[WiL e-updates] WiL e-update 11th August 2008

Mon Aug 11 17:39:54 BST 2008

11th August 2008

Apologies for slight delay in posting this bumper update - there will
not be another update until 29th August 2008.

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Information added to women in london 8th and 10th August 2008
* Index of links to new entries: http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk

Forthcoming Events:
* Rising every time - Conference on Domestic Violence and Mental
Health : Woman's Trust
* Child Contact and Domestic Violence Conference : GLDVP
* MD3 September Meeting: 'Changing a Culture' : WAFE

Notices and Press Releases:
* 7 days left of lapdance club licensing consultation : Fawcett
* Comments on Cambridge University study : Fawcett
* Report from seminar on ethnic minority women, poverty and inequality
: Fawcett
* Early Warning Signs campaign : Refuge
* Additional information about the early warning signs of domestic
violence : Refuge

Courses:
* Short Course in Violence Against Women: Issues, Research and Policy
: CWASU
* Domestic violence and substance misuse: the experiences of women
from Black and minority ethnic communities : GLDVP Stella Project

Vacancies:
* Female Advice and Information Worker : Imece
* London Development Worker (services for perpetrators of domestic
violence) : Respect
* Dads' Space Family Contact Officer : Respect
* Festival Marketing Manager : Birds Eye View
* Festival Innovation Programmer : Birds Eye View

Info Added:
* Index of Information Added to Website in June 2008 Archived
* Index of Information Added to Website in May 2008 Archived

womensgrid local women's news, views, etc..
* Index of current womensgrid postings
* RSS feed of most recent womensgrid postings
* index of july womensgrid postings completed

womensphere international women's news, views, etc..
* Index of current womensphere postings
* RSS feed of most recent womensphere postings
* index of july womensphere postings completed

WiL Calendars
* Women's Events 2008
* Women's Funding and Consultation Deadlines 2008
* Women's Training and Courses Dates 2008
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New on Women's Training and Funding (WiLT)

* Management skills gaps have greatest impact on third sector
organisations
* Building Democracy - grants of up to £15,000 - apply by 26th
September
http://freecharity.org.uk/pipermail/womeninlondontraining/2008-July/date.html

* Forced Marriage, Murder Manslaughter and Infanticide, Welfare
Reforms - Public Consultations
* Fw: Nia conference 2008
* Forthcoming Conference
* Media Forum for women's voluntary sector
* Lobbying works - it's official
* The Future of the Compact - an NCVO Consultation
* Add your voice to the third Charity Forecast survey - closes 27th
August 2007
* Fw: One day course 24th September - Working with unaccompanied
children
* New second tier organisation for Deafness and Disability in London
* Three year funding is still not the norm grant survey shows
* Funding for 2nd tier support for groups tackling poverty in London -
deadline 1st Sept
* Freedom Programme Book
* Grants available for local inter faith activity - Round 1 apply by
1st Novmeber
* Apply by 1st Sept THE HORN OF AFRICA SUB- REGIONAL AFRICAN WOMEN'S
LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
* Managing high-risk sex offenders in the community & Sexual offences
and criminal justice: challenging myths, supporting victims   WiL
Admin
http://freecharity.org.uk/pipermail/womeninlondontraining/2008-August/date.html

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New on womensgrid http://womensgrid.freecharity.org.uk
(women's news and views UK and Ireland)

* Girls should be taught feminism at school 'to counter negative
influences of celebrity role models'
* Play reading and discussion - 'Life on the Borderline' by Hoshiar
* Run the Adidas Women's 5K Challenge to raise money for women
* Veronica Guerin (cert 18) showing as part of AI UK's the Behind the
Screen series
* Women's Rape And Sexual Abuse Centre (Cornwall) 3rd September 2008
* Birmingham Women's Aid - 2 vacancies - 4th September 2008
* AKINA MAMA WA AFRIKA - Regional Coordinator Uk/Europe (1st September
2008)
* St Helens Women's Aid - Chief Executive Officer (29th August 2008)
* Family Support Worker - Children and Young People Sheffield's
Women's Aid - 18th August 2008
* CPS launches consultations on rape and domestic violence policies
* That others might live - A review of the shocking case of Julia
Pemberton could transform attitudes to domestic violence
* One in three women who try to take their own lives have suffered
from domestic violence, according to the charity Women's Aid
* New project in Norwich will help foreign born victims of domestic
violence
* Broxtowe Women's Project is set to launch a domestic violence
programme to make women aware of their choices
* 'Shocking' rise in homelessness among women
* Help for Employers who want to help their Employees
* Gender equality on the slide?
* Women win landmark equal pay battle
* Campaigners against sex slavery have welcomed the decision by
Newsquest South London to ban all adult services ads
* Liberty, Equality, Family - a new Tory approach to single mothers,
homosexuality - and men behaving badly?
* Defending secular spaces
* Launch of 'The Muslim Marriage Contract'
* Third International Congress on Islamic Feminism
* Women in Tune 2008 - 'In Spite of the Olympics' Festival - 22nd -
25th August
* The Spokes an all women bicycle dance troupe Manchester
* House of Commons Committee says YouTube should screen uploaded
videos for harmful content
* UN committee urges abortion law reform in Northern Ireland
* Britain has come under fire for being in breach of key elements of a
United Nations convention relating to tackling violence against women
* A Cumbrian charity which helps victims of sexual assault has
expressed deep regret after a rape case was thrown out of court on a
technicality
* A decision to reduce a serial rapist's life sentence to 13 years
sparked fury in Ireland
* Adopt a Duck for Rape And Sexual Abuse Support Centre Guildford
* Run the Bristol Half Marathon 2008 for Women's Aid (14th September
2008)
* Making the links: disabled women and domestic violence
* Disabled youngsters forced into marriage to provide passports
* Domestic violence figures in Hertsmere send out mixed messages
* Sexual and domestic violence to be top of Church's agenda
* Rape affects us all - men should be challenging the myths
* We should focus on men's attitudes to prevent rape
* Wildly varying sentences in Ireland for two men who each sexually
abused of their sisters
http://womensgrid.freecharity.org.uk/?page_id=28

* Volunteers can be of help in crisis - praise for Peterborough Rape
Crisis
* New centre supporting victims of sex assaults in Plymouth, West
Devon, Caradon and South Hampshire
* The first refuge centre for victims of sex trafficking in Wales is
to open in Cardiff
* The Equality Bill Government Response to the Consultation
* Ministers for Women Priorities One Year On progress report
* Murder manslaughter and infanticide: proposals for reform of the
law - public consultation closes 20th October 2008
* Northern Ireland is to be included in a major review to reform the
law on murder, manslaughter and infanticide
* No one written off: reforming welfare to reward responsibility -
Consultation - Closes 22nd October 2008
* Sheila Rowbotham 'saved'!
* Government announces proposals to abolish murder defence of
'provocation' and other reforms
* New domestic violence family justice centre opens in Croydon
* Domestic violence centre launches in Welwyn Hatfield
* Domestic abuse tops 1000 incidents a year in Leicestershire
* Rape Crisis in Belfast calls for a change in attitudes
* Surge in reports of net child porn in Ireland
* Judge withdraws from Irish abortion hearing in European Court
* European court to hear Irish women's challenge to ban on abortion
* Give Women In Northern Ireland The Right To Choose Says FPA As It
Launches Its Campaign To Secure Rights To Abortion For Women In
Northern Ireland
* MPs unite to fight law that will make abortions available in
Northern Ireland
http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/public/wg-0807.htm

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New on womensphere http://womensphere.wordpress.com
(international women's news and views)

* Death by stoning suspended in Iran but still legal!
* Call for participants for the Horn of Africa Sub-Regional African
Women's Leadership Institute
* More news stories about women and HIV/AIDS at Mexico conference
* Conflicts Make Women More Vulnerable to HIV conference told
* More AIDS risked as poor women trade sex for food AIDS conference
told
* Female sex workers emerge out of the shadows at AIDS conference in
Mexico
* Works Hard for Her Money: Feminists and Prostitutes - On The Issues
Magazine
* Over a thousand US women are killed each year by a current or former
intimate partner
* Gender Focus Urged for US Aid
* Women's unpaid work in Southern Africa on UN agenda
* The formation of village savings and loan associations has reduced
cases of domestic violence in Uganda
* Fistula in Sahel region under reported
* Over 2,000 raped last in one month in Congo's North Kivu province
says report
* Ending Sexual Violence In Conflict (from UNIFEM Currents - July
2008)
* Mia Farrow slams Myanmar post-cyclone rights record
* Bitter Truth - Domestic violence: Bangladesh society must protect
the victims
* UNHCR cards give women refugees in Bangladesh individual identities
* Women in Lebanon and non-Lebanese children get raw deal
* Tel Aviv shelter provides refuge for sex workers
* Poverty at root of commercial sex work in Indonesia
* Rural Women Tell Bishops in the Philippines Lack of family planning
forces women to have abortion
* Ambitious family planning goals in Madagascar
* Romania to Allow Girls Under Age 15 to Have Abortions Up to 24 Weeks
* A 'Week Without Abortions' in Southern Russia
* Three Activists to Share 2008 Gruber International Women's Rights
Prize for Advancing Gender Equality
* Language barrier and lack of transport means Bedouin women miss out
on health care in Israel
* Two thirds of Egyptian men harass women survey reveals
* Domestic Violence Not Just An Adult Problem - YWCA West Virginia
* Domestic violence statistics alarming in Jamaica
* Religious leaders are partly to blame for the growing problem of
domestic violence in Tanzania
* Murder and rape ongoing in DR Congo despite peace says Human Rights
Watch
* Poverty driving child sex abuse in the north of Uganda
* Are food prices fuelling sex work in north Afghanistan?
* Petitioners Want San Francisco To Decriminalize Prostitution
* India must criminalise buying of sex and strengthen anti-trafficking
laws
* Swedish government steps up battle against prostitution with plans
to crackdown on sex buyers
* AIDS in Mexico conference to demand action not words over human
rights
* The missing voices of poor women in the Philipines
* Reproductive health policy will reduce abortions says Senator
Rodolfo Biazon in the Philippines
* South Dakota doctors told to comply with abortion law and tell women
they are ending a human life
* Katrina has left a crisis in women's crisis services
* In Uganda Poverty, wars and alcohol perpetuate domestic violence
http://womensphere.wordpress.com/index-to-current-postings/

* Survey shows awareness lacking on Domestic Violence Act in India
* Growing number of children aged 12 and under are sexual abusers in
Israel
* An abusive reality - sexual assault in Israel
* Married man's sex with woman is rape rules Supreme Council in India
* Global Fund for Women 'Waters' Grassroots in 167 countries
* Reminder women's UK and Ireland news now on womensgrid
http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/public/ws-0807.htm

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