[WiL e-updates] WiL e-update 21st August 2008 - Bank Holiday Extra

[WiL Updates]

21st August 2008 - Bank Holiday Extra


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No new information on women in london http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk
(next web update 29th August 2008)

Except Late Notice of Vacancy:
* Community Development Worker: to establish Women's Design Groups in
12 London boroughs http://www.wds.org.uk/www/opps_recruitment.htm
APPLY BY 22ND AUGUST

And WiL Calendars updated today:
* Women's Events 2008 updated
http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/public/cal-events.htm
* Women's Funding and Consultation Deadlines 2008 updated
http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/public/cal-funding.htm
* Women's Training and Courses Dates 2008 updated
http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/public/cal-training.htm
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New on Women's Training and Funding (WiLT)

* FW: LawWorks for Community Groups - an invitation to FREE legal
seminars
* No welcome for plans to extend the third sector compact
* Fw: Training Courses - September 2008 - March 2009
* Fw: Home Truths 3
* Fw: The Haven Wolverhampton Accredited Training 19 Sept or 27 Nov
* Behind Closed Doors Training Event 23 Sept North East
* Fw: EVENT: Equality and Refugees with Disabilities, Wednesday 17th
September
* Olympic raids prompt cuts in sector's lottery programmes
http://freecharity.org.uk/pipermail/womeninlondontraining/2008-August/date.html

Or subscribe to e-group at
http://freecharity.org.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/womeninlondontraining
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New on womensgrid http://womensgrid.freecharity.org.uk
(women's news and views UK and Ireland)

* IMKAAN - 4 vacancies - 22nd September 2008
* Women's Therapy Centre - Community Development Psychotherapists
(18th Sept) plus Honorary psychotherapists and Admin volunteers
* Job vacancy in IKWRO (17th September) and volunteers
* Two Programme Assistants - Sigrid Rausing Trust - 9th September 2008
* Drive against female circumcision in London steps up with £20,000
reward
* Human trafficking in Scotland
* Scottish Women's Aid response to proposal to ban drinking by
domestic violence perpetrators
* Lads' mags cocktail of booze, birds and banter loses its fizz
* Prejudice contributes to women earning less, says ONS study
* New drive towards social enterprise for women from ethnic minority
backgrounds
* New measures to strengthen restrictions against child sex offenders
and build on the UK's existing tough regime were announced by Home
Secretary Jacqui Smith
* Sign the Petition to Institute Review of 14 Cases Where Rape Victims
Were Blamed
* Beer mats highlight link between drinking and domestic violence in
Leicestershire
* Violent partners to face drinking ban in Scotland
* Women 'intimidated by rogue abortion advice agencies' in Ireland
* Abortion does not harm mental health says study
* Women's Voices in Europe Event 15th September 2008
* NAWO Special Rapparoteur on Violence Against Women Meetings
* Keep the Promise: End Child Poverty - Rally Saturday 4 October 2008
* New Report Shows Government Failure in Combating Child Sex Tourism
* I Spit On Your Rape-Filled Horror Films
* Save Cambridge Rape Crisis Event
* A domestic abuse charity from North Somerset is calling for a
helpline and more support for victims of rape and sexual assault
* Chemicals that double up as date-rape drugs are to be outlawed
* Early release of men convicted of domestic violence
* Domestic violence laws fail to increase convictions
* The Haven Wolverhampton Summer Newsletter 2008
* No victim of domestic violence need suffer in silence in Plymouth
* Derby based Hadhari Nari women's refuge lands over £300,000 of
Lottery funding
* Liverpool's Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) will be open from
Monday 22nd September 2008
* New office for Caithness and Sutherland Women's Aid
* Lap-dancing clubs should have different regulations than cafes and
bars (letter to the Times)
* No Men Allowed - Women's Business Conference criticised for
excluding men
* Women And Homelessness - A report into the dramatic rise in the
number of women stranded without homes
* Desperate housewife doesn't deserve jail
* Shocking statistics that shame Scottish justice
* In Northern Ireland rape payouts 'not cut if victim drunk' women
assured in wake of findings
* Rape, compensation, and personal responsibility
* Payout review in drink-related rape cases ruled out
* Rape compensation cut overturned

http://womensgrid.freecharity.org.uk/?page_id=28
Subscribe: http://womensgrid.freecharity.org.uk/?page_id=11
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New on womensphere http://womensphere.wordpress.com
(international women's news and views)

* In America 60% of new cases of aids among women are Black women
* Gender and HIV/AIDS Issues A Must for the 2008 Elections in Ghana
* Make abortion legal say women activists in Uganda
* Activists want serious measures taken to contain child trafficking
Tanzania
* New call to end ban on prostitution in South Africa
* Teen prostitution up after Kenya's election crisis
* Arab women increasingly report assault and harassment in Israel
* Sri Lanka to send fewer maids to Arab countries citing abuse
* SMS divorces spur call for family law in Bahrain

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For those who are able to take the time off have a happy bank
holiday - despite the rain!

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