[WiL e-updates] WiL e-update Thursday 18th March 2010 (10 - 2 of 2)

[WiL Updates]

18th March 2010


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Information added to Women in London 18th March 2010
* index of new information at http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk

WiL Calendars
* Events Calendar updated 18th March 2010
* Training Calendar updated 18th March 2010
* Funding Calendar updated 18th March 2010

International Women's Day 2010 blog
* IWD Events London updated 18th March 2010
* IWD Events England Regions updated 18th March 2010
* IWD Events Scotland Wales ireland updated 18th March 2010
* Index of postings by date added
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International Women's Day 2010 blog http://iwd2010.wordpress.com

* Wirral International Women's Day 25th March 2010 from 19.00 to 22.00
* Imelda Staunton: Screentalk + Screening Of Vera Drake - 23rd March - Bradford
* Wivey celebrates International Women's Day on 21st March 2010 from 10.30 to
23.00
* Violence against women at work - a mental health perspective on International
Women's Day
* 8 March 2010 : Women's Day - Sexual and Reproductive Rights are key to gender
equality
* International Women's Day calls for action on women's health
* International Women's Day House of Commons debates, 11 March 2010, 1:25 pm
* Bengali women past and present celebrated on International Women's Day

If you would like any report of you IWD event included please do send it to us
and / or any links to photos or videos on the web -
http://iwd2010.wordpress.com/contact-submit-info/
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New on Women's Training and Funding (WiLT)
http://freecharity.org.uk/pipermail/womeninlondontraining/2010-March/date.html

* Invitation to 'For Honour & Love' Launch - 26 March 2010 - Amnesty
International UK
* call for evidence
* Free legal help (Immigration/asylum)
* Domestic Violence - Prevention, Provision and Protection - Monday 26th April
2010
* Criminology and Law - 1 day conference at London South Bank University - 20th
April 2010
* YOU ARE INVITED TO: The ACWAL/Metropolitan Police BME Domestic Violence
Seminar and Workshops on Tuesday 30 March 2010 from 9.30am to 3.30pm
* GuideStar UK website will still be free says new owner the Directory of Social
Change
* Charity staff 'prevented from standing for election'
* 'Racism' blamed for decline in funding for ethnic minority charities
* Fit4funding newsletter offer
* Hedley Foundation - six deadlines per year - next 29th April
* UnLtd's Refugee Initiative for Social Entrepreneurs
* Women into Public Life Events - WNC - various cities
* No subject

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

* "Rulings anywhere that women must wear the burqa should be condemned - but
banning such dresses here would be wrong" says Commissioner Hammarberg
* Women at risk in the camps in Haiti
* Egypt Supreme Court backs women judges
* Iranian women rally against a law to permit polygamy
* Vulnerable women should be protected, not deported, says group after downtown
shelter searched by Canada Border Service Agency
* Historic step for women in India as parliament gives them third of seats
* Every fourth woman in Bulgaria is a victim of domestic violence says report
* Groups protest South Korea crackdown on abortion
* International Women's Day: 177 women endure violence and abuse in Burmese
prisons
* Iran prevents renowned poet from attending Women's Day in France
* Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Ann M Veneman on International Women's
Day
* Impunity for domestic violence, 'honour killings' cannot continue - UN comment
ahead of IWD
* WLUML reflections on International Women's Day 2010
* Statement by Iranian Women for International Women's Day
* UNHCR chief stresses need for equality on International Women's Day
* Asia-Pacific women lack economic and political power says UN IWD report
* International Women's Day: giving a say to displaced women
* On International Women's Rights Day Iranian Activists to Open Campaign for
Equality
* Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and First Lady Michelle Obama awarded 10
honorees with the International Women of Courage Award
* 8th March is International Women's Day

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