[WiL e-updates] WiL e-update - 6th December 2008 extra

[WiL Updates]

6th December 2008

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Anniversary of the Montreal Massacre
* The day commemorates the shooting of 14 women engineering students
apparently an act of revenge on feminists by a lone gun man.
* It is one of the 16 Days of Action Against Violence Against Women
See http://womensgrid.freecharity.org.uk/?p=1479
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Please note:
* This is an additional mailing not only to mark 6th December but also
to give notice of short notice of some events happening this week -
see calendars.
* There will be one last mailing in 2008 - please send any information
for the end of December and the first 2 weeks of January 2009 asap.
Thanks!
* post at womeninlondon.org.uk

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Added to women in london 6th December 2008
* Index of links to new entries: http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk

Notices and Press Releases:
* Coordinated Community Response Toolkit : GLDVP
* The Queen's Speech - what does it mean for women? : Fawcett
* Bill to Tighten Lap Dance Licensing Announced : Object
* November newsletter available to download : Feminist Library
* November Newsletter available : GLDVP

Vacancies:
* BME Community Outreach Worker (Domestic Violence) : IMECE
* Community Link Worker : IMECE
* Female Independent Domestic Violence Advocate (IDVA) : NAADV
* Advice and Support Centre Manager : EAVES

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

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

http://freecharity.org.uk/pipermail/womeninlondontraining/2008-November/date.html
* Fw: London Assembly Seminar
* Fw: Westminster Briefing: Safeguarding the Most Vulnerable:
Supporting Victims of Private Space Violence (10 December 2008)

http://freecharity.org.uk/pipermail/womeninlondontraining/2008-December/date.html
* Online service to help charities find trustees
* The Empowerment Fund - applications by 6th January 2009
* It's your Community - up to £1,000 - monthly decisions
* BBC Children in Need - apply by 15th Jan 2009 - UK
* Groundswell Small Grant Award Scheme for homeless people - 15 Jan
and 15th of April, July, Oct
* Tesco Charity Trust - children's welfare 31st Jan - elderly &
disability 1st Feb
* Harvest Trust Seaside Holidays Disadvantaged Children - apply by 31
Jan 2009
* Nominate an under 18 campaigner for CHANGEit award (£750) by 12 Jan
* Small community initiatives are under threat because different
funding streams
* Voluntary sector employees on maternity leave need better support
say HR chiefs

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

* 6th December 2008 is Anniversary of the Montreal Massacre
* Rock Against Rape - Benefit for Rape Crisis
* Million Women Rise Fundraising Pampering Evening
* Activists in Scotland highlight plight of abused women
* Break the wall of silence over domestic violence
* Anti-trafficking unit saved from axe
* Councils get bigger lap-dancing role
* Plane sexist - Ryanair's decision to use its staff in a calendar is
another example of the sexualisation of the airline industry
* DJ Moyles sorry for Polish prostitute jibe
* A quarter of 14-year-old girls forced into sex, says survey
* One in 10 children suffer abuse, say experts
* 'So what's porno, Mummy?' - Edinburgh parents' fury as advertisement
on buses for 18-certificate film is ruled acceptable
* Actresses complain that innocent comedy advert led to 'porn-style'
audition
* Join The UK Resource Centre Campaign To Make The Next Doctor Who A
Woman
* Why a woman should have won the 2008 Turner prize
* Political Outsiders? Guides Call for New Politics for the Next
Generation
* Woman forced to quit job wins new rights for carers
* Launch of One Law for All - Campaign against Sharia law in Britain
* Campaigners welcome new Forced Marriage legislation
* Sign the petition calling on the Prime Minister to criminalise the
purchase of sex and to fund services to help women exit prostitution
* Damaged women are safer now thanks to Jacqui Smith says Joan Smith
* A campaign aimed at preventing rape and encouraging victims to come
forward has been launched by South Wales Police
* The delay in opening a sexual assault treatment unit in Galway has
been described as "unacceptable" by a city councillor
* NSPCC wants to highlight the impact of domestic violence on children
in Londonderry
* Call To Target Porn Parents
* Acknowledging other 16 Days of Activism Events
* 1st December is World Aids Day
* Help Positively Women with their Christmas Party for their Users
* No More Violence Against Women Campaign - Please complete the survey
* Ryanair press release attempts to ridicule criticism of its calendar
and attract sales
* More than one in four sex offenders escape with a caution, figures
show
* Foyle Women's Aid is celebrating the success of its campaign to win
a £50,000 Big Lottery Peoples Millions grant - and want to thank the
public who made it possible
* Please sign the petition to save specialist domestic violence
services for Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee women and
children

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

* 6th December 2008 is the Anniversary of the Montreal Massacre
* Women's problem - violence - is men's problem
* 16 Days of Activism: events in Pakistan, South Africa and Montenegro
* Power, politics and the pandemic: women, girls and HIV/AIDS (Canada)
* Can we talk frankly about HIV/AIDS and black women in the USA?
* HIV Laws Put Women in the Line of Fire in Malawi
* HIV prevention and care efforts must address women's vulnerability
* Living positive, celebrating leadership - HIV positive women in
Delhi
* 1st December is World Aids Day
* HIV testing for mothers and children must expand, UN report shows
* Forcible taking of a wife is rape and kidnap (Tanzania)
* Early marriage adds to socioeconomic woes in Nigeria NGOs say
* Food Crisis and Poverty Spur Child Marriages and Grim Realities for
Girls in Afghanistan
* Girl shames cleric on early marriage in Yemen
* Increase in underage marriages worries Moroccan women's groups
* Norway votes to outlaw paying for sex as from 1st January 2009
* What if sex work were legal in South Africa?
* Sex for jobs in export processing zones Kenya
* Poverty drives tribeswomen to prostitution in the Philippines
* Sex for survival puts women at risk in Haiti

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*** if you have any information relevant to the end of December
*** and the first 2 weeks of 2009 you would like circulated
*** please send by 12th December - thanks!

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