[WiL e-updates] WiL e-update Monday 21st September 2009 (32 - 1 of 2)

[WiL Updates]

21st September 2009 (past 1 of 2)


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Information added to women in london 18th and 21st September 2009
* Index of new information at http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk

Events
* Women's Design Groups in London - Westminster 22 & Redbridge 23 September 2009
* Drinks reception and open evening for women planners - WDS - 30th September
2009
* Ms Understood: Women's Liberation in 1970's Britain - Women's Library - 8th
Oct to 31st March 2010
* Striking Women: Voices of South Asian workers from Grunwick and Gate Gourmet -
Women's Library - 8th October 2009
* Events Calendar - Women's Library - October to March 2010
* Limits of Tolerance - 3rd Meeting - WAFE - 28th October 2009

Notices
* Support Clause 13 of the Policing and Crime Bill - end the demand that fuels
trafficking - ROW
* Female Genital Mutilation Study for Health Professionals - Forward
* Sex industry undermining equality at work - Fawcett Report
* Women's Radio Group broadcasts monthly

Training
* Free Training For Women's Design Group Members! - 3rd & 17th October 2009

Vacancies
* Community Development Worker - Newham Asian Women's Project - 30th September
2009
* Female Independent Domestic Violence Advocate - Woman's Trust - 5th October
2009
* Female Refuge Worker - Eaves (London) - 5th October 2009
* Female Senior Support Worker (Trafficked Women) - 5th October 2009
* 2 National Equality Partnership vacancies - WRC - 5th October 2009
* Policy Officer - ROW - 9th October 2009
* Women Talking Volunteers - Haringey Women's Forum - training starts 21st
October 2009

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

* Recent Training added to Women in London
* Government launches study into Female Genital Mutilation - closes 30th Sept
2009
* Consultation on the Consolidation of Charity Law - closes 4th Dec 2009
* Charities offered free wireless internet connection
* NHS consults health and public sector professionals on services for DV victims
* Fw: Free construction course for young women
* Fw: FREE DIY workshops for unemployed women within the 5 Host Boroughs
* Fw: Juggling the Balls - Managing the Risk
* Fw: New GLDVP and EACH bespoke training course available
* Fw: Invite: Women CEO's SIG Meeting - Newcastle - 1 October 09
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)

* A teenager who claims she was sexually abused by her father has launched a
legal challenge against a decision not to prosecute him
* Figures obtained following a Freedom of Information request showed some UK
police forces were failing to record more than 40% of cases
* Some councils are failing to provide housing to victims of domestic violence
without children
* Fair Play - awareness raising play seeking feedback - 24th September 2009
* Support Clause 13: A Crucial Step Towards Ending Commercial Sexual
Exploitation
* Lap dancing clubs tried to enlist Lords in 'sex venue' licences battle
* Lost youth: turning young girls into sex symbols
* 'Women Creating Change Award' winner announced at SMK Campaigner Awards 2009
ceremony
* 2 vacancies - Iranian and Kurdish Women's Rights Organisation - 7th October
2009
* 4 vacancies - DVIP - 30th September 2009
* Judge decides jail not probation for two pornographers
* Two in three women rescued during raids to tackle people smuggling for the sex
trade have since disappeared
* Green Party leader calls for rethink on sex work
* Changes in unmarried fathers' rights mooted in Ireland
* Dynamic Benefits report contains good ideas but fails to address key barriers
to work say child poverty campaigners
* NHS asking Health and Public Sector Professionals to Give Their Views on
improving Services for Domestic Violence Victims
* Abortion ad rules review delayed
* UN assembly votes for more powerful women's agency
* 19 year old survivor of sexual abuse sets up web site to help others victims
like her
* Mike Tyson faces Belfast rape protest
* Landmark ruling set to boost rape convictions in Scotland
* Save Behind Closed Doors - outreach service for women suffering domestic abuse
in Leeds
* More than 130 victims of domestic violence and abuse have visited the
country's second Family Justice Centre since it was opened in Derby three months
ago
* Closing the women's refuge in Weymouth could leave 'blood on the hands of the
council' according to campaigners
* Recession trapping abused women says Women's Aid Ireland
* Domestic violence up a third in four years Liberal Democrats reveal
* Sharp rise in number of women guilty of domestic violence
* Child poverty reduced if both parents go to work
* Families to protest in Dublin over child benefit
* Migrants 'being denied a roof over their heads' in Northern Ireland
* New information added to Women in London up to 9th September 2009

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