29/05/2026
Yesterday marked the International Day for the Protection of Black Women and Girls.
It exists in honour of Justice Irismay - the late mother of our co-founders Dyann Heward-Mills and Christine Fostvedt-Mills, whose life and legacy inspired this day.
On 28th May 2025 - Justice Irismay’s 80th birthday - we gathered in Accra on the grounds of the British High Commission, surrounded by some of the most formidable Black women in the world.
And we signed the PBW Accra Principles.
Seven commitments to protect Black women:
in health,
at home,
in work,
in education,
economically,
under the law,
and online.
We didn’t just mark the day.
We declared it.
Yesterday marked Year One.
The women in this image were there.
They signed.
They stood.
They showed up.
For you.
And on what would have been Justice Irismay’s 81st birthday, we are still here.
Still building.
Still protecting.
Still saying it.
Protect Black Women.
♻️ Repost if you believe Black women and girls deserve protection everywhere.
