[WiL e-updates] WiL e-update Monday 7th September 2009 (3 - 1 of 2)

[WiL Updates]

7th September 2009 (part 1 of 2)


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Information added to women in london 27th August and 4th September 2009
* Index of new information at http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk

Group Listing
* Sense of Self is now part of the directory
* Women's International League for Peace and Freedom directory entry updated
* WiL Groups own web sites list updated

Events
* Irish Travelling Women and Domestic Violence: Meeting Needs and Challenging
Prejudices - Solace Women's Aid - 22nd October 2009
* Women Moving Forward in London - Women in Prison - 23rd October 2009

Notices
* Radio Interview - Syvia Pankhurst Memorial Committee
* Women's Legal Policy Network for London based women's organisations - ROW

Training
* Hillcroft College is coming to The Scarlet Centre! Eaves - 8th September 2009
* Community Groups Programme - GLDVP - 29 Sept to 2 Oct 2009
* Sexual Violence Seminar and Workshop - ROW - 5th October 2009

Vacancies
* Volunteer Exiting Prostitution Research Assistant x 2 - Eaves - 4th September
2009
* Trainer and Project Coordinator - Education for Choice - 11th September 2009
* Floating Support Worker - Refuge - 15th September 2009
* Female Advocacy Manager - Woman's Trust - 18th September 2009
* Advice & Outreach Worker - London Irish Women's Centre - 30th September 2009

Calendars
* Will be updated tomorrow
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New on Women's Training and Funding (WiLT)

* New training opportunities listed on Women in London
* National Practitioners' Network Meeting 22/3 October - Bristol
* Media Trust grants for youth led projects - one ongoing - one by 21 Setp 2009
* Grants for charities working with prisoners and ex-offenders
* Local centres refuse to organise placements on behalf of charities running DWP
scheme
* CIS'ters Annual Conference - Sat 7 Nov 09
* How To Listen So Children Will Talk - 27 Jan 2010 - CIS'ters
* 3 Linked C.I.S. Workshops - March 2010
* Disability Law Service Training Courses
http://freecharity.org.uk/pipermail/womeninlondontraining/2009-August/date.html

* DCSF CYPF Grant Programme - Consultation - Closes 5th Oct 2009
* Elephant Trust for the arts - 21 Sept and 11 Jan
* BIG Reaching Communities - still open
* Nominet Trust for internet related projects
* DFID Development Awareness Fund 2009/2010 - 25th September 2009
* GlaxoSmithKline IMPACT Awards - 25th September 2009
* Eaves' Scarlet Centre   Cat Whitehouse
http://freecharity.org.uk/pipermail/womeninlondontraining/2009-September/date.html

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

* Weymouth Women's Refuge will close under Supporting People Agenda
* The Feminist Webs Project Launches North West Road-Show and 'Post' Feminist
post card project
* Campaign to challenge body image pressures
* Internet providers face child porn crackdown
* The head of a new sex-crime taskforce says as much emphasis should be put on
the behaviour of the accused as is placed on the victim during rape cases
* Calls have been made for an overhaul of the way courts deal with rape cases
after figures revealed that only 6% of reports made in Derbyshire end up in a
conviction
* Therapeutic Young Person's Advocate (TYPA) - Derbyshire Rape Crisis - 18th
September 2009
* Director - Birth Companions - 18th September 2009
* Protest in support of Lubna Hussein - 4th September - London
* Mass protest expected as council meets to decide future of Weymouth women's
refuge on 2 Sept
* Men abuse more but women more likely to be arrested
* Teen girls abused by boyfriends warns NSPCC
* Lesbian parents now permitted to be named on birth certificates
* Are "gender blind" court rulings biased against working mothers in custody
cases?
* Tell the PM to deliver free health care for mums and babies in poor countries
* How can we lock up children seeking asylum?
* Women and children at risk in refugee hostels warns Galway Rape Crisis Centre
* Paid and volunteer vacancies with women's groups - updated
* Children's and Young Person's Independent Sexual Violence Advisor - CRASAC
* Interim Director - Jagonari Women's Education - 21st September 2009
* Admin Volunteer - Women's Therapy Centre - 16th September 2009
* Urgent Appeal to save lives of 1,000 Women in Camp Ashraf
* Charities launch LGBT youth domestic violence survey
* Registration Now Open For Feminist Activist Day: 12th Sept SOAS
* International experts on feminism and religion to speak at University of
Leicester
* Symposium on feminism and art set for Centre for Contemporary Arts Glasgow
* Loophole leaves DVD law toothless
* Poll finds more than two-thirds of public happy to see older women such as
Arlene Phillips and Moira Stuart on screen
* Oxford University admissions favour men, study finds
* Children's care crisis as criminal vetting fees approach £600m
* A new unit has opened in Galway to treat victims of sexual violence and is the
first of its kind in the west of Ireland
* Police watchdog in Wales calls domestic violence a major issue for all police
forces
* Proposal for Pendle Women's Refuge to be merged with other Pendle domestic
violence services
* Sign the petition for women's refuges to have the same right to multiple TV
licences as hotels
* Domestic violence victims will be able to get greater protection from courts
in England and Wales from next month

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

* Women and Radicalisation in Kyrgyzstan
* When I think of my trial, I pray my fight won't be in vain - Lubna Hussein
* Iranian women activists not fooled by president
* Photos of childbirth have been branded pornography in Zambia
* South Africa's health system fails women and children says Lancet
* Penans still waiting for task force report on allegations of sexual abuse
* Twenty-five years on, Fiji Women's Crisis Centre stands as beacon of hope for
women
* IPS Gender Wire - 25th August 2009
* Laws must be linked to cultural practices say women lawyers in Ghana
* Child Trafficking The 3rd Biggest Global Consumer Market
* Women protest gender-segregated buses in Israel

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Part 2 will follow tomorrow
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Deborah at women in london
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