[WiL e-updates] Wil e-update 17th January 2008 - Happy New Year!

[WiL Updates]

17th January 2008

Belated wishes for a happy new year!

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PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES:
* The public notice board information will now be posted on our new
blog 'womensphere' as this will allow searches, categorisation, etc.,
etc.. http://womensphere.wordpress.com
* Women's Training and Funding (WiLT) information will now ONLY be
sent via the e-group as maintaining the WiLT blog was duplication of
effort, and the e-group allows us to send attachments, eg booking
forms etc..
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Information added to women in london 16th January 2007
* Index of links to new entries: http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk

Vacancies:
* Voluntary Office Administrator : WILPF deadline extended to 5pm
18/01/08
* Marketing Manager : Women's Design Service 08/02/08
* Female Administrator (Greenwich) : Woman's Trust 11/02/08
* Female Advocacy Worker (Greenwich) x 2 : Woman's Trust 11/02/08

womensphere
* Index of postings in January

Public Notice Board
* Index of December Notices completed

WiL Calendars
* Women's Events 2008
* Women's Funding and Consultation Deadlines 2008
* Women's Training and Courses Dates 2008
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New on womensphere
http://womensphere.wordpress.com

* Therapist - Womens Counselling & Therapy Service
* Manager - The Women's Centre for Blackburn & District
* CPS consults on its Violence against Women Strategy and Action
Plans - Closes 28th January
* Feminist Coalition Against Prostitution
* Symposium on Tackling the Trafficking of Women for Prostitution
* Job vacancy at the Women's Holiday Centre
* Million Women Rise Benefit Events - Bradford, Leeds and London
* Tender's 5th Anniversary Celebration - 16th January 2008
* Feminist Activist Forum (FAF) Meeting - London 26th January 2008
* Maryam Hosseinkhah and Jelve Javaheri Released from Prison in Iran
* Simone et moi
* Still the second sex? Simone de Beauvoir centenary
* Rapists 'working in pairs' to attack victims
* New South Wales ushers in new rape, drug laws
* Paraguay's Traffic Hub Imperils Female Teens
* Caraga anti-trafficking advocates converge in Surigao City
* Rape On the Rise in Post-Election Violence in Kenya
* Government response to e-petition about rape convictions
* Muslim women are to be sent on leadership and assertiveness courses
to help to prevent Islamic extremism.
* Abuse victims deserve better (Scotland)
* Women's Groups Protest Government Reorganization in Korea
* Women demand a fairer share of political power in Guatemala
* Global to local: Making the best use of the international work for
women in our own work at home
* Lead actress joins Education For Choice for special screening of '4
Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days'
* Ministry of Justice consultation ignores victims of rape and
provision of rape crisis services
* Tackling demand for prostitution review begins with Sweden visit
* why womensphere

Summary of January postings at
http://womensphere.wordpress.com/2008/01/
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New on Public Notice Board
http://www.quicktopic.com/19/H/nV4WDtdd6iMqf

* About womensphere and how to subscribe
* Response to query about 'transgender reality'
* womensphere replaces the public notice board linked to women in
london
* Lone Parents: Media Request / The Wright Stuff
* Row over abortion right for rape victims in Egypt
* Rape Crisis Services in Ireland still having to curtail services
despite figures
* Revealed: the sex crime crisis in rural Scotland
* Northern Ireland Rural Women's Network wins award
* Women in Black - Women's Mideast Peace Movement Marks 20 Long Years
* Rwanda's AIDS Effort Offers Zambia a Lesson
* Sierra Leone Women Fight for More Representation
* service that can help deter assault, robbery and rape
* Request for clarification of 'transgender reality'
* websites give information about stalking and the new technologies
used by some stalkers
* Women in Dorset
* ERA campaign in US, anti feminist backlash and transgender reality
* www.safewomen.info is the website side of a recently started women's
community aimed at women's safety
* Global to local: Making the best use of the international work for
women in our own work at home
* Study underlines opposing views on gender roles in Lebanon
* 2007: Year of unkept promises for upholding women's rights in India
* MILLION WOMEN RISE invites all women to Pampering Saturday
* Sex Work Is Work - "Canada's prostitution laws violate the its
Charter of Rights and Freedoms"
* Iraq: Women MPs, activists call for more support for widows,
divorced women
* Pledge Your Support for the Statement of Demands of the Million
Women Rise Coalition

Index to Dec notices at
http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/public/pub-0712.htm
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New on Women's Training and Funding (WiLT)
http://freecharity.org.uk/pipermail/womeninlondontraining/2008-January/date.html

* Building stronger communities through inter faith dialogue and
interaction
* How can we Support Vulnerable Children who may have been Trafficked?
* Children's Centres Conference - 28th January London
* Family Learning - Big Lottery England - 29th August 2008
* LankellyChase Foundation - adds programme for Refugees and Asylum
Seekers
* Third sector strategy - Ministry of Justice Consultation
* Domestic Violence Awareness Multi Agency Days - Haven Wolverhampton
* Freedom in London
* The Association of Charity Officers
* ACO Trustee Development programme
* AbilityNet Courses 2008
* London-wide deaf and disabled-led support group - draft
recommendations - was 3 now only 1 day to respond

Or subscribe to e-group at
http://freecharity.org.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/womeninlondontraining
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Deborah at women in london post at womeninlondon.org.uk
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