[WiL e-updates] WiL e-update Tuesday 23rd March 2009 (11)

[WiL Updates]

24th March 2009


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Information added to Women in London 23rd March 2009
* Index of links to new entries: http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk

Events
* Constructive approach to violence on women - London Feminism Meetup
Group 24th March
* Put People First: But Don't Put Women Second - WILPF 28th March
* Put workers first. March with us: London 28 March - Feminist
Fightback 28th March
* Come To The Feminist Fightback Strategy Day - Feminist Fightback
29th March

Notices
* Polari (1993-2009) is closing

Vacancies
* Refuge worker - Eaves 27th March 2009
* Part time Admin work - LAWA 27th March 2009
* Part time Playworker - nia project 7th April 2009

Calendars
* Will be updated tomorrow
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New on IWD 2009 blog http://iwd2009.wordpress.com

* We want bread and roses too! Sinn Féin IWD event Dublin
* Conference hears of generations of Irish women revolutionaries
* Grassroots Feminism website launch to coincide with International
Women's Day 8 March 2009
* Women in Halifax celebrated International Women's Day with a lesson
in belly dancing
* Together as sisters - women from many cultures, nations and
religions
* Women deserve nothing less - Oxfam IWD campaign for expectant
mothers
* One Law for All's International Women's Day was resounding success
* Domestic violence concerns at International Women's Day event in
Enfield
* Dublin MEPs give their backing to anti-FGM campaign
* Images Of Black Women Film Festival 27th-29th March 2009 - Updates
* Million Women Rise 2009 - blogs, photos and videos
* Great Lakes African Women's Network IWD Event - 21st March - London
* Conference on Polygamy - 28th March 2009 - London
* Women on the frontline
* Comrades in arms: Women in the Russian Revolution
* Are we not men: why male feminism rocks!
* WLUML Celebrating International Women's Day 2009
* Women's Aid provides lifeline of help - article for IWD from Fife
* Scottish Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon has marked International
Women's Day by vowing to tackle the "scourge" of domestic abuse
* The Mayor of London Boris Johnson has announced his first public
debate aimed specifically at women in London
* On International Women's day, a damning new report says female
politicians are failing to act as role models
* IWD debates in the House of Commons and the House of Lords
* Government's IWD statement focuses on impact of the recession on
women
* Bristol's women honoured for their achievements

http://iwd2009.wordpress.com/index/
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New on womensphere http://womensphere.wordpress.com
(international women's news and views)

* Deadline extended to 29 March for call for applications for
Sexuality and Internet research project
* WOZA speaks as world marks international women's day
* Raising their placards for equality in Toronto
* Ending Violence Against Women in Nigeria
* Women's groups demand more female ministers as Knesset marks
International Women's Day
* International Women's Day observed in the Cayman Islands
* Senegal Groups Fight Tradition to Protect Women and Girls From
Violence
* Lebanese Hikers trek to Rashaya to mark Women's Day
* For the second year in a row, the International Women's Day
Philadelphia Coalition has brought together women from diverse
communities, cultures and struggles

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

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Please note there will be a second / continuation emailing tomorrow -
sorry for any inconvenience but last we we had virtually no new
information and then suddenly lots of new info late on Friday and on
Monday.

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events or statements and / or links to photographs posted on facebook
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Thanks
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