[WiL e-updates] WiL e-update 26th November 2008 (part 2)

[WiL Updates]

26th November 2008


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Added to women in london 26th November 2008 (since mailing of 25th)
* Index of links to new entries: http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk

Group Listing:
* Kenric directory entry updated
* South Norwood Women's Counselling Practice directory entry updated
* Groups' web links updated

Forthcoming Events:
* Christmas Evening Celebration with Raffle for ECPAT-UK : WAFE
* MD3 November Meeting: 'Violence Isn't Only Physical' : WAFE
(updated)

Notices and Press Releases:
* Seasonal Greeting Cards for Sale in Aid of Eaves! : EAVES

Vacancies:
* Treasurer of Board of Trustees : Solace Women's Aid

Info Added:
* Index of Information Added to Website in September 2008 Archived
* Index of Information Added to Website in August 2008 Archived

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

WiL Calendars
* 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: Rape and Sexual Violence in BMER communities: request for
information
* NCVO free debt advice service in partnership with Consumer Credit
* Request for information from Dr Aisha Gill
* BME Business Women's Network Fit For Purpose Training Programme
* Surge in pay for small charity CE but gender gap widens
* Issues faced by lesbian and gay asylum seekers when claiming asylum
in the UK
* The impact of internal relocation on women asylum seekers - report
launch
* EHRC Equality Scheme, Strategic Plan and Grant Scheme Consultations
* Fw: Empowering London - 25 Nov
* Big Lottery (UK) consultation on funding priorities
* Fw: Freedom Programme Training Dates and Venues for 2009
* Charities offered John Lewis volunteers on six-month secondments
* BME networks seek Whitehall funds assurance
* Capacitybuilders launches grants to help refurbish local resource
centres
* Charity Trustee Networks new publication on codes of conduct for
trustees

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

* Birmingham Women's Aid - 5 vacancies - 19th December 2008
* Women's Therapy Centre - Staff Psychotherapist - Individual (Female)
31st December 2008
* WI asked to help tackle sex trade
* Domestic violence rises 14% in four years in Scotland
* Stop looking the other way (media silence on gender violence)

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

* 25th November 2008 is the International Day for Elimination of
Violence against Women
* 16 Days of Activism for the Elimination of Violence Against women -
25 November to 10 December
* 16 Days Broadcast Campaign to Denounce Gender Violence in the Media
* Speak out in against act of violence against women
* Peace begins at home
* Rape as a method of torture
* Rape's vast toll in Iraq war remains largely ignored
* More Help is Needed for Women and Girls in North Kivu as Sexual
Violence Escalates in Congo
* Southern Sudan women march for end to GBV
* Neither violence against women nor poverty are inevitable - Amnesty
* Protect Domestic Workers from Violence - Human Rights Watch
* Domestic violence prevalent in Taiwan an internet survey has
revealed
* Delhi records highest number of domestic violence cases
* Appeal for help to stop violence against women in Cote D'Ivore
* Acid attacks and rape: growing threat to women who oppose
traditional order
* Where a baby girl is a mother's awful shame
* Growing problem for US veterans: Domestic violence
* Non profit combats domestic violence with new network in Taipei
* Reactions to making sexual harassment in the workplace an offence
have been mixed in Malaysia
* Helping health providers treat trafficking victims globally
* Cebu City now has its own implementing ordinance enforcing the
provisions of the national law on human trafficking
* UN calls for reform of Lebanon's laws on human trafficking
* Justice in the making: Avenging crimes against oppressed women in
Turkey
* Women's group brands Philippine government's labor export policy as
'anti-women'
* Women to play key role in Mizoram polls
* Widows and orphans in Myanmar face dangers six months after Nargis
* Women and children worst affected by quake in Pakistan
* Uruguay leader vetoes abortion law
* Uruguay Senate votes to depenalize abortion
* Forum calls for definition of lawful abortion in Jamaica
* Make abortion safe for poor women in Barbados
* Women from Poland come for abortions in Ukraine
* Abortion by a woman without her husband's knowledge and consent will
amount to mental cruelty and a ground for divorce the Supreme Court in
New Delhi has held
* Sexual and reproductive health in crisis in Australia
* How many Americans understand who the typical woman getting an
abortion is?
* Obama - Maya Angelou; Toni Morrison; Alice Walker
* After Obama what next for women, gay marriage and ...

Index of postings:
http://womensphere.wordpress.com/index-to-current-postings/
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Next WiL e-update will be on or shortly after 10th December

Please note this will be the LAST e-update of 2008 so:
*** 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 8th December - thanks!

Deborah at women in london post at womeninlondon.org.uk
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