[WiL e-updates] WiL e-update 16th May 2008 - Part 2

[WiL Updates]

16th May 2008


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women in london updated 15th May 2008 additional to 12th May
* Index of links to new entries: http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk

About:
* Response to whether women in london should expand
* New blog for womens news and views from around the UK and Ireland
* Subscribe to womensgrid via rss feed or by email

womensgrid local women's news, views, etc..
* Index of current womensgrid postings
* RSS feed of most recent womensgrid postings
* Subscribe to womensgrid via rss feed or by email

womensphere international women's news, views, etc..
* Index of current womensphere postings
* RSS feed of most recent womensphere postings
* index of april 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-May/date.html

* BEHIND CLOSED DOORS CONFERENCE various cities towns June to October
* Imkaan Training - Surviving & Commissioning Please BookYour Place
NOW - Places are going FAST!!!!
* You can now apply for a bursary to attend "One in Fiveconference"

Or subscribe to e-group at
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New on womensgrid http://womensgrid.freecharity.org.uk
(local women's news and views)

* Finance Officer - Int Community Of Women Living With HIV And Aids
(20th May)
* Independent Domestic Violence Advocate - The Nia Project (23rd May)
* Children's Worker - Tower Hamlets Womens Aid (19th May)
* The Maya Centre - Counsellor - Irish Women's Project (19th May)
* Women's Therapy Centre - Volunteers Needed
* Southall Black Sisters get injunction to temporarliy stop Ealing
Council funding cut
* New threat to Women's pond in Hampstead Heath
* International Conference To Discuss 'The Future Of Abortion:
Controversies And Care'
* The NASUWT has decided to offer a limited number of bursary places
for the One in Five conference
* Save Sheila Rowbotham campaign update
* Million Women Rise Fundraiser Friday 23rd May 2008 at 9:00pm until
2:00am
* Ladyfest Edinburgh - until 31st May 2008
* Pro life MPs threaten access to IVF Bill amendment could force
clinics to bar women who cannot 'name father'
* MPs divided on plan to cut abortion limit
* Health centre abortions considered
* Harman Announces £1million Funding For Rape Crisis Centres March
2008
* Reprieve for domestic violence centre in Preston
* A fifth of women suffer domestic violence in Inishowen and Donegal
* Ireland criticised by rights watchdog for failures in child
protection and abortion
* Long way to go for domestic violence support in Kilkenny
* Fermanagh Women's Aid launch '£1 per person' appeal
* Rape cases rise by 60% but cases cleared remain at 3% in Northern
Ireland
* Rape warning for men paying for sex
* Tackling prostitution in Swindon and Son sets up brothel for mother
to work from
* Sex trafficking may be on the increase in Devon a crackdown by
police has revealed
* History of the Women's Movement in Film at the Goethe-Institut
London
* Funny Women Awards 2008
* The number of women being arrested for drunk and disorderly (D&D)
offences has soared by up to 1,000 per cent in parts of Britain new
figures revealed by Channel 4 News Online
* The age of sexual consent in Northern Ireland is to be reduced to 16
to bring it into line with the rest of the UK
* London Councils gives rape, domestic violence and sexual abuse
victims boost in rebuilding lives
* London Mayoral Candidates respond to question of a London wide EVAW
strategy
* Is there a Women's Agenda for the Local Elections - Survey Results

Index of current postings at
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)

* Illegal Detention and Rape Top Child Right Abuses in Liberia
* Feminists Angrily React Against Ruling AKP's Anti-feminist Rhetoric
* womensgrid blog for 'local' women's news and information
* Nurses' Association of Jamaica (NAJ) opposes abortion clinics
* Working mothers in Australia in two minds over Budget changes
* Malaysian women face travel curbs without letter from parents or
employers
* New family law faces opposition from Muslim organisations in Mali
* A space of their own for Muslim women in Tamil Nadu
* Three women honoured for grassroot contribution in India
* Death in childbirth is a health scourge for Afghanistan
* Domestic Violence Kills Many in Kayunga Uganda
* Protect Domestic Workers From Abuse and Exploitation in Lebanon
* Increased domestic violence among Iraqi refugees in Jordan
* Domestic violence against women: urgent need for action in national
parliaments
* The Philippine embassy said the trafficking of Filipinas in
Singapore "continues unabated"
* Women's suffrage in the Philippines 71 years after
* NGO reaches out to lesbian women in Gujarat
* Mumbai tries paying girls to go to school
* Thai HIV/AIDS Programs Overlook Children says UNICEF Official
* High demand triggers rise in sex trafficking cases in Micronesia
* Europe Reconsiders Prostitution as Sex Trafficking Booms
* In Italy 70% of gynaecologists refuse abortion patients
* Abortion law around the world
* Urgent! Please validate your vote on funding women's services!!
* A new group has been formed in Scarborough for women

Index of current postings at
http://womensphere.wordpress.com/index-to-current-postings/
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http://womensphere.wordpress.com/subscribe-to-receive-blog-via-email/
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Deborah at women in london post at womeninlondon.org.uk
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