~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Information added to Women in London 20th, 22nd and 26th April 2009
* Index of links to new entries:
http://www.womeninlondon.org.ukEvents
* Eliminating violence against women - rhetoric or reality? FREE Seminar various cities ROW
* Violence against women - what's the policy? FREE Seminar ROW
* Violence against women - what's the strategy? FREE Seminar ROW
* No recourse to public funds - where's the policy? FREE seminar ROW
* National Strategy Meeting to Oppose Immigration Controls - Feminist Fightback 9th and 20th May
* WILPF Birthday Bash Friday 24th April
Notices
* National Violence Against Women Strategy - Meeting the needs of women offenders and ex-offenders Women in Prison
* Rights of Women services are available to women across London
* Rights of Women advice line eg domestic violence, divorce, child contact
* Rights of Women sexual violence advice line
* Amnesty International Women's Action Network April Update
* Spring Newsletter Refuge
* Account3 is moving back to Birkbeck Street
Training
* Free Courses For Unemployed Women in 5 Host Boroughs - WAMT
* Basic Mental Health Awareness Training for Domestic Violence Workers - GLDVP - 6th May
* GLDVP Training Programme July to December 2009 programme is now available
* Courses in London - Rights of Women - May to November 2009
* ROW courses in other regions - June to Novmeber 2009
Vacancies
* 2 vacancies - Eaves - 8th and 15th May 2009
* Community Team Leader - DVIP - 4th May 2009
* Head of Service Delivery - DVIP - 4th May 2009
WiL Calendars
* Events Calendar
* Funding Calendar
* Training Calendar
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
New on Women's Training and Funding (WiLT)
* 18th April 2009: Workshop for Young African Women 18-25: Campaigning for Change! Please Circulate
* Exit Strategies & Demand Reduction: Balancing prostitution policy in Britain
* Domestic Violence and the Arts 2
* Places still available for Information day 20th April - BIHR poverty project
* NCIA newsletter
* Sheila McKechnie Awards 2009! APPLY NOW!
* Voice4Change England e-alert 17th April
* DV in Gypsy and Traveller Communities - 8th May - London
* REAP Workshop: Working with Asylum Seekers and Refguees 2009
* Eliminating VAW - rhetoric or reality? FREE tomorrow London 23rd Cardiff 5 May Manchester
* Seminar: Coping with Loss caused through violence in the Community.
* INVITE: Women CEO's Special Interest Group Meeting
* Alcohol Education and Research Grants - various with different deadlines
* Hilden Charitable Fund - Summer Playschemes - 9th May 2009
* Summer activities grants for children in refuges and young carers - 8th May 2009
* Freemasons' Grand Charity - Non-Masonic Grants - 31 May 2009
* Free Courses for unemployed women in the 5 Olympic Host Boroughs
* Tackling Sexual Violence - Prevention, Prosecution and Rehabilitation - Thursday 18th June 2009
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
New on womensgrid
http://womensgrid.freecharity.org.uk(women's news and views UK and Ireland)
* Cambridge Reclaim The Night 3rd May
* John Worboys' jail term condemned by government adviser
* 'Moral line crossed' as parents jam phones with morning-after pill complaints
* Archbishop condemns pregnancy ads
* Compulsory audits on equal pay will force firms to give women more
* Budget failing women
* Feminist research project - an update
* Welsh Women's Aid organises focus groups to contribute to Government consultation on violence against women
* Vacancies posted on womensgrid
* 2 vacancies - Wales Women's National Coalition - 18th May 2009
* Volunteer Coordinator (Female Only) - Survive
* Women's Research Dissemination Worker - 11th May 2009
* Celebrating the 250th anniversary of the birth of Mary Wollstonecraft, "The Mother of Feminism"!
* Boris 'betrayal' as he breaks his promise on rape crisis centres for London
* London Mayor consults on violence against women - contributions by 20th July 2009
* Lurking in the shadows - young children killed by their stepfather or their mother's boyfriend
* One-stop shop for domestic abuse victims in Gravesend
* Local support for Hackney residents experiencing domestic violence and hate crime
* 2 Project Officers - Routes to Solidarity Project - Oxfam - 10th May 2009
* Domestic Violence/Immigration Advocate - Southall Black Sisters - 29th April
* Research Consultancy Opportunity - CAWN - 14th May 2009
* women's asylum news - april - articles included
* Traumatised Rape Survivor Sent Back to Uganda
* 62% rise in rape victims at Dublin sex assault unit this year
* Time To Take Action - Rape Crisis (England & Wales)
* New measures to improve the investigation and prosecution of rape and to provide support to victims
* Save Lambeth Women's Project!
* Wise Woman Weekend 8-10th May 2009 Leitrim, Ireland
* The New Literary Front: Reading the Girls of Riyadh - Gender Institute Research Seminar - 28th April 2009
* SMK launches 2009 Awards include Women Creating Change (30th June 2009)
* Feminist Review - Religion and Spirituality Issue: CALL FOR PAPERS
* Europe and Saudi Arabia Active Students Partnership
* The Women's Budget Group needs YOU!!
* Programme Co-ordinator - Women's Aid Advice Centre Nottingham - 29th April 2009
* Senior Support Worker (Female) x 2 - Ashiana Sheffield - 30th April 2009
* Southall Black Sisters - 3 Vacancies - 29th April 2009
* Diversion Scheme Worker - Safe Exit Toynbee Hall - 13th May 2009
* Index to postings - March 2009
* Index to postings - February 2009
* Index to postings - January 2009
* Information added to Women in London up to 9th April 2009
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
New on womensphere
http://womensphere.wordpress.com(international women's news and views)
* Is Pornography the New Tobacco?
* Stop Porn Culture Training - 5th to 7th June in Boston
* Sign the petition to build a UN that really works for all women!
* Occupation and Siege Sideline Rampant Domestic Violence in Gaza
* UN survey highlights psychological trauma in Gaza
* As Obama Escalates War Afgahan Women Face Growing Oppression
* Hilary Clinton stands up to pro life bullies
* Chinese Bias for Baby Boys Creates a Gap of 32 Million
* Sierra Leone Chiefs ban genital cutting for girls under 18
* France campaigns against forced marriages and genital mutilation
* Media Spotlight on Domestic Violence in Romania
* New Zealand police deny that they are not tackling the issue of domestic violence adequately
* Australian Family Court removes two children from their mother in favour of father and new partner
* Canada's Leadership in Pay Equity Eroding
* Economic Crisis: Women Will Suffer Most - a comment from Australia
* New laws in Los Angeles treat teen prostitutes as abuse victims
* Taiwan sex workers demand decriminalisation of prostitution
* Iceland to ban sex purchases, strip clubs
* Italian Senate approves anti-rape law
* Women's groups in India protest newspaper reporting of rape case
* Rwanda's rape victims - 15 years on
* Are drugs driving child rape in South Africa?
* Teenager in Australia charged with aborting fetus herself
* Abortion Law to Become Tougher in Korea
* Chileans Clearly Divided on Abortion
* Abortion row shakes Brazil opinion
* Belgium condemns Pope over condom issue
* Religion and Poverty Force Girls into Early Marriages in Zimbabwe
* Turkish Government wants religious education to help solve women's problems
* The guns are quiet in Basra now, but behind the veil fear lingers
* Taliban shoot dead Afghan politician who championed women's rights
* Afghan women protest against law that 'legalises rape'
* Q&A: How does the Afghan Shi'ite law affect women?
* Index to postings - March 2009
* Index to postings - February 2009
* Index to postings - January 2009
* March Round Up - Feminism Feminists
* March Round Up - Sexual Abuse and Rape
* March Round Up - Women and Power / Politics
* March Round Up - Women in Conflict Zones
* March Round Up - Abortion
* March Round Up - IWD
* Apologies - March Round Up
* LA's Untested Rape Kits Represent Lost Justice
* 'Worse than the Taliban' - new law rolls back rights for Afghan women
* Serious concern over arrest of 12 Women's Rights Activists in Iran
* Call for Action: Imprisonment and Whipping of 75 year-old Woman in Saudi Arabia
* Recession 'hits Third World women'
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We compile a list of all new information from Women in London, and from this blog - womensgrid - and our blog of news by and about women’s issues in others countries - womensphere - together with information distributed via our women’s training and funding e-group (WiLT) which we send out via our WiL e-updates (to which you can subscribe) every 10 to 14 days. We also have a mailing list which we only send out about 2 or 3 times a year, ie around International Women’s Day and the 16 Days of Activism Against Violence Against Women and also if we carrying out a survey - eg last year we asked about women’s voting priorities in the forthcoming local elections.
