South Asian women workers in the Grunwick and Gate Gourmet disputes: similarities, differences and lessons Study Day Saturday 28 November Programme 10.30 Tea and coffee 11.00 Welcome * Gale Cameron and Chandan Mahal (The Women’s Library) * Ruth Pearson & Sundari Anitha (University of Leeds); Linda McDowell, (University of Oxford) 11.15 Striking images: The making [...]
Keynote Speaker – The Rt Hon. Theresa May MP Shadow Minister for Women and Equality Chaired by Tanya Gold Journalist of the Year 2008 Panellists * Neil Blacklock RESPECT * Louise Howard Consultant Psychiatrist * and Researcher Emma Bell JWA Executive Director Wizo House W1 £15 pp Contact Tara Gaby at JWA on 020 8445 [...]
Salary: (£32,000 – £36,000) WRC is looking for a passionate and skilled researcher to lead our new research unit in this busy women’s charity. If you are an experienced and creative researcher with excellent evaluation and communications skills, and are looking for an interesting and exciting challenge, we want to hear from you. Deadline for [...]
The Kiran Project Empowering today’s women and children for tomorrow Thanks to the generosity of the Big Lottery Fund we are now recruiting for an exciting and innovative project to support Young Muslim Women The Young Muslim Women’s Project aims to… empower and benefit Young Muslim Women by developing and enhancing their skills around 3 [...]
Refuge is a national charity, which provides a lifeline for women and children escaping domestic violence. We have the following opportunities for committed female* applicants: National Peripatetic Domestic Violence Workers C. £27,000 pa inc ILW This is an exciting opportunity for experienced Support Workers, delivering a high quality professional service to abused women living in [...]
The Women’s Action Network, Amnesty International UK present a screening at The Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA Thursday, 3rd December, from 6.30 pm Lisa Jackson’s electrifying documentary on rape by soldiers in DR Congo as a weapon of war, containing moving testimony from several women and chilling interviews with [...]
Tell London Councils what they should fund in 2011-2015 Date: Tuesday 24 November Time: 9.30am to 1pm Venue: London Councils, 59½ Southwark Street, London SE1 0AL London Councils are starting the process of developing priorities for the prospective 2011-2015 grants programme and the consultation period runs from early November 2009 through to the end of [...]
Wragge & Co LLP is opening a new free legal advice clinic in Bethnal Green. The clinic will be run in partnership with not-for-profit co-operative account3, the Legal Advice Centre (University House), and the national pro bono charity LawWorks. It is being launched as part of a series of events to celebrate National Pro Bono [...]
Photomonth Youth Photography Award sponsored by The World Photography Organisation Win A Trip To Cannes And Meet World Renowned Photographers One lucky young photographer has the chance of winning two round trip flights** to Cannes, France, plus two nights accommodation, to attend the annual Sony World Photography Awards ceremony and week-long event produced by the [...]
Commenting on the new pay gap figures released by the Office of National Statistics (*), Ceri Goddard, Chief Executive of the Fawcett Society, said: “While the slight narrowing of the gender pay gap is a cause for celebration, we cannot afford to become complacent. The rate of change over the past four decades has been [...]
