[WiL e-updates] WiL e-update Wednesday 11th May 2009 (18)

[WiL Updates]

13th May 2009


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Additional information added to Women in London 11th May 2009
* Index of links to new entries: http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk

Events
* Next Feminist Fightback meeting - 13th May 2009

Notices
* 2 courses from GLDVP - 2rd and 16th June 2009

Vacancies
* 2 Vacancies - LAWA - 22nd May 2009

Info Added
* Index of information added to website March 2009 archived

WiL Calendars
* Funding Calendar - updated 11th May**
* Training Calendar - updated 11th May**
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New on womensphere http://womensphere.wordpress.com
(international women's news and views)

* Women in the news - FIRE
* Marilyn French author of "The Women's Room" had died
* Iceland Retains First Woman, Gay Prime Minister
* Singapore women's group overturns takeover by Evangelical Christians
* Women to reclaim public spaces: a programme of defiance and
resistance
* 3rd girls school hit by poisoning in Afghanistan
* Using Religion to Strengthen Gender Equality in Indonesia
* Muslim Women May Defy Fathers' Wishes and Go to University, Legal
Authority Rules
* Against Sexual Violence: Solidarity Among African Women
* In Iraq, a story of rape, shame and 'honor killing'
* Rape victims who seek justice find jail in Mauritania
* Swedish rapists 'enjoy impunity': Amnesty International
* More rapes are being committed by more than one offender says an
Auckland rape crisis service
* Spain to dispense morning-after pill in pharmacies
* Women's Group Sues Government Over Abortion Rights in Malawi
* Dominican Republic Approves Constitutional Amendment to Outlaw
Abortion
* Stigma, Gender Violence Placing Women in Caribbean at Increased Risk
of HIV
* A culture that encourages HIV/AIDS in Swaziland
* Call to release Penan task force report
* Fair deal for domestic workers in Lebanon?
* Kenyan women call for sex boycott over political deadlock
* Domestic violence helpline launched in Australia
* Liberal policy on domestic violence 'devastating' for women in
Canada
* Iraqi women suffer regular domestic violence - UN
* Developing Stronger Protection Against Gender-Based Violence in
Uganda
* Laws enacted to check domestic violence in Nepal
* Shelter for women and children fleeing violence and socio economic
conditions in Zimbabwe
* Fighting violence against women in Chad - but how?
* Mothers Matter: Merlin launches report on maternal health
* Forced abortions shake up China surrogacy industry
* Poverty makes surrogates of Indian women in Gujarat
* Maternal health in Nepal goal way off, say experts
* In Liberia, more children surviving, more women dying in childbirth
* High risk pregnancies on the rise in Mali
* Fistulas : two-hour operation corrects decades-long affliction in
Cote D'Ivoire
* Can subsidised caesareans cut maternal deaths in Benin?
* Pregnant women at greater risk in conflict in Sri Lanka

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