[WiL e-updates] WiL e-update - Saturday 21st February 2009 (5)

[WiL Updates]

21st February 2009


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Last chance:
* 21st February: Reclaim the Night NORTH
http://womensgrid.freecharity.org.uk/?p=1938
* 27th February: Accepting and advertising employer vacancies from
within the adult entertainment industry by Jobcentre Plus -
Consultation closes http://womensgrid.freecharity.org.uk/?p=1874
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Information added to Women in London 20th February 2009
* Index of links to new entries: http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk

Events
* GLDVP Stella Project Networking Event 25th March 2009
* Comedy Cabaret Fundraiser - Abortion Rights - 27th February 2009
* Enfield Women's Forum / Network - exploratory meeting on Wednesday
25th February

Vacancies
* Women's Liberation Movement Exhibition Researcher/Writer - Women's
Library - 2nd March 2009
* 5 vacancies - EAVES - 6th March

Women's Networks
* Women in Public Policy now added to our listing of women's networks
* Please download and complete to list your women's network / forum

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

* International Women's Day 2009
* Update on Wales to opt out of integrated strategy to tackle Domestic
Violence in Wales
* Women Offenders: a research opportunity - Griffins Fellowship 2009 -
30 April 2009
* Housing for Women - 2 vacancies - 13th March 2009
* UK Women in public life awards 2009
* London's 'Land Girls' take tea at City Hall
* How Hollywood made its heroines weight-obsessed and man mad
* Young girls 'sexualised' by clothing and toy manufacturers
* Sex objects: Pictures shift men's view of women
* Helpline sees two-fold increase in calls reporting child sex abuse
* How do children experience domestic violence?
* Improving Futures: Working Together to End Domestic Violence
* Porn Cultures: Regulation, Political Economy, and Technology - Call
for Papers
* Challenging Demand 3 - 1 day free conference in Glasgow - 6th March
2009
* Wales to opt out of integrated strategy to tackle violence against
women.
* No Recourse to Public Funds - Petition the Prime Minister to change
the requirements
* Justice For Banaz Campaign: Public meeting with the IPCC - 13th
March 2009
* Get ready for the rising...... Birmingham Million Women Rise Arts
Workshop - banner & placard making
* Calling all feminist history geeks!
* Reclaim the Night NORTH - 21st February 2009
* Sex Traffic - Discussion at ICA on 11 March 2009
* UK Network of Sex Work Projects (UKNSWP) response to Policing and
Crime Bill and Tackling Demand Review
* Massive shake up in NI sex offence laws
* A 22-year-old woman has used new legislation to protect herself from
being married against her will in Pakistan
* Rates of breast cancer may be higher among UK Asian women
* New Information on Women in London up to 13th February 2009

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

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There will be a second e-update on Monday 23rd because of the amount
of new information received already, and because we are still adding
information to our IWD 2009 blog - http://iwd2009.wordpress.com
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