[WiL e-updates] WiL e-update Wednesday 25th November 2009 (41 - 2 of 2)

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25th November 2009 - WiL e-update part 2


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International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women
* On 20 December 1993 the General Assembly adopted Declaration on the
Elimination of Violence against Women
http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/violence/
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Information added to Women in London 25th November 2009
* Index of new information at http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk

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

* International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women links
* Rape: The Victim Experience Review
* Rape victims not believed if they come from wrong area, warns report
* Special End Violence Against Women Bulletin, International Day for the
Elimination of Violence Against Women 25th November 2009
* Report from Women's National Commission focus groups on strategy to end
violence against women and girls
* Together we can end violence against women and girls - Government strategy
outlined
* Safety in Numbers: a study commissioned by the Hestia Fund and funded by The
Henry Smith Charity and The Sigrid Rausing Trust - published on 24th November
2009
* Thousands of children subject to death threats from fathers
* Haringey Domestic and Gender Based Violence Stakeholders Conference on Rape &
Sexual Assault on Girls & Young Women
* Shattered (contemporary stories of surviving sexual violence) working with
Rape Crisis (England &Wales) - Exhibition Hornsey until 12th December 2009
* White Ribbon Day Events happening across Wales
* Emma Humphrey - An Inspiring Legacy - short video by Kali Films
* Women's Aid release charity single Take My Hand
* Violence Prevention Worker - DVIP - 27th November 2009
* 2 vacancies - Housing for Women - 4th December 2009
* Trustees - Turning Point Women's Centre - 8th December 2009
* Policy Manager - Judith Trust - 9th December 2009
* Sign the petition to end child immigration detention
* Many youngsters living on the streets are not receiving help to deal with
their problems says recently published report
* True Cost To Families Of Sexual Exploitation - CROP 5th National Conference
* Girls accept gun running and rape as price of joining violent male gangs
* Sexual exploitation and child trafficking - Whose Child Now?
* Tackling serial perpetrators of violence against women
* Women's rights groups say government provisions not enough
* £2.4m to tackle domestic abuse in Scotland - Caledonian System works with men
convicted of domestic violence
* Council cash on the table for Behind Closed Doors?
* Merthyr Women's Aid becomes part of homeless charity Llamau
* Report domestic abuse online in Cumbria
* Swindon Women's Aid contract to be put out to tender
* Government pulls funding for groups that tackle forced marriage and murder
* Leeds HALT: Tackling the scourge of forced marriages
* Celebrating a hundred years of women councillors in London
* New information added to Women in London up to 9th November 2009

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

* 16 Days of Activism for the Elimination of Violence Against women - 25
November to 10 December
* Commit . Act . Demand: We CAN End Violence Against Women!
* UN expert calls for strengthened cooperation to intensify efforts to eliminate
violence against women
* Denial of justice to rape survivors doomed to continue
* Knesset calls to get tough on domestic violence on eve of White Ribbon Day
* Women in Malawi: Holding up half the sky
* Obama honors WOZA (Women of Zimbabwe Arise) for defying a 'dictator'
* IPS Gender Wire up to 10 November 2009
* Anti-child pornography law signed into law by President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo in the Philippines
* Women Central to Efforts to Deal With Climate Change says New UNFPA Report
* Zambia Judge Clears Editor in Morals Case Over Photos
* Deadly Month for Domestic Workers in Lebanon
* Female ministers 'crack' male political world in Lebanon
* Letter to the UN asking for investigative reports on UN rape
* Out of date? Out with it! - law of enticement in Malaysia
* Help Sex Workers says Senator in Swaziland
* Taiwan court to scrap 'unfair' law on prostitutes
* in Israel Aharonovich announces bill to curb trafficking
* US officials begin push against human trafficking
* Expulsions hit Darfur rape victims say Aid groups
* IPS Gender Wire up to 28 Oct 2009

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