[WiL e-updates] WiL e-update 20th August 2007

[WiL Updates]

20th August 2007

* Please note short notice of deadlines of some new grant information,
as well as some events this week and some vacancies deadlines
* Also, please remember Downloads Notice - see note below

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Information added to women in london on 17th August 2007
* Index of links to new entries: http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk

Forthcoming Events:
* Is Feminism Still Relevant Today? : OFN Discussion

Notices and Press Releases:
* Temporary address from 8th August 2007 for 15 months : Account3
* From the Outset: Why Violence Should be a Priority for the
Commission for Equality and Human Rights (CEHR) : CWASU
* It's just like going to the supermarket': Men buying sex in East
London : CWASU
* Name Change : Ghanaian Women's Welfare Project

Courses and Training:
* Management Training for women : Account3

Women's Networks - details added for:
* Women's International League For Peace and Freedom (WILPF)

Info Added:
* Index of Information Added to Website in July 2007 Archived

Downloads:
Please Note: Older downloadable documents are going to be deleted to
create disk space for the web site. Although mainly booking forms
etc., there are some reports from WiL groups etc., you might be
interested in, see:
* Downloads from 1999-2003
* Downloads from 2004
* Downloads from 2005
* Downloads from 2006

Public Notice Board
* Headlines of recent postings can be read by RSS feed
* Index of August Notices updated

WiL Calendars
* Women's Events - all
* Women's Funding and Consultation Deadlines - all
* Women's Training and Courses Dates - all
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New on Public Notice Board
http://www.quicktopic.com/19/H/nV4WDtdd6iMqf

* Exploring causes to find solutions to violence against women -
Culture, honour, and gender justice
* Health Activists Link Spread of HIV-AIDS to FGM
* Safety Awareness Training for women: Southampton Women's Forum
* Run the Women's Brighton 8k Race - have fun and raise sponsorship
money for the Brighton Women's Refuge!
* Working Families autumn conference will examine the future for
equalities and diversity
* Religious Fundamentalisms & Women's Rights - AWID Survey
* London charity worker Nikki Rummer springs backwards 100 times to
raise awareness about domestic and sexual violence in the UK
* WIT Music Festival for Women - 10th Anniversary Festival 22-28th
August 2007
* Exploring causes to find solutions to violence against women -
Culture, honour, and gender justice
* Health Activists Link Spread of HIV-AIDS to FGM
* Safety Awareness Training for women: Southampton Women's Forum
* ASHA Projects is a South Asian Women's organisation has a vacancy
* The Survivor Stories DVD and The Babergh Domestic Violence and Abuse
Forum - invitation to launch
* Amnesty will not change abortion policy - Secretary General Irene
Khan
* Reporting rape equals being raped again in court - 2 years on victim
still giving testimony
* Media Monitoring Project (MMP) Challenges Media On Women's Month
* South Africa's deputy health minister, one of its most respected
women politicians, lost her job on the eve of the nation's Women's Day
* Kurdistan Refugee Women's Organisation (KRWO) has a vacancy
* Survey shows that teen attitudes are a time bomb to domestic
violence
* Domestic Violence Norwich - do you have info to contribute?

Index to notices at
http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/public/pub-0708.htm
Subscribe at
http://www.quicktopic.com/cgi-bin/emailme.cgi?forum=19&topic=nV4WDtdd6iMqf
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New on Women's Training and Funding (WiLT)
http://www.freecharity.org.uk/~womeninlondon/

* Accredited Domestic Violence course
* Learning Programme for Community Leaders
* Single group funding should be "the exception rather than the rule"
condemned as discriminatory and possibly racist
* Survey for African Caribbean voluntary & community sector groups
* Managing Child Sex Offenders in the Community - Prevention and
Protection through Partnership
* Other Capita Conferences - September (not all in London)
* Oxford Women's Training (OWT) - About
* OWT Course: Painting & Decorating Motor Vehicle
* OWT Course - Motor Vehicle Maintenance - An Introductory Course
* OWT Course -Basic Building Skills for Women
* OWT Construction Courses
* OWT Courses in Business
* OWT Course - Go For IT
* Children, Young People and Families Grant Programme
* ACM Training - various cities inc. working with the media, team
building, etc.
* Age Concern Grants x 2 schemes with monthly deadlines
* Changes to BIG - Family Learning - closes 29th August 2007
* Ragdoll Foundation - apply by 28th August 2007
* Sign the e-petition to save the Community Champions Scheme

Or subscribe to e-group at
http://freecharity.org.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/womeninlondontraining
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WiL web site will be updated during the week
*  The next e-update will be during the Bank Holiday weekend - if
there is enough 'new' news

Deborah at women in london post at womeninlondon.org.uk
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