[WiL e-updates] WiL e-update Wednesday 27th May 2009 (20)

[WiL Updates]

27th May 2009 (information not included on 22nd May 2009)


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Free Aung San Suu Kyi
* Please sign the petition - see
http://womensphere.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/free-aung-san-suu-kyi/
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Reminder - Last chance:
* Sign the petition for 50/50 representation in Europe - campaign by the Women's
Lobby - see http://womensgrid.freecharity.org.uk/?p=2581 which is seriously
short of required signatures before 4th June
* Online Home Office consultation on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls
closes on 29th May - see http://womensgrid.freecharity.org.uk/?p=2038
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Information updated on Women in London
* Index of links to new entries: http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk

WiL Calendars
* Training Calendar - updated 27th May 2009
* Funding Calendar - updated 27th May 2009
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New on Women's Training and Funding (WiLT)

* Fw: National Coalition for Independent Action newsletter
* Raise money without spending a penny
* Clore Social Leadership Programme - apply by 30th June
* Fw: Voice4Change England e-alert 15th May
* Fw: How London Works: The London Assembly
* Human Rights and Community Empowerment - 16th June
* NCVO Only Connect - England - 12th June 2009
* Nominet - innovative internet projects - 2 stage application process
Links at
http://freecharity.org.uk/pipermail/womeninlondontraining/2009-May/date.html

Subscribe to e-group at
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New on womensphere http://womensphere.wordpress.com
(international women's news and views)

* Free Aung San Suu Kyi
* Iryna Khalip of Belarus, Agnes Taile of Cameroon and Jila Baniyaghoob of Iran
win Courage in Journalism Awards from the International Women's Media Foundation
* More to Trafficking Than Prostitution - debate at IOM
* Spain moves to ease abortion law
* Avalanche of Anti Abortion Laws in Mexico
* More Americans "Pro-Life" Than "Pro-Choice" for First Time
* Los Angeles City Council Approves Funds to Process Rape Kits
* Japan Under Pressure to Clamp Down on Child Pornography
* Women's groups in Israel blast bill giving rabbinical courts more powers
* Attempt to tackle rise in Europe's 'honor crimes'
* Women Sidelined By Military Regime in Fiji
* No Modern European Democracy Without Gender Equality
* Lithuania Elects First Woman President
* First woman deputy speaker in Namibia
* More women needed as Judges in Palestinins Authority
* Women Call for Truth, Justice and Reconciliation in Zimbabwe
* ANC has a gender issue
* Women Suffer 'Hidden Genocide' in Latin America
* Fraud fears as Afghan men get women's vote cards
* Kuwaiti women politicians ignore headscarf debate
* Women's groups to submit memos for law reform in Malaysia
* Recession Layoffs Highlight Gender Inequality in South Korea
* Millions to receive birth certificates in Burkina Faso
* Spotlight on Gender Equality at last month's IPU Meeting in Addis Ababa
* Top UN Officials Announce First Ever Guidance on Safe Cooking Fuel for
Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons
* Women are agents of change in food and climate battle ActionAid tells G8
environment ministers

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

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Next WiL e-update will be within the next 10 days

The Women in London web site will now be updated as and when information arrives

Deborah at women in london post at womeninlondon.org.uk
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