[WiL e-updates] WiL e-update Tuesday 7th July 2009 - part 2 of 2 (25)

[WiL Updates]

7th July 2009


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Please note last minute information:
* Reclaim the Night - London E17 Community Walk - 10th July 2009 at 9pm
* Irish Travelling Women and Domestic Violence - postponed from 10th July 2009
until 22nd October 2009
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Information added to Women in London 6th July 2009
* Index of links to new entries: http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk

Group Listing
* London Feminist Network is now part of the directory - Welcome!

Events
* Irish Travelling Women and Domestic Violence - Solace WA - 10th July 2009
postponed until 22nd October 2009

Vacancies
* Female Domestic Violence Housing Advocate - Advance - 24th July 2009
* Female Specialist data tracker and analyst - Advance - 24th July 2009
* Temporary Female Independent Domestic Violence Adviser - Advance - 10th August
2009

WiL Calendars
* Events Calendar - updated 8th June 2009
* Training Calendar - updated 8th June 2009
* Funding Calendar - updated 8th June 2009
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New on womensgrid http://womensgrid.freecharity.org.uk
(women's news and views UK and Ireland)

* Reclaim the Night - London E17 - 10th July 2009 at 9pm
* 1960s ideal of equality is now redundant, says senior minister
* Condemnation for bishop who called for gay people to 'repent'
* Foreign Office to back gay communities around the world
* Cameron sorry for Section 28
* Women need more choice over children
* House of Lords ruling gives women leaving refuges right to housing
* Fast-track young witness court cases says NSPCC
* Policing the internet - too much or too little?
* Man's 'double jeopardy' trial ends with guilty verdict
* Gang rape pair get longer sentences
* Joint Co-ordinator - Women's Holiday Centre - 25th July 2009
* Floating Support Worker - Housing for Women - 15th July 2009
* Company Administrator - Clean Break - 8th July 2009
Index to current postings at 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)

* Call For Women Worldwide to Support Women's Rights in Iran
* In Indai men in uniform may face stiffer rap for rape
* Indian court decriminalizes consensual gay sex
* Third Gender Assert Rights in Nepal
* Viet Nam sets the pace for Asia with new law to prevent statelessness of women
who married abroad
* Stabbing of local officials triggers massive outpouring over women's rights in
China - Deng Yujiao's case highlights official corruption and violence against
women
* Online pedophiles blackmail children into meetings
* Dutch abortion medics protest violence against clinics and women
* Barriers Go Up For Abortion in Slovakia
* To Help Women, Leaders Should Dig Deeper than Religious Clothing
* Women's groups in Israel protest Ramon post in Kadima
* More Women judges and magistrates to be recruited under AJP in Pakistan
* Women's groups in India upset with delay in passing quota Bill
* Afghan Shi'ites demand ratification of women's law
* Harper Conservatives not meeting commitments to women's groups in Canada
* Nevada now has the most stringent punishments nationwide for child
prostitution, pandering
* US Policy Harms Women and Families
* Governments Need to Ensure Women Do Not Bear the Brunt of the Economic Crisis
* UN Appoints New Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, Its Causes and
Consequences
* Women's centres re-open in Darfur with help from AU-UN mission
* African women with HIV 'coerced into sterilisation'
* African Union launches initiative against human trafficking in Ethiopia
* President launches bid to reduce FGM/C in Burkina Faso
* A Role For Men in Gender Equality in Kenya
* Mozambique Assembly Passes Bill Against Domestic Violence
* Domestic relations bill tabled in Uganda
* When Partner Abuse Isn't a Bruise But a Pregnant Belly

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

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