[WiL e-updates] WiL e-update 29th October 2008 (part 3)

[WiL Updates]

29th October 2008


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Added to Women in London 29th October 2008 (in addition to 24&27th)
* Index of links to new entries: http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk

Notices and Press Releases:
* BBC urged to act on sexism : Object
* Submit your work to the birds eye view film festival 2009 - Deadline
extended : Birds Eye View

Vacancies:
* Part-Time Domestic Violence Worker : LAWA

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 (since 27th) on womensgrid http://womensgrid.freecharity.org.uk
(women's news and views UK and Ireland)

* Women in Music Conference and London New Wind Festival
* Gender Institute research seminar and public lecture series
* A Woman in Post-Conflict Reconstruction - from Kosovo to Nepal,
1999-2008
* Media Request: New documentary looking for young teen mums
* Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand have been suspended by the BBC over
their obscene phone calls
* 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)

* Kicking prostitution - Sex trade an addiction that's hard to break
says founder of Canadian program
* 'Dating cafes' in Japan fostering child prostitution
* Child prostitution on the rise in Congo
* Women hardest hit by poverty in sub-Saharan Africa
* Desperate Rape Crisis centre in Cape Town faces closure
* Sexual violence against women on rise in Mali
* Protecting women and children from violence in Yemen
* Crime stats reflect domestic violence campaigns in New Zealand
* Chinese police ordered to handle domestic violence complaints at
scene
* Task Force To Probe Allegations Of Sexual Abuse Of Penan Women
* Nepali HIV-infected women claim for free treatment
* We Want Our Sexual Rights say women in Namibia
* 46 years on, women still not independent in Uganda
* Women's groups in Ghana decry number of women in high posts
* Should dowry law be diluted? The gender war carries on. (India)
* Women in Iran find little freedom
* Women's groups oppose return to 1960 electoral law and demand reform
in Lebanon

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