This bulletin is part of the African Refugee Women's Access to Education and Training Project funded by the City Parochial Fund and The Paul Hamlyn Foundation. The project enables the Africa Educational Trust to provide free educational and vocational training advice for unemployed African women refugees and asylum seekers. The project provides advice on how the new legislation on the Immigration and Asylum Act affects refugees and asylum seekers in the UK, particularly changes in education and training entitlements.

We have established a computer information database with details of courses and programmes in the London area which offer special incentives for women. The courses and programmes provide funding or facilities for disability, childminding, nursery, crèche and travel costs which could specifically help refugee women. Most of the courses are free and designed specifically for unemployed women to improve their job-related skills and employment prospects.