[WiL e-updates] WiL e-update - 19th December 2008 extra

[WiL Updates]

19th December 2008

Wishing all subscribers a relaxed and peaceful time over the end of
year period and for those who cant take a break hope you have a stress
free time - from all at Women in London!

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Added to women in london 12th and 18th December 2008
* Index of links to new entries: http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk

Group Listing:
* Women's Health and Family Services is now part of the WiL
directory - Welcome!

Forthcoming Events:
* Walks, outings and other events : Enfield Women's Centre

Notices and Press Releases:
* We can with your help : Enfield Women's Centre
* Unicef report highlights the need for more funding for childcare :
DCT
* The Government must meet lone parents half way : DCT

Courses:
* Double Oppression: Disabled Women and Gender Violence (free
training) : nia project
* IT and Typing Courses : Enfield Women's Centre

Info Added:
* Index of Information Added to Website in October 2008 Archived
* Index of Information Added to Website in November 2008 Archived

Helplines:
* Rape Crisis helplines : information updated
* If you think that any other Helplines details are incorrect please
do contact us with the up to date information

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

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

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-December/date.html

* Guide to running support groups for victims and survivors of
domestic violence
* The Community Website Builder - Free Service
* Acevo to set up women's group
* Sector targeted in skills training drive
* Fw: ACEVO Women CEOs SIG
* Fw: Free training on banking and financial inclusion
* Fw: Youth Sector Development Fund Round 3 - Expressions ofInterest
by 23rd Jan 2009 (details of this may not display properly so please
contact for more info)

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

* WOW Vacancies x 2 - Wolverhampton - 5th January
* Black Women's Movement in Britain Volunteer Placements - apply by
16th January 2009
* Women Asylum Seekers Together (WAST) Manchester is setting up a
solidarity group - WSG
* Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority Women Councillors Taskforce
* Suffragettes: 100 Years - A celebration of the work of the
Actresses' Franchise League
* Anti-Sexist Youth Work in the 21st Century
* Improving Futures: Working Together to End Domestic Violence - New
Solutions for a New World
* Local men take a stance against domestic violence in Northern
Ireland
* 9 Pets A Week Abused In Domestic Violence
* Home Office launches Christmas domestic violence enforcement
campaign
* Mayor's rape crisis centres sold short
* NHS doctor 'was forced to marry' in Bangladesh
* Support 'Justice for Banaz' after the collapse of IPCC hearings
* Call For End To Sharia Courts After Report Shows Widespread
Injustice
* Some Imams 'biased against women'
* Dolls are for girls and Lego is for boys - and that attitude could
explain a lot about the gender gap in schools says a new study
* MPs will demand that publications such as 'Zoo' and 'Nuts' be given
an '18' certificate
* "Poverty clothes shame Primark; retailer thrives on 7p an hour
workers" - War on Want
* Drug mule grandmothers: The new couriers of choice
* Xmas Appeal for women and children - All African Women's Group at
Crossroads Women's Centre
* Peterborough Women's Centre marking 20 years in the city
* Business Development Manager (female) - Sheffield Women's
Counselling and Therapy Service - 16th January 2009
* Programme Coordinator : WLUML-IWE) : 6th January 2009
* Independent Domestic Violence Advocate (Female Only*) - Survive -
31st December 2008
* Invitation To Get Involved In The Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize
* Violence Against Women Crime Report 2007 - 2008
* Successful prosecutions for hate crimes have increased over the last
few years according to a new report from the Crown Prosecution Service
* Take action on violence against women! EVAW campaign
* A former policeman is facing a £100,000 claim for compensation by a
woman he is accused of sexually abusing for more than two decades
* Landmark damages for rape survivor detained unlawfully
* Police in Scotland to form prostitution think-tank
* Anti-trafficking law and men who pay for sex will be hard to police
says Met commander
* Call to amend Bill to protect trafficking victims in Ireland
* 'Hundreds' go missing from care - many who are trafficked are forced
into prostitution
* Young children in Britain could be suffering because their mothers
are forced to return to work too soon according to Unicef
* Scottish Parliament's EOC concerned over 'sexualised' marketing
aimed at children
* HIV positive pupils refused places at some UK schools
* The Charity Commission has refused two Catholic adoption charities'
requests to change their objects
* Challenge to abortion data ruling
* fpa launches a new educational DVD about abortion
* Ireland's recession is leading to a rise in abortions according to
the director of a sexual healthcare service
* One group of women who are excluded from support for victims of
domestic violence
* Abuser used money to keep partner in his power
* Extra hoops won't enable single parents to balance jobs and
parenting
* 10th December is Human Rights Day
* Recommitting to Eleanor Roosevelt's Challenge to the World
* Guide to running support groups for victims and survivors of
domestic violence
* Five per cent increase in domestic abuse attacks in Fife
* More public funding must be committed to support victims of domestic
abuse, an all-party committee of AMs in Wales has warned
* The start of Domestic Violence Awareness Week was marked in East
Devon with a march through Honiton
* 2,500 physical abuse incidents reported to Women's Aid in Belfast

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

* Against the polygamy law in Kurdistan Iraq
* Gender in the Venezuelan Elections
* Women groups bash Bush birth control rule
* Anger in Kosovo as UN "Muzzles" Civil Society Leader at Democracy
Conference
* Both sides in Congo use rape as a weapon
* Women demand bigger say in U.N. climate talks
* Reports on domestic violence unpublished from November
* Reports on abortion issues unpublished from November
* Reports on women, work and poverty unpublished from November
* Reports on trafficking and exploitation unpublished from November
* Reports on women and Islam unpublished from November
* Reports on sexual violence unpublished from November
* Muslim Feminists Confront a World of Obstacles
* In Italy, Feminism Out, Women As Sex Symbols In
* Egyptian president promises to increase seats for women
* It's time for women's rights to occupy political centre stage again
in South Africa
* South Africa Meeting 'Rejuvenates' Pacific Feminism
* Women step up battle for rights in Bahrain
* Women and European politics: no democracy without equality!
* Norway tops the World Economic Forum's Gender Gap Index
* Women's International League for Peace and Freedom - International
Human Rights Day 2008
* 10th December is Human Rights Day
* Women refuse to be silenced by Robert Mugabe
* A High Court judge in Zimbabwe has ordered police to launch a search
for a human rights activist Jestina Mukoko abducted from her home last
week
* Interview with Ingrid Betancourt
* Govermnent blocks march for women's rights in Nicaragua
* Swedish feminist party starts campaign to make abortion a human
right
* Iran urged to halt "crackdown" on women activists
* Philipppine Women's groups to push for Magna Carta for Women
* Fiji NGOs rally to highlight abuses
* Women activists in Uganda demand for stringent laws on violence
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