From updates at womeninlondon.org.uk Fri Jul 3 13:33:58 2009 From: updates at womeninlondon.org.uk (WiL Updates) Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 13:33:58 +0100 Subject: [WiL e-updates] WiL e-update Monday 3rd June 2009 - part 1 of 2 (24) Message-ID: <007a01c9fbda$97bc1d60$dd662352@wilalg> 3rd July 2009 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please note correction from earlier update: * Hip Hop and Spoken Word - Poetic Pilgrimage - correct date - Sat 4 July ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Information added to Women in London 30th June and 2nd July 2009 * Index of links to new entries: http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk Group Listing * Greenwich Women's Aid is now part of the directory - welcome! Events * Irish Travelling Women and Domestic Violence - Solace WA - 10th July 2009 * Bright Ideas Conference - GLDVP- 15th September - early bird bookings until 31st July Notices * Poverty pathways - ethnic minority women's livelihoods - new Fawcett report * New Film Exposes Lap Dancing Industry - Object * New Advice and Support Centre for Women - Eaves * Is the Government doing enough on violence against women? - ROW survey closes 30th July 2009 * OBJECT launch online petition on lads' mags and anti-sexism regulation for the media * Help us to challenge sex object culture - Object Vacancies * 3 vacancies - Eaves - 3rd July 2009 * Mentoring Scheme Co-ordinator - The Arbour Women's Project - 10th July 2009 * 2 vacancies - Kiran Project - 10th July 2009 * 2 vacancies - Greenwich Women's Aid - 13th July 2009 * 2 vacancies - Refuge - 14th July 2009 * Internship opportunities - Refuge - 17th July 2009 * 6 vacancies - Eaves - 17th July 2009 * 2 vacancies - Advance - 24th July 2009 Calendars * Will be updated by Monday ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New on Women's Training and Funding (WiLT) * Fw: BIG announces consultation results and ambitious new framework for its work to 2015 * More Big Lottery News * Half of funders 'refuse to negotiate terms and conditions' * Fw: Equalities and Sustainability in London Planning Conference & Managing the Economic Downturn event * Fw: REAP Conference - "Allowed to Remain! but... Allowed to Belong?" 1st July 2009 * Bright Ideas conference Sophie Taylor * Womeninlondontraining Digest, Vol 42, Issue 19 Pamela Lord * WiLT purpose reminder * WiLT purpose reminder follow up http://freecharity.org.uk/pipermail/womeninlondontraining/2009-June/date.html * Fw: The Drill Hall Darlings - a special weekend workshop * NCVO grants directory site suffers teething problems * Fw: Non-statutory Guidance under the Equality Bill * Fw: Ingrid McClements Memorial Award * Noel Buxton Trust - disadvantaged children, penal reform, E&S Africa * Peter Cruddas Foundation to help disadvantaged and disengaged young people develop their potential * Yapp Charitable Trust - grants for existing work * Community Foundation Network - Comic Relief * Anchor Foundation - Christian charities concerned with social inclusion * John Lyons Charity - inc. childcare and play schemes - London * fit4funding Newsletters * Fw: a workshop 'The Alchemy of Menopause' http://freecharity.org.uk/pipermail/womeninlondontraining/2009-July/date.html Subscribe to e-group at http://freecharity.org.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/womeninlondontraining ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New on womensgrid http://womensgrid.freecharity.org.uk (women's news and views UK and Ireland) * Ingrid McClements Memorial Award * Southall Black Sisters Boycott GLA Meeting on Violence Against Women due to the Presence of the BNP * Jewish school admissions unlawful * Think tank concludes that Sharia courts should not be recognised in Britain * The invisible 'Gran-carer' generation: Under 55, poor and balancing work and caring * Scotland's National Sex Crimes Unit is the first of its kind in Europe * Fife Council has launched its Opening Doors strategy to tackle gender-based violence * 11,000 domestic abuse incidents in North Wales last year * Psychologists Examine Role Of Control In Domestic Violence * Hip Hop and Spoken Word - Poetic Pilgrimage - Please note correct date - Sat 4 July * Call for volunteers - helping Irish abortion seekers * Seven pillars of liberation - WLM conference 1978 * Women's Liberation is one of the themes at Marxism 2009 * How Should Teachers React If Pupils Report Abuse? * Ofsted report reveals data on very young children excluded from school * Children at risk from websites offering free pornography, says BBFC * Church 'out of touch' as public supports equal rights for homosexuals * Ireland grants rights to same-sex partnerships * The Women's Charter - a year on * Enfield Saheli sees increase in number of women seeking help over forced marriages * Save Roshni Save Lives ~ Online petition * Early Day Motion EDM 1604 Calls for Funding for Rape Crisis Centres - Ask your MP to Sign * Cash worry for rape crisis centre in north Wales * Rape: Deprioritised by Southwark police yet again * Information added to Women in London up to 24th June 2009 Index to current postings at http://womensgrid.freecharity.org.uk/?page_id=28 Subscribe: http://womensgrid.freecharity.org.uk/?page_id=11 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More information to follow asap - sorry for those who find 2 part updates an inconvenience but amount of information - and extreme heat! - has made completing listings a slow process. Thanks Deborah at women in london ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From updates at womeninlondon.org.uk Tue Jul 7 13:31:14 2009 From: updates at womeninlondon.org.uk (WiL Updates) Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 13:31:14 +0100 Subject: [WiL e-updates] WiL e-update Tuesday 7th July 2009 - part 2 of 2 (25) References: <007a01c9fbda$97bc1d60$dd662352@wilalg> Message-ID: <005901c9fefe$dc9e4d00$dd662352@wilalg> 7th July 2009 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please note last minute information: * Reclaim the Night - London E17 Community Walk - 10th July 2009 at 9pm * Irish Travelling Women and Domestic Violence - postponed from 10th July 2009 until 22nd October 2009 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Information added to Women in London 6th July 2009 * Index of links to new entries: http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk Group Listing * London Feminist Network is now part of the directory - Welcome! Events * Irish Travelling Women and Domestic Violence - Solace WA - 10th July 2009 postponed until 22nd October 2009 Vacancies * Female Domestic Violence Housing Advocate - Advance - 24th July 2009 * Female Specialist data tracker and analyst - Advance - 24th July 2009 * Temporary Female Independent Domestic Violence Adviser - Advance - 10th August 2009 WiL Calendars * Events Calendar - updated 8th June 2009 * Training Calendar - updated 8th June 2009 * Funding Calendar - updated 8th June 2009 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New on womensgrid http://womensgrid.freecharity.org.uk (women's news and views UK and Ireland) * Reclaim the Night - London E17 - 10th July 2009 at 9pm * 1960s ideal of equality is now redundant, says senior minister * Condemnation for bishop who called for gay people to 'repent' * Foreign Office to back gay communities around the world * Cameron sorry for Section 28 * Women need more choice over children * House of Lords ruling gives women leaving refuges right to housing * Fast-track young witness court cases says NSPCC * Policing the internet - too much or too little? * Man's 'double jeopardy' trial ends with guilty verdict * Gang rape pair get longer sentences * Joint Co-ordinator - Women's Holiday Centre - 25th July 2009 * Floating Support Worker - Housing for Women - 15th July 2009 * Company Administrator - Clean Break - 8th July 2009 Index to current postings at http://womensgrid.freecharity.org.uk/?page_id=28 Subscribe: http://womensgrid.freecharity.org.uk/?page_id=11 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New on womensphere http://womensphere.wordpress.com (international women's news and views) * Call For Women Worldwide to Support Women's Rights in Iran * In Indai men in uniform may face stiffer rap for rape * Indian court decriminalizes consensual gay sex * Third Gender Assert Rights in Nepal * Viet Nam sets the pace for Asia with new law to prevent statelessness of women who married abroad * Stabbing of local officials triggers massive outpouring over women's rights in China - Deng Yujiao's case highlights official corruption and violence against women * Online pedophiles blackmail children into meetings * Dutch abortion medics protest violence against clinics and women * Barriers Go Up For Abortion in Slovakia * To Help Women, Leaders Should Dig Deeper than Religious Clothing * Women's groups in Israel protest Ramon post in Kadima * More Women judges and magistrates to be recruited under AJP in Pakistan * Women's groups in India upset with delay in passing quota Bill * Afghan Shi'ites demand ratification of women's law * Harper Conservatives not meeting commitments to women's groups in Canada * Nevada now has the most stringent punishments nationwide for child prostitution, pandering * US Policy Harms Women and Families * Governments Need to Ensure Women Do Not Bear the Brunt of the Economic Crisis * UN Appoints New Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, Its Causes and Consequences * Women's centres re-open in Darfur with help from AU-UN mission * African women with HIV 'coerced into sterilisation' * African Union launches initiative against human trafficking in Ethiopia * President launches bid to reduce FGM/C in Burkina Faso * A Role For Men in Gender Equality in Kenya * Mozambique Assembly Passes Bill Against Domestic Violence * Domestic relations bill tabled in Uganda * When Partner Abuse Isn't a Bruise But a Pregnant Belly Index of postings: http://womensphere.wordpress.com/index-to-current-postings/ Subscribe: http://womensphere.wordpress.com/subscribe-to-receive-blog-via-email/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WiL e-updates is a free service to help information by and about women and women's groups to be shared between interested women and women's groups. It is sent to: * Groups who are part of the Women in London web site - about 350 women who are staff / volunteers / committee members (by separate list) * Around 1,100 other women's groups, as well as women working in CVSs by mail list service * To subscribe or unsubscribe to the mail list service please go to http://freecharity.org.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/womeninlondonupdates * Archive of e-update mailings is at http://freecharity.org.uk/pipermail/womeninlondonupdates/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Next WiL e-update will be within the next 10 days The Women in London web site will now be updated as and when information arrives Deborah at women in london post at womeninlondon.org.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From updates at womeninlondon.org.uk Mon Jul 20 00:13:57 2009 From: updates at womeninlondon.org.uk (WiL Updates) Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:13:57 +0100 Subject: [WiL e-updates] WiL e-update Sundday 19th July 2009 (26) References: <007a01c9fbda$97bc1d60$dd662352@wilalg> <005901c9fefe$dc9e4d00$dd662352@wilalg> Message-ID: <001001ca08c6$ace84350$dd662352@wilalg> 19th July 2009 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please note - last chance: * "The Way Forward" - consultation on Mayor's Violence Against Women strategy closes Monday 20th July 2009 - http://womensgrid.freecharity.org.uk/?p=2353 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Information added to women in london 14th, 16th and 18th July 2009 Notices * New National Freephone Rape Helpline from 1st August 2009 - RASASC * Being a mum has 'devastating' impact on earnings - new report - Fawcett * The GLDVP response to: The Way Forward - A call for action to end violence against women * Forward Launches new e-newsletter * Women's Action Newsletter - July 2009 * GLDVP Newsletter - July 2009 Events * Masked Parade of sex workers & supporters thanking the community for helping to keep women safe - ECP * Public investment in childcare : who cares, who pays? - Daycare Trust - 17th November 2009 - early bird bookings until 31st July * Feminism in London - conference organised by London Feminist Network - 10th October 2009 Training * GLDVP Stella Project advanced training for experienced workers - 6th August and 8th September 2009 Vacancies * 2 vacancies - Greenwich Women's Aid - 13th July 2009 extended to 20th July 2009 * 2 vacancies - Eaves - 17th and 22nd July 2009 * 4 vacancies - Refuge - 28th July 2009 * Volunteer Co-ordinator - Jewish Women's Aid - 10th August 2009 * Female Community Outreach Officer - Kiran - 14th August 2009 Calendars * will be updated on Monday 20th July ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New on Women's Training and Funding (WiLT) * Survey of need for FREE personal safety training * NAVCA survey shows LAAs failing to fully engage the third sector * Fw: The First - Hello UK Programme * Fw: City Parochial Foundation (CPF) Feedback Survey 2009 * Fw: Closes 13 July - VAW stakeholder confidence and satisfaction survey 2009 * Fw: July/August 2009 Empowerment Bulletin * Forced Marriage Unit Domestic Programme Fund - Bids by 31st July 2009 * Fw: London Development Agency launches second round of Community Grants Programme * Fw: Voice4Change England e-alert 10th July * Fw: Networking with a Difference -- Luton Council, 17th July @ 6.30pm -- Free event about becoming a Councillor * Fw: The GLDVP response to: The Way Forward - A call for action to end violence against women * Fw: NCIA Newsletter No: 12 - July 2009 http://freecharity.org.uk/pipermail/womeninlondontraining/2009-July/date.html Subscribe to e-group at http://freecharity.org.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/womeninlondontraining ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New on womensgrid http://womensgrid.freecharity.org.uk (women's news and views UK and Ireland) *Sense of Self - A weekly support group for women focusing on enhancing self-esteem and self-confidence! 20th July 2009 *Dogs Trust seeks dog foster carers to help women fleeing domestic violence *Soroptimists give ?500,000 and three houses to charity in Gravesend *A report into the death of Baby P has revealed that only half of NHS staff have the required levels of training in child protection *One in four in custody in Glasgow held for domestic abuse *Royal Assent for Sexual Offences Bill Scotland *Unionists and nationalists have joined forces to round on English politicians who called for abortion laws to be extended to Northern Ireland *Human rights court will hear Irish abortion ban case *Teenagers who are raped leave school at earlier age study in Ireland finds *Two boys who raped a 14-year-old for insulting their gang leader's partner have had their sentences upheld *A man cleared of rape after serving two years in jail has renewed a bid for ?300,000 in damages from his accuser *Sex and Age Discrimination news stories *Family Outreach Worker - Lambeth Women's Aid - 21st August 2009 *Project Co-ordinator - Lambeth Women's Aid - 28th July 2009 *Project Worker - Female Prisoners Welfare Project/Hibiscus - 30th July 2009 *Natalya Estemirova *A Woman of Substance Award - nominations close 31st July 2009 *Art Exhibition & Panel Discussion - Women in Conflict - 31st July and 1st August 2009 *Public Meeting: Margaret Prescod - Tell us about Obama, about US policy in Haiti & Honduras . *Disproportionate number of children who are killed came from homes with domestic violence *Lost daughters campaign *Refused asylum seekers forced to eat from bins says Rowntree trust *Four years on Tesco still stalling on South African women's farm pay *The words of God do not justify cruelty to women *Irish Women Challenge Abortion Ban in European Human Rights Court *Equality Bill: new amendments agreed by Committee MPs *Banning age discrimination: consultation closes 30th Septamber 2009 *Equality Duty: Consultation closes 30th September 2009 *UK ratified human rights treaty for disabled people in June 2009 *Growing up in social housing in Britain: A profile of four generations from 1946 to the present day *Benefit claimants 'still seen as scroungers', research shows *Index to postings - May 2009 *Index to postings - April 2009 *There's only one of me: single parents, welfare reform and the real world *Porn TV presenter job advertised in Jobcentre *Annie Lennox: 'vile record industry exploits troubled women' *Escaped child prostitutes say councils left them in danger *New guidance on forced marriage is a united step forward - police *Early Day Motion EDM 1604 Calls for Funding for Rape Crisis Centres - Ask your MP to Sign *Grant boosts rape crisis line's work in Oxfordshire *A Welsh assembly member has called on the police and local authorities to put up more cash to save North Wales rape crisis centre *Memorial in Ireland to victims of rape and sexual abuse desecrated by mindless vandals *Domestic abuse costs Plymouth an estimated ?110million a year - or ?200 a minute according to a new report *2 vacancies - Birmingham & Solihull Women's Aid - 13th August 2009 *2 vacancies - Redbridge Action Against Domestic Abuse - 28th July 2009 *Briefing Welsh Assembly Government Consultation On A Violence Against Women Action Plan For Wales *Reclaim the Night March Leeds - organising meeting - 14th July 2009 *Lend Your Voice - The Testimony Project *Photographic exhibition: LOCK & KEY until 31st July 2009 *Vacancy at KMEWO - 21st July 2009 *Information added to Women in London up to 6th July 2009 Index to current postings at http://womensgrid.freecharity.org.uk/?page_id=28 Subscribe: http://womensgrid.freecharity.org.uk/?page_id=11 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New on womensphere http://womensphere.wordpress.com (international women's news and views) * Murder of human rights activist Natalia Estemirova condemned * Three publications from AWID's Resisting and Challenging Religious Fundamentalisms * Rabbanit? Rabbah? Maybe just plain Rabbi? What should be the title of an Orthodox woman who happens to also be a rabbi? * Inquiry urged after Sudan women flogged for wearing trousers * Accountability To Women Could Upset Business As Usual * Fight Sexism to Help Young Mothers - South Africa * Soldiers Who Rape, Commanders Who Condone: Sexual Violence and Military Reform in the Democratic Republic of Congo * Worrying increase in gang rape say police in Angola * Repatriation of Rwandan Women Refugees in Uganda could increase hardships * HRW condemns Rwanda's draft law on HIV tests and sterilisation * Restricting Funding for Abortion Forces 1 in 4 Poor Women to Carry Unwanted Pregnancies to Term in US * Falling family planning funding threatens global poverty fight * AIDS number one cause of maternal deaths in Zimbabwe * Advances in tackling HIV at risk from economic downturn warns UN agency * Uganda to Ban Female Genital Mutilation * Syria Increases Minimum Sentence for Honor Killing * Afghanistan Amends Controversial Shia Law * Call for tougher laws on rape in Afghanistan * Should unwanted sex as part of a good sexual relationship be considered a criminal offence in New Zealand? * Rape victims reporting more sex assault attacks in NSW Australia * Sharp rise in sexual harassment complaints at workplaces in Isael Index of postings: http://womensphere.wordpress.com/index-to-current-postings/ Subscribe: http://womensphere.wordpress.com/subscribe-to-receive-blog-via-email/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WiL e-updates is a free service to help information by and about women and women's groups to be shared between interested women and women's groups. It is sent to: * Groups who are part of the Women in London web site - about 350 women who are staff / volunteers / committee members (by separate list) * Around 1,100 other women's groups, as well as women working in CVSs by mail list service * To subscribe or unsubscribe to the mail list service please go to http://freecharity.org.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/womeninlondonupdates * Archive of e-update mailings is at http://freecharity.org.uk/pipermail/womeninlondonupdates/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Next WiL e-update will be within the next 10 days The Women in London web site will now be updated as and when information arrives Deborah at women in london post at womeninlondon.org.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~