‘Empowerment is about individuals acquiring the freedom to do what they want to do and be what they want to be. Empowerment is about women controlling their circumstances instead of being controlled by circumstances.’

Shabana Azmi,
member of the Indian Parliament & Film Director
Capitalwoman 2003 Conference report

Kollun is a local Bangladeshi women’s welfare organisation which deals with what was believed to be the most socially excluded part of the multicultural community. Kollun is a women’s welfare charity organisation based in East London, specialising in providing support and employment training to women & young girls from the Bangladeshi community