[WiL e-updates] WiL e-update 13th June 2008

WiL Updates updates at womeninlondon.org.uk
Fri Jun 13 19:20:39 BST 2008 

13th June 2008


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Information added to women in london 13th June 2008
* Index of links to new entries: http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk

Group Listing:
* Women at the Well is now part of the directory - Welcome!
* London Irish Women's Centre directory entry updated

Forthcoming Events:
* Exhibition and Craft Workshops Free : London Irish Women's Centre
* Famous Feminists : London Feminism Meetup Group
* Lap Dance Protests : Object
* Empowering Women for Peace and Democracy 2nd Event - updated prog :
WAFE

Notices and Press Releases:
* New opening hours for 2008 : Feminist Library
* More action needed to tackle child poverty : Daycare Trust
* Gordon Brown under pressure to take tougher action on equal pay :
Fawcett
* Vera Douie Fellowship (2009) : Women's Library
* Website Update : GLDVP

Courses:
* Safe as houses: domestic violence - women's rights to housing and
property : ROW

Vacancies:
* Charity Office Coordinator : Women at the Well
* Project Coordinator : Women at the Well
* Director : Women's Design Service
* Policy Officer : WRC
* Policy Officer Criminal Justice : Fawcett
* Volunteer Treasurer : WAFE
* Admin / research : Object

womensgrid local women's news, views, etc..
* Index of current womensgrid postings
* RSS feed of most recent womensgrid postings

womensphere international women's news, views, etc..
* Index of current womensphere postings
* RSS feed of most recent womensphere postings

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 Women's Training and Funding (WiLT)
http://freecharity.org.uk/pipermail/womeninlondontraining/2008-June/date.html

* Tories spell out their policies for the sector
* Northern Rock Foundation in 2008 (NE and Cumbria only) includes
money for reducing DV
* Esmée Fairbairn Foundation launches new funding strands
* The Guardian Charity Awards 2008 - win £6,000 a new PC and more ...
enter by 1st Aug 2008
* Andy Ludlow Homelessness Awards 2008 £500-£10,000 Apply by 10th June
* Nominate a London hero/heroine and the winner chooses a charity to
receive £3,000 closes 27 June
* Fw: Changes to programme for Trumpeting the Voluntary: Social
Conscience and the Third Sector
* Fw: Equalities & Single Group Funding Event - LVSC Response to
Cohesion Guidance Consultation
* Tesco Charity Trust Community Awards Scheme: Children's Welfare
apply by 30th June
* Civil Society Challenge Fund open to UK based CSO's to give poor
people a voice - concept note by 15th June
* CPCS Senior International Fellows Program - New York Autumn 2008 -
apply by 20th June
* Fw: Tackling the Trafficking of Women and Children - Monday 14th
July
* Fw: The Housing & Support Sector Foru
* Fw: AbilityNet - summer 2008 courses
* Trustee payment guidance updated by Charity Commission
* LDA inquiry publishes initial findings - and asks why LDA and GLA
gives grants when there are alternatives
* Barrow Cadbury New Grant 'Habits of Solidarity' to foster greater
cohesion apply by 18th July

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New on womensgrid http://womensgrid.freecharity.org.uk
(local women's news and views)

* Asian Women's Community Support Worker - Sandwell Womens Aid
* Trafford Womens Aid - 3 Vacancies - 7th July 2008
* Accommodation Project Manager - Womens Aid Harlow & Broxbourne -
20th June 2008
* Advocate and Educator - The Nia Project - 16th June 2008
* MWR Mid Summer Camp 4th to 7th July
* Vigil for women killed in Glasgow at 6pm on Friday 13th June 2008
* Rape Crisis - Responding to sexual violence (proceeds to Rape
Crisis)
* Scottish Parliament debate on No Recourse No Safety
* Many women and children in the South Asian community are not getting
the support they need
* Judge in Ireland under fire as rapist gets just two years in jail
* The majority of Tory MP candidates support a lower time limit on
abortion according to new research * Campaign to Save Queen's Market -
a focal point for women across London
* Women's Pond Hampstead Update - Planned route to farm site rejected
* CEDAW response from the UK
* No One to Turn To - The under-reporting of child sexual exploitation
and abuse by aid workers and peacekeepers
* BBC series on the impact of feminism on family life seeks
participants
* The female of the species is more charitable than the male
* Stagecoach millionaire starts charity for African women
* Court rejects HIV positive Ugandan women's claim for asylum
* 70% of women in Scotland wanting abortion to be treated by week nine
of pregnancy
* Tayside has highest abortion rate in Scotland
* Rape Crisis Network Ireland slams Cannon over legalised prostitution
claims
* Domestic violence 'endemic' in Northern Ireland - Policing Board
* Amnesty welcomes Scottish Parliament discussion on 'No Recourse' but
insists that action is needed rather than words
* Prison crowding delays domestic violence plan
* New service to crackdown on domestic violence in Cambridgeshire
* Awful cost of savage domestic violence in West Sussex
* Domestic violence reports average over 100 a month in Epping Forest
* Coventry Haven award for helping domestic violence victims
* We can kick out monster of domestic violence for good
* Government pledge to combat domestic violence after cases soar
* The Right To Request Flexible Working: Working Families calls on the
Government to extend the right to all
* Ford machinists' strike, 1968: an inspiring demand for women's
rights
* A boys' year (1968)
* Feminist Legacies at the BSA's 1968 Conference - Birkbeck 3-4 July
2008
* Peace by Piece - 3 Day International Women's Peace Conference
* Nominate a London hero/heroine and the winner chooses a charity to
receive £3,000 - nominations close on 27th June
* Not All Men Are From Mars - £5 from each book goes to Women's Aid
* Human Cargo: A journey among refugees - a talk by Caroline Moorehead
* Sisters on the Planet - Free Screening 11th June in London
* W at W Women at the Well - 2 vacancies (4th July 2008)

Index of current postings at
http://womensgrid.freecharity.org.uk/?page_id=28
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New on womensphere http://womensphere.wordpress.com
(international women's news and views)

* StopPornCulture! Anti-Pornography Slide Show Training
* America's sex-mad culture
* Resolution Opposing Military Intervention In Iran Submitted To The
US Conference Of Mayors
* Peace by Piece - 3 Day International Women's Peace Conference
* Unspoken Trauma of Women in Zimbabwe
* Peace With Sexual Violence is Still War
* US Department of State Releases 2008 Trafficking in Persons Report
* Human Trafficking And Prostitution Boosted By Russian Economic Boom
* Minor girls forced into prostitution in Pune, India
* Rape Crisis Centers in Israel increase in calls despite watered down
indictment of former president
* Campaign to enhance girls' education in Yemen
* Uzbek Human Rights Activist Mutabar Tojibaeva Released
* French "virginity lie" couple raps ruling appeal
* Sahara Tribal Women Jailed for Adultery
* Grappling with widespread sexual abuse in Burundi
* Men unite to end violence against women South Africa
* Gender Based Violence Contributing to Spread of HIV in Papua New
Guinea says Amnesty International Report
* Malaysian women's groups campaign for safe sex
* Women benefit from equality and advancement policies in Vietnam
* Divisions over women's development policy in Bangladesh
* Court decision in Colombia on increased protection for displaced
women
* Church in Australia backs end to Howard ban on abortion aid
* US Courts Decide Woman Cannot Be Fired for Having Abortion
* US Human-Trafficking Report Finds Key Criminals Often Go Unpunished
* Israel's human trafficking rating has not improved
* Porous border aids human trafficking in Niger Nigeria
* Minor girls forced into prostitution in India
* Oakland's new approach to prostitution treats teenagers as victims
* Prostitution reform has little effect in New Zealand
* Legal brothel no solution to Olympic sex-trafficking say women's
groups in Canada
* Soccer-Euro-Hosts accused of censoring prostitution campaign
* Australian Football League joins stance against domestic violence
* Australian State Government gives go-ahead to options on abortion
vote
* Canadian women had fewer abortions in 2005 with teenagers record
biggest decline
* Nova Scotia to study domestic violence after shelving Liberal bill
over spat
* Race domestic violence and New York's ineffective Family Court law
* Domestic violence accounts for half of 2008 murders in Honolulu
* UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women concludes visit to
Tajikistan
* Kono Sierra Leone Reports Highest Rape Cases
* Can women make a difference in the local government in Sierra Leone
* We Want 50 Percent Affirmative Action Nigerian Women Leader Tells
Turai
* Moroccan women seek their way between Islam and feminism
* Iran jails male backer of feminism petition says report
* Women's mosque row erupts in Egypt
* Marriage Maker's Gender Ruffles Egyptians
* Number of marriages in Qatar declines

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