[WiL e-updates] WiL e-update - Friday 13th February 2009 (5)

[WiL Updates]

Friday 13th February 2009


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Information added to Women in London 11th and 13th February 2009
* Index of links to new entries: http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk

Events
* Wise Words - Alternative Arts
* Seizing the opportunities of CEDAW: Developing a women's sector
strategy for 2011 - WRC
* BEV 5th London Film Festival - 5th to 13th March 2009 - Birds Eye
View

Training
* Basic and Advanced Domestic Violence Training - Ashiana

Vacancies
* Solace Advice and support Workers x 3.5 - 23rd February 2009
* Solace Refuge Workers - Islington and Enfield - 23rd February 2009
* Embrace Children, Families & Domestic Abuse Project Officer -
Alcohol Concern - 26th February 2009

WiL Calendars
* Events Calendar
* Funding Calendar
* Training Calendar
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New on Women's Training and Funding (WiLT)

* Voice4Change England e-newsletter 6th February
* Tackling the Trafficking of Women and Children - Wednesday 25th
March
* AbilityNet Courses for 2009
* Free training for VCS staff on Saving for retirement
* Rosa grants for positive body image work - apply by 9th March 2009
* Futurebuilders Small Organisation Tender Fund

Go to
http://freecharity.org.uk/pipermail/womeninlondontraining/2009-February/date.html

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

* Venue Troubles: Sisterhood, sex workers and why Tindlemanor was
cancelled ...
* Million Women Drumming ...raising the energy for 7th March
* Rebetiko Women Singers at Arcola Theatre: Sunday 15 February at
2.00pm
* Meeting 16 Feb to object to lap dancing and striptease at pub in New
Cross
* Locating Sex Work: Red Light Districts, Hot Zones and Safe Places
for Women - 18th February
* A Fundraising Performance of The Vagina Monologues by RADA Students
Staff and Special Guests for Rape Crisis
* MWR Banner making workshop ... muster your creative energies
* Save Lambeth Women's Project Petition
* The Triodos Bank Women in Ethical Businesses Awards - apply by 20th
February 2009
* Nominations the Muslim Women Power List 2009 close on 16th February
2009
* Rosa - Volunteer Event Intern: March - June 2009
* Other Vacancies
* 2 vacancies - South Yorkshire Women's Development Trust - 4th March
2009
* 6 vacancies - Trafford Women's Aid - 2nd March 2009
* 3 vacancies - Birmingham & Solihull Women's Aid - 5th March 2009
* Project Director (Maternity Cover) - Lambeth Women's Aid - 9th March
2009
* Women's Therapy Centre seeks Volunteer Psychotherapists and Trustees
* Accepting and advertising employer vacancies from within the adult
entertainment industry by Jobcentre Plus - Consultation - closes 27th
February 2009
* Petition to end the postcode lottery of violence against women
support services - epetition response
* New location sees services increase for Wrexham Women's Aid
* Refuge centre in Ashford gets £2m revamp
* A new initiative providing crisis intervention for women and
children experiencing Domestic Violence has been launched in
Wolverhampton
* Scotland's justice chief has stepped into the row over a rapist cop
using legal aid to claim back his pension
* A Scots judge was slammed for locking up an alleged rape victim who
tried to flee his court after breaking down in the witness box
* A Warrington Guardian investigation will look at rape from the
moment of sexual assault to beyond a convicted rapist's prison
sentence
* Croydon Rape Crisis under threat
* Help save Coventry Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre - write to Harriet
Harman
* Funding plea for rape crisis centre Derbyshire
* New rape crisis centre for Bristol
* Lottery lifeline for Manchester Rape Crisis
* Correction: Scotland's money for VAW services still ring fenced!

Index of postings: http://womensgrid.freecharity.org.uk/?page_id=28

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

* Consortium of Pubgoing, Loose and Forward Women - The Pink Chaddi
Campaign
* Women's rights under threat in parts of India
* Why Australia needs to trial net filters
* Women have suffered in silence in Papua New Guinea
* Domestic violence up in 2008 in the Philippines
* Stopping Domestic Violence Through Theater Rwanda
* Saudi Arabia urged to halt floggings and give women rights
* Iraqi women's affairs minister resigns in protest
* Chinese women forced into Paris prostitution says aid group
* The EU must break its silence on violence against women
* Women's groups in Turkey insist on 'gender equality' in new
commission
* US Women's Groups Hit Hard by Madoff Scheme
* Obama's Faith Based Office an Insult to Women
* HIV Woman Forcibly Sterilized In ChileHas Filed A Complaint

Index of postings:
http://womensphere.wordpress.com/index-to-current-postings/

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