[WiL e-updates] WiL e-update 31st March 2008

Mon Mar 31 17:38:47 BST 2008

31st March 2008

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Please keep sending your IWD event reports, speeches, statements,
photos, etc..
* No time to add all we have received yet so keep watching the blog
* Last IWD event takes place tonight
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Information added to women in london 31st 2008
* Index of links to new entries: http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk

Forthcoming Events:
* House of Commons Public Debate on Lap Dancing : Object
* Making Connections April Meeting : 44 Portland Place (YWCA Central
Club)
* Object Activists Meeting : Object
* Launch Of Sexism And The City! : Fawcett

Notices and Press Releases:
* Open letter on rape to Vernon Coaker presented : Fawcett
* April 2008 Newsletter available on line : GLDVP
* Sexism in the City of London rife : Fawcett

Networks
* Fawcett South West - updated
* Older Lesbian Network - correction

womensphere
* index of march posting completed
* Index of current postings
* RSS feed of most recent postings

International Women's Day Events 2008
* RSS feed of most recent IWD listings

WiL Calendars
* Women's Events 2008
* Women's Funding and Consultation Deadlines 2008
* Women's Training and Courses Dates 2008
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International Women's Day blog:
* IWD report backs
http://iwd2008.wordpress.com/category/after/iwd-reportbacks/
* IWD Statements
http://iwd2008.wordpress.com/category/after/iwd-statement/

New postings since last update:
* Baroness Howells Lectures in Luton this coming Friday 28th March
* Women Leading The Community
* Czech women activists reject connection of IWD with communism
* On IWD KwaZulu-Natal calls for an end to women abuse
* Women in Mumbai on International Women's Day
* Women's Day March in Nablus
* On International Women's Day, the Suffering of Palestinian Women
Continues
* Afghan women mark International Women's Day
* ACTSA rally for democracy and dignity
* Million Women Rise speech by Isla Arendell from the Women's
Institute
* New commitments to tackle sexual and domestic violence on
International Women's Day (Home Office)
* Million Women Rise Statement

Or view rss feed
http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/public/iwd-rssfeed.htm
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New on womensphere http://womensphere.wordpress.com

* Southall Black Sisters picket on 1st April has been CANCELLED
* Wembley Jobcentre offers raunchy vacancies to 17-year-old
* Teenage Sex For Sale
* Animal lovers in Wales have been asked to play a key role in helping
people escape domestic violence
* Domestic violence in Birmingham is costing the city's vital services
nearly £100 million a year
* Black women bloggers in America rally together to fight for justice
for victim of gang rape and her son
* Majority of rapists go unpunished in the Democratic Republic of
Congo (DRC)
* Special court for sexual violence underway in Liberia
* Response to "thriving" child sex industry in Ghana too weak
* Only one third of Australian women have access to paid maternity
leave
* The hidden victims of sexual assault - "the intellectually
disabled" - will be protected by tough changes to New South Wales rape
laws
* Changes in laws and public mindset needed to stem domestic violence
in Pakistan
* Forum Assesses Role of Ethiopian Women in Past Millennium and Looks
Forward
* Community Safety Officer (Domestic Violence) Ref NAS144
* Women in their 30s are hit hardest by gender pay gap
* In praise of women's organisations
* The future of Merseyside's domestic violence helpline is under
threat after it suffered a cash crisis
* British Government targets Muslim women to fight extremists - but
Muslim community question how this will work without tackling
discrimination
* Successful visa appeals mean courts give green light to forced
marriages
* Oldham fears a high risk for forced marriages for 36 pupils who are
missing from school registers
* Police in Preston have launched a new campaign to raise awareness of
domestic violence
* Conference to Remember Du'a Khalil and denounce Honour Killings
globally!
* April 7th: ICAHK calls for International Day of Remembrance
* Labour Says No To Sleazy Restaurant Chain in Scotland
* Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize 2008 - Nominations now being accepted
* Can you ever afford to be ill? Survey of Carers
* Rethinking Rape Law: Akayesu 10 Years On - 2nd & 3rd July 2008,
Durham University
* A lifeline to victims of domestic violence has been saved
* One in four people believe women who have been raped are partly to
blame for the crime because of how they dressed, their sexual history
or how much they had to drink
* Young male criminals a true menace to society
* Husbands involved in forced marriages could face prosecution for
rape under tough new laws being planned by leading Scottish Asians
* Forced marriage: An issue for the whole community
* Approximately one-fifth of all Surrey's violent crimes are domestic
abuse-related figures have shown
* Domestic violence project in Dorset needs cash otherwise will close
in May
* WLM A new generation battles for women's liberation
* WLM The struggles and retreats of the 1980s
* The rising women's liberation movement in the radical 1960s
* Prostitution in America
* Torture Porn Makers Shrug Off the Label
* Study finds abortion rate in dramatic decline in Australia
* Mokarrameh Ebrahimi has been released from prison in Iran!
* The All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board has released the
"Shariat Nikahnama" that they claim would give equal rights to both
Muslim men and women
* Turkey's Political Tensions Weigh on Women's Heads
* Rogue employers who exploit foreign workers could be prosecuted as
human traffickers in Bahrain
* Rape fears make life hell for girls and women at refugee camps in
Kenya
* Police can do more to curb it domestic violence - seminar in Dhaka,
Bangladesh
* In the United States AIDS is now the leading cause of death for
black women ages 25 to 34
* Target the dirty old men, says archbishop of Kingston Jamaica
* Women are now more susceptible to being infected with HIV due to
their weak stance against sexual abuse
* South African UN Goodwill Ambassador Meets Rape Survivors in
Congo-Kinshasa
* Japan domestic violence cases jump as women end silence

Index of current postings at
http://womensphere.wordpress.com/index-to-current-postings/
Subscribe:
http://womensphere.wordpress.com/subscribe-to-receive-blog-via-email/
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New on Women's Training and Funding (WiLT)
http://freecharity.org.uk/pipermail/womeninlondontraining/2008-March/date.html

* Equality Standard for Local Government Event: 'No Quality Without
Equality'
* Funding Bulletin Feb 2008]

Or subscribe to e-group at
http://freecharity.org.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/womeninlondontraining
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