From this year onwards, Miss Universe Great Britain will be working with www.a-sisterhood.org.uk to empower, support and protect women worldwide.

The official launch of A-Sisterhood will take place on Friday 18 May in Cardiff. The launch will be attended by Miss Universe Great Britain 2017 Anna Burdzy, the official VIP guest. The tickets for the event are £45 each and are available with Miss Universe Great Britain organization.

A-Sisterhood is a UK based organisation that seeks to empower, support and protect women worldwide.

A-Sisterhood website says:

Annually, we support a series of international causes and charities which are focused on helping women in need. The organisation is run out of the UK but has an international reach. We do not have paid employees but are run by a voluntary team which ensures that all the money goes directly to our chosen projects.

We see ourselves as modern age feminists with a responsibility and an ability to help our sisters across the globe.

A-Sisterhood works with various NGOs all over the globe, to help and empower women. They currently have three associate groups, that they are helping raise money and awareness for.

1. Stop Acid Attacks

They have been supporting the Stop Acid Attacks team in India since 2016. The majority of acid attack victims in India are women. Stop Acid Attacks campaigns for better laws to deal with the issue, imprisonment for perpetrators and justice for victims. They also provide a safe house for survivors near Delhi’s main hospitals where the charity also funds treatment which is extensive and can be on-going for many years. In addition, Stop Acid Attacks runs a chain of cafes called Sheroes Hangout in Agra, Lucknow and Udaipur. These cafes employ survivors not only giving them a job and a purpose in life, but also an opportunity to re-integrate into society after such a devastating crime.

2. National FGM Centre

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a practice originating from Africa, Asia and the Middle East and involves the cutting of female genitalia for non-medical reasons. The practice is not uncommon in the UK within communities originating from these parts of the world. It can lead to serious health issues including complications in childbirth, increased risk of HIV and AIDS, uterus, vaginal and pelvic infections, sexual dysfunction, severe pain, shock and trauma and in some cases, death. It could be argued that the practice is rooted in gender inequality and attempts to control women’s sexuality as well as ideas about purity and modesty and beauty.

3. The Black Mambas

The Black Mambas are South Africa’s first all-female anti-poaching unit, and they operate on the front line of the Balule coalition of private game reserves on the western border of the world-famous Kruger National Park. The team was created when 26 local jobless female high-school graduates were put through an intensive tracking and combat training programme. Kitted out in second-hand European military uniforms, paid for by donations, the women are deployed to protect rhinos in the 40,000-acre reserve.

As A-Sisterhood supports the very thing that our beauty queens and pageants stand for, empowering women, it is understandable why Miss Universe Great Britain has decided to associate them with the coveted pageant and the crown of Miss Universe Great Britain 2018.