[WiL e-updates] WiL e-update 13th November 2008 (part 2)

Thu Nov 13 17:25:45 GMT 2008

13th November 2008

Please do send information about any events around or about
the 16 Days of Activism Against Violence Against Women -
25th November to 10th December
* Currently we have details about Reclaim the Night marches in Durham,
London and Newquay as well as other events
* send your information as either plain text or a word document
attachment to post at womeninlondon.org.uk

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Added to women in london since 11th November 2008
* Index of links to new entries: http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk

Forthcoming Events:
* Planning the future of Islington for Women : WDS
* Events in November at 44 Portland Place : 44 Portland Place (YWCA
Central Club)

Notices and Press Releases:
* Economic Abuse : Refuge

Vacancies:
* Director : Woman's Trust
* Community Outreach Service Manager : Refuge
* Community Outreach Workers - Polish x 2f/t - Bulgarian x 1p/t -
Romanian x 1p/t : Refuge

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

womensphere international women's news, views, etc..
* Index of current womensphere postings
* RSS feed of most recent womensphere postings
* index of october 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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(women's news and views UK and Ireland)

* Reclaim The Night Newquay - Saturday 22 November 7.30pm- 9.00pm
* Rape Crisis funding - further information
* Government Money For Rape Crisis Centres - but only until 31st March
2009
* Paid and volunteer vacancies with women's projects
* NMC recruiting Members for Midwifery Committee and Appointments
Board - 12th December 2008
* Project Manager - Barnsley Sexual Abuse And Rape Crisis Helpline -
28th November 2008
* Violence Prevention Worker - Domestic Violence Intervention
Project - 26th November 2008
* Campaigns Officer, Women's Rights - ActionAid - 21st November 2008
* Women's Service Practitioner - DVIP - 19th November 2008
* Harman and Law Lord clash over wife killers
* Possible change to prostitution law in England?
* Call for outright ban on the sale of sex in city saunas in Scotland
* First-ever Advertising Campaign Targeting Men who Purchase Sex in
Ireland
* A London police unit dedicated to tackling human trafficking will
close after the Home Office withdrew £2.3m funding support.
* WLUML Publication: Dossier 29: "Mechanisms and Structures to Promote
and Protect Women's Human Rights and Gender Equality"
* Parliamentary Launch of the Charter for Asylum Seeking Women
* Jersey Women's Aid amended details
* 16 Days of Activism - please let us know about events in your area
* Reclaim the Night Durham - Saturday 22nd November 2008
* Faith, Equality And Cohesion - Are They Compatible?
* Zena Edwards Security show - until 29th November 2008
* Black Film Makers Festival has some films by / about women - until
17th November 2008 - London
* In Depth: Feminism and History Conference at Bishopgates Institute
* Any feminists in Kent want to travel together to Reclaim the Night?
* Pro Feminist Men's Vigil in support of RTN
* Hands up who wants to stop Domestic Violence in Knowsley?
* Hackney Domestic Violence Forum White Ribbon Day Celebration 2008
* Women urged to seize power in Barking and Dagenham
* 16 Days of Activism for the Elimination of Violence Against women -
25 November to 10 December
* Poverty group urges caution over social mobility claims
* Number of babies born in prison soars
* Labour bashes lone parents
* Child support changes could hit 25% of lone parents, warns charity
* Ipswich MP Chris Mole has called for Top Gear presenter Jeremy
Clarkson to be sacked after comments he made about lorry drivers
murdering prostitutes
* Harriet Harman says firms should not take staff to lap dancing clubs
* Boys think it is ok to force girls to have sex says survey
* Domestic violence - what housing support for BME women?
* Domestic violence levels in Devon and Cornwall are among the highest
in the country statistics reveal
* Domestic violence related to number of pubs
* Irish President calls for new debate on domestic violence
* Numbers attending Dublin sex-assault unit doubles
* Father avoids longer term for rape over lack of trauma (Ireland)
* MPs sign new NI abortion motion
* Sex offenders flouting rules in Greater Manchester
* Preston Women's Refuge has won a grant which will allow it to help
female immigrants trapped in violent marriages
* Police are pouring extra resources into the fight against domestic
abuse in the run-up to another busy Welsh sporting period
* Coleraine Women's Aid centre is "desperate" for funding for a creche
in the Abbey Street premises
* Northern Ireland MP raises rape poll findings in Commons
* West Cumbria's rape crisis centre has secured almost £40,000 in
emergency Government funding to keep the vital charity alive
* New rape laws in Scotland may make it harder to convict perpetrators
say campaigners
* Delay criticised in the opening of two new sexual assault treatments
in Ireland
* DPP move on explanations draws broad welcome from Dublin RCC
Mercy Wanjiku's Removal Directions postponed (27 October 2008)
Rape victims are having to pay to call premium rate lines to get help

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

* US voters sign up for rainbow coalition
* Women most vulnerable in disasters but left out in policies
* 'Ten Commandments' of Non-Sexist Language for Reporting on Violence
Against Women
* President Ortega vs. the Feminists
* The uneasy relationship between unions and feminism holds a
particular irony in Australia
* Bill protects women from workplace discrimination in the Philippines
* New committee prepares report on women's rights in Taiwan
* Human Trafficking Legislation Threatens Cambodia's Progress Against
HIV/AIDS
* Bane of domestic violence evident at burns centre in Karachi
* Critics slam Afghan rape probe
* Police rape study in South Africa results drown victims' hope
* "Rapes are encouraged" because there is no punishment in Cote
D'Ivoire
* Where repairing rape damage is an expertise (Congo)
* Victim of stoning in Somalia was 13 year old girl whose report of
being raped led to adultery charges
* Condemnation of Stoning to Death of Asha Ibrahim Dhuhulow
* Indonesia's parliament has passed an anti-pornography law despite
furious opposition to it
* DR Congo crisis: Protect women from recurrent rape and abuse
ActionAid says to AU and UN
* Rwandan women's liberation: Nationalism versus social liberation
* More than 500 young "rebelles" at Waves of Resistance in Canada
* Los Angeles Needs Plan to Test Rape Evidence

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