[WiL e-updates] WiL e-update 25th July 2008

[WiL Updates]

25th July 2008


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Information added to women in london 25th July 2008
* Index of links to new entries: http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk

Group Listing:
* ADVANCE is now part of the directory

Forthcoming Events:
* Invitation to London Domestic Violence Forum Open Meeting : GLDVP
* Women workers and the suffrage campaign: class politics vs gender
politics? : Syliva Pankhurst Memorial Committee

Notices and Press Releases:
* 'Equal' doesn't mean the 'same' Don't treat women equally : WDS
* Holiday childcare costs still rising : Daycare Trust
* Comment on announcement by Conservatives : Fawcett and Object

Vacancies:
* Income Generation Officer : WRC
* Female Domestic Violence Housing Advocate : ADVANCE
* Director : Rights of Women

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-July/date.html

* Femocracy training from Fawcett for BME women
* Train the Trainer Opportunity for Young people - nia project and
Children's Society - induction day
* Healthcare Charities can win up to £35,000 for existing work (26th
Sept 2008)
* Contracts are killing the voluntary sector says DSC Policy Officer
* Women & Young People's Safety Solutions
* Bursaries - Working For A Charity Online Course - starting
October2008
* BBC extends deadline for charities to apply to be a One Lifeline
appeal
* DoH announces replacement to Section 64 grants scheme
* Third Sector Investment Prog replaces Section 64 from 2009 - 10
(deadline 8th Sept 2008)
* The Empowerment Fund: Consultation - closes 30th Sept 2008
* City Bridge Trust: Older People 1st Oct - Tackling Violence 31st
Oct - others anytime
* City Bridge Trust to launch improved grants plan
* Fw: Arts'n'Care 08
* Fw: BME Business Women's Network - One 2 One Business Consultation
Sessions
* Fw: Fully Funded Management Qualifications
* Lewisham's 12th Childcare Fair - 6th August
* Community Matters - money for local groups via Waitrose shoppers
* Grassroots Grants local funders appointed to distribute £80 million
* Preventing Violent Extremism Community Leadership Fund (inc Muslim
women) apply by 30 Sept 2008

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

* Women's Project Development and Support Worker (Manchester) 26th Aug
* Birmingham and Solihull Women's Aid - 3 Vacancies (14th Aug)
* Supported Housing Manager Cambridge Women & Homelessness Group (8th
Aug)
* Campaign Organizer - Stop Violence Against Women (London) 6th Aug
* Supported Housing Manager Housing For Women - London (1st Aug)
* The Conservatives would give communities more power to block the
opening of lap-dancing clubs
* Forced marriage consultation - closing date 15th October 2008
* Marriage Visa Age Raised To Prevent Forced Marriages
* Daughters in danger - teachers should be alert to FGM
* £100k grant saves West Cumbria Rape Crisis
* Only one rape in 26 results in conviction over last five years in
the Lothians
* Links between domestic and substance abuse examined at conference in
Perth
* Husbands who kill nagging wives will no longer be able to claim they
were provoked, under a radical shake-up of the murder laws
* People who commit sex offences against children abroad will face
prosecution in the UK
* Government obsession with full-time work will backfire
* Minister unveils plans to push lone parents back into work
* Women are likely to be the main casualties of the downturn as family
friendly initiatives such as flexi-time and job shares are axed
* Extract from WNC Roundtable event for consultation on priorities for
MfW
* Extract of Responses to WNC Consultation on Priorities for MfW
* Report on the WNC Consultation on the Priorities for the Ministers
for Women
* Women apprentices are making great strides in traditionally
male-dominated areas
* Women should have half share of top arts board posts says culture
minister Margaret Hodge
* A Chat with Mrs Chicky - playlet from Suffragete era with all women
cast - 23-25 July
* All For Honour - plus post show discussion with Meltem Arikan on
31st July
* Women Filmmakers: Finn's Girl on Tour + Tick Tock Lullaby on DVD
* Four women's lives are at stake. Someone is informing the
Establishment. Who will survive? Will they find out in time?
* All-European Autonomous Feminist Womyn's Gathering Invitation
* Supertramp - going in search of inspiring female superheroes in the
morass of Raunch Culture proves a depressing journey for one man ...
* Domestic violence is a crime society ignores
* South Devon Women's Aid celebrates 21 years
* New service to benefit domestic violence victims in Bury
* Two worlds of women
* Catholic churches are alerting parishioners to the views of the
Glasgow East by-election candidates on abortion and embryo research
* Southall Black Sisters celebrate as council caves
* Ireland DPPs appeal against leniency of rape sentence is welcomed
* Robinson says government must 'uphold God's law' on abortion
* Northern Ireland bids to clarify legal status of abortion
* Women dominate charity workforce in Ireland
* Women a fifth more likely to give to charity than men
* Grant makers unite on non violent female offenders
* New Forced Marriage Awareness Raising Materials for Schools and
Young People from DCSF
* First day of Black Sisters' case over
* Southall Black Sisters Under Threat of Closure - Demonstration
tomorrow and Friday
* Unions alarmed by claim maternity rights may harm women's job
prospects
* Outrage at Russell Brand phones police about sex attack as part of
stand up routine
* Guildford Rape & Sexual Abuse Support Centre (Helpline &
Counselling)
* MEP joins trafficking victim deportation battle
* Appeal for change to abortion law in Northern Ireland
* A memorial to Surjit Athwal (1971-1998) - 22nd July Slough
* Bolton Women's Aid pays tribute to Pat Lewis
* Have you experienced domestic violence? If you have please complete
the Women's Aid Survey
* New efforts to fight domestic abuse in Newbury
* A major study is to be carried out in Surrey to investigate whether
domestic violence is more common in wealthy areas than often supposed
* Domestic violence law challenge as unconstitutional dismissed in
Ireland
* Safe Exit Development Worker - Maternity Cover - 15th August 2008

Index of current postings at
http://womensgrid.freecharity.org.uk/?page_id=28
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New on womensphere http://womensphere.wordpress.com
(international women's news and views)

* Employers' remarks can be direct discrimination says European Court
of Justice
* 1 in 2 sexually harassed at work says study in Singapore
* Another health expert in Jamaica calls for legalised prostitution
* China is destination for 80% of Myanmar trafficking says report
* Desperate displaced girls turn to sex work in Kenya
* Center For Law and Human Rights In Liberia Education Wants Ample
Focus On Rape
* Women's Resolve to Fight Rape and Child Trafficking in Cameroon
* Women's groups outraged that Ramon is acting PM
* Rape and sexual assault against minors on the rise in Israel
* Ministry to expand network of women's crisis centres in Pakistan
* Officers to help domestic violence victims in India
* Move against domestic violence in Saudi Arabia
* More domestic violence with rising prices in NZ says women's refuge
* Talk but little action on domestic violence in New Zealand
* Philippine government and church lock horns over abortion row
* World Bank urges more focus on contraception
* Illegality Inducing Unsafe Abortions in Pakistan
* Abortion reform provokes new battle with bishops in Madrid
* At Risk Women Denied Legal Abortions in Peru
* Brazil legislators reject legalizing abortion
* Survey Uncovers Significant Levels Of Physical, Verbal Abuse and Sex
At Young Ages
* Papua New Guinea Has Highest HIV/AIDS, STI Rate in Asia-Pacific
Region
* Vanuatu watchdog queries delay on new domestic violence bill
* Northern Territory to toughen domestic violence laws
* Children the 'forgotten victims' of domestic violence in Australia
* Trafficking of girls and abuse worsening in Nigeria
* Kashmir sex workers exposed to HIV infection
* Living Between Worlds: Hadil El-Khouly
* Men buying sex constitute largest HIV infected group in Asia
* Groundbreaking research shows the impact of rape on immune system
* Warning on legalising sex work for 2010 South Africa
* Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) and Domestic
Violence Legislation in Ghana
* Gap in the law fails to protect victims of domestic violence in
Cyprus
* UNHCR helps Central Europe tackle sexual and gender-based violence
* Spanish socialists want abortion law relaxed
* Our Common Cause: Abortion is a woman's right
* More sex education needed in Australia to help stop sexual assaults
and sexualisation of children
* In Liberia CLHRE Wants Ample Focus On Rape
* Independent Female Candidates Threatened With Rape Sierra Leone
* West African Women Associations Stress Importance of Democracy and
Good Governance
* Mozambican Civil Society Steps Up Fight Against Domestic Violence
* New guidelines for Magistrates dealing with victims of domestic
violence in South Africa
* Uganda shelves domestic violence bill
* Sierra Leone Local Government Crucial to Putting an End to Domestic
Violence
* Domestic violence prevention network in Taiwan fragile
* Why are there no domestic violence homicide review panels in
Australia?
* Domestic violence bill scrapped in Nova Scotia - Transition House
reps say government is playing politics
* Homeless women face assault and disease in Toronto
* Single Moms' Poverty Spikes After Welfare Overhaul in USA
* New York considers help to victims of child prostitution

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http://womensphere.wordpress.com/index-to-current-postings/
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