[WiL e-updates] WiL e-update 17th November 2007

[WiL Updates]

17th November 2007

** 16 Days of Activism Against Violence Against Women - 25 November to
10 December **

Please send details of any events you are organising to
post at womeninlondon.org.uk - thanks!

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Information added to women in london 15th and 16th November 2007
* Index of links to new entries: http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk

Forthcoming Events:
* Is Gender Equality Possible? : WAFE NB new venue

Notices and Press Releases:
* Comments on Conservative proposals to tackle rape : Fawcett
* Minister announces new Health in Pregnancy Grant : Daycare Trust
* Financial inequalities in couples and on relationship breakdown :
Fawcett

Courses and Training:
* The Invisible Older Woman: Do Women Disappear At 50? : Hillcroft

Public Notice Board
* Index of November Notices updated

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

* Women of Troy - Special Offer - Reduced pirce tickets
* Competition to Increase People Knowledge of Black Women's Role in
Cinema
* 16 Days Ireland events
* Rape counselling service resumes in Cambridge thanks to volunteers
* TRAFFICKJAM - Amnesty International Islington And Hackney Group
benefit event
* 16 Days Stopping sexual bullying
* 16 Days Take Back the Tech
* 16 Days YWCA Scotland Events
* 16 Days Glasgow screening of DUMMY
* 16 days in Glasgow - programme of events
* The Women's Coalition (Scotland) - Statement of Intent 2007
* 16 Days Falkirk - White Ribbons In Forth Valley Support Anti
Violence Campaign
* 16 Days Stirling - Lilya 4-Ever
* Reclaim the Night March Glasgow November 29th 2007
* NI Rape: what about the other 356 victims?
* Why do we ignore the abuse of women?
* Tackling rape - Slow progress: Britain's record is not as bad as
Tories claim, but improving it will be hard (comment)
* Tackling Prostitution and the damage it does - meeting
* U.N. calls for $10 million to help women in wars and disasters
* South Africa against creating two categories of rape: Rape is rape
no matter who commits it
* Job Centre policy on displaying sex industry jobs
* Campaign of violence against women carried out by religious
extremists in Basra
* Driven on to the streets - New proposals to clamp down on safer
forms of prostitution will only push sex workers further underground,
says the English Collective of Prostitutes
* Survivors of sexual violence still waiting for justice and
reparations
* Report on Nawal El Saadawi's visit
* Downlaod Report from Workshop on 'Honour' Violence
* Trafficking, Slavery & Anti-Slavery International event in
Southampton
* openDemocracy's 50.50 blog for 16 days of activism
* Urgent - Take Action - Iran: Fear of imminent execution for Soghra
Najafpour
* NEW JOB OPPORTUNITY at Tender
* White Ribbon Campaigner Cosmo man of the year
* RECLAIM THE NIGHT CORNWALL
* Suspend Heavy Sentence for Women's Rights Activist in Iran
* From These Houses - benefit exhibition for Sudar Foundation, is an
organization supporting women's higher education in South India.
* New legislation to challenge demand for prostitution welcomed in
Scotland
* The Judith Trust Job Vacancy
* Women's groups welcome Cameron's focus on rape
* Cambridge Rape Crisis are holding a (re) launch event
* Details of actual webcam job ad
* Job centre looking for a 'webcam performer'
Index to Nov notices at
http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/public/pub-0711.htm

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New on Women's Training and Funding (WiLT)
http://www.freecharity.org.uk/~womeninlondon/

* London Councils CFO ESF event
* Young Women and Sexual Violence Seminar
* BAME Political Awareness Project - Time to make a Difference - Free
Training
* London Councils and EU support for disadvantaged groups
* Compact reality belies the rhetoric
* Majority think relationship between Government and VCS is getting
worse
* Empowerment, Welfare & Work: In Work, Better Off?

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