[WiL e-updates] WiL e-update 31st August 2008

[WiL Updates]

31st August 2008


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Information added to women in london 29th and 31st August 2008
* Index of links to new entries: http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk

Group Listing:
* Polari directory listing updated

Forthcoming Events:
* Workshops Autumn 2008 : Women's Library
* Special Events Autumn 2008 : Women's Library
* Group Walks Autumn 2008 : Women's Library
* Study Days Autumn 2008 : Women's Library
* Reading Group Autumn 2008 : Women's Library
* MD3 September Meeting: 'Changing a Culture' : WAFE (revised notice)
* Literature Events Autumn 2008 : Women's Library
* Film and Illustrated Talk Autumn 2008 : Women's Library
* Creating Confident Connections : Business Club at 44 Portland Place
(YWCA Central Club)

Notices and Press Releases:
* Women Trade Unionists and the Suffrage Campaign: Gender Politics Vs
Class Politics? : Sylvia Pankhurst Memorial Committee
* September Newsletter available : GLDVP

Courses:
* 'Changing a Culture' : WAFE
* Open Day 11th September : Hillcroft
* Places still avialable Sept Courses London and Nov Course in Leeds :
ROW

Vacancies:
* Mentors : Street Cred
* Trustees : NAADV
* Internships x 4 : Fawcett
* Campaigns Co-ordinator : WILPF
* Counselling Coordinator : RASASC

Helplines:
* Broken Rainbow : information updated
* If you think that any other Helplines details are incorrect please
do contact us with the up to date information

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

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

* Feminist Webs Residential 26-28th September 2008 Merseyside
* Volunteering levels remain flat despite government programmes
* Freedom Programme Training - some places left - various cities
* Public Law Training - Challenging Unjust Public Body Funding and
Consultation Decisions
* Free financial capability workshops and one to one support sessions
to groups working with adults in London
* The UK Workforce Hub has published a new set of standards for the
management of volunteers.
* Fw: DV training for women's organisations in London and the South
East

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

* Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize- Tickets now on sale
* 100 Years of Women's Pensions - For Better or for Worse; For Richer
or for Poorer?
* Beyond consultation - NMC stakeholder meetings - various cities in
September
* Lanarkshire Rape Crisis Centre seeks volunteers
* Hackney & Islington Amnesty Group presents Oscar nominated
Persepolis
* Scottish Women's Aid comments on proposed database of domestic
violence abusers
* Board announced for Government Equalities Office and also
stakeholder group
* Prossy Kakooza must not be returned to Uganda! New hearing 5th
September 2008
* Working Families responds to launch of flexible working consultation
* Government consults on flexible working - closes 18th November 2008
* US pro life group encourages members to express 'concern' at David
Cameron's support for abortion choice
* A Roman Catholic bishop has blamed Britain's abortion laws for
today's culture of violent crime
* National database to catch serial domestic violence abusers in
Scotland
* New Amnesty research suggests modern day slave trade extends across
Scotland
* Every prosecution lawyer who deals with rape victims will be
retrained to improve Scotland's appalling conviction rate for sex
crimes
* Only 1 in 14 reported rapes leads to trial in Scotland
* 'Zero tolerance' in Glasgow's bid to stamp out prostitution
* My husband the internet paedophile: A tale of secrets, lies and
family breakdown
* Domestic Violence and Alcohol Awareness Week in Leicestershire
* Police in Derbyshire are working with a women's aid group to help
abusive men control their behaviour
* Around 10 women a month trying to escape their abusive partners are
having to be turned away at a Loughborough refuge
* Housing association launches new measures to tackle domestic
violence in South Gloucestershire

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

* How Gender-based Violence Can Be Addressed in an Effective Manner,
with a Focus on Post-conflict Settings
* August backlog - Feminism
* August backlog - Government, Human Rights
* August backlog - Conflict, Trafficking, Prostitution
* August backlog - HIV/AIDS
* August backlog - Rape and Sexual Violence
* August backlog - Domestic Violence
* August backlog - Pregnancy and Childbirth
* August backlog - Abortion
* Apologies for August backlog
* Resisting Hegemonies: Race and Sexual Politics in Nation, Region,
Empire.
* On many policy issues the gender gap has been growing for decades in
Canada
* Liberals say Ottawa must address violence against women after
aboriginal summit
* Reality TV uncovers domestic violence in Serbia
* Law Sought to End Domestic Violence Against Women in Nepal
* High Court asks Bihar to enforce 'Domestic Violence Act'
* Philippine Reproductive health bill: Facts, fallacies
* Supporting Single Mothers in Kenya
* Pregnant women still struggle to prevent HIV in Swaziland
* HIV AIDS women and migration in Southern Africa

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