Four years ago, Marie went to the market in Kinshasa. She returned to an empty house and was sexually abused by police.

Soheila*, an Iranian refugee in the UK, was married at 16 to an older partner who raped, abused and tormented her.

Laila* was married off at 13 and abused by her husband in Pakistan. If the UK deports her, she fears he will kill her.

Odachi* secretly saved money for her daughters’ UK flights to save them from FGM, but had to leave her son behind.

Jenny fled the DRC and now runs an activist network from the UK, using free wifi at the library and 24-hour McDonald’s.