavinga-McKenzie, which focuses on understanding and meeting the specific needs of Black people.
We also offer creative social practice workshops led by Black feminist writers such as Foluke Taylor, as well as equine and other forms of coaching and training.
Therapeutic and creative social practice
We organise retreats, concerts and arts-based events that give Black women safe, nurturing spaces to explore and celebrate their cultural heritage, together with allies.
Each is designed to build a sense of community and shared understanding among the people who take part.
Future projects
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Protect the Students
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Donate
£67,542
raised towards our £100,000 goal for sponsored counselling
£290 can sponsor a course of therapy for one woman. Every gift goes towards the next.