Archive for month: February, 2010

Achieving Equality in Parliament – WAFE – 8th March 2010

15 February, 2010 (14:15) | Events | By:

WAFE [Women worldwide Advancing Freedom and Equality] Invites you to a meeting on: Achieving Equality in Parliament On International Women’s Day, 8th March 2010 ,in the House of Lords, Room G from 6:00-8:00pm Chair: Baroness Harris of Richmond Programme: 6.00 Welcome from Chair and WAFE update from Elizabeth Sidney 6.15 Peter Facey, Director of Unlock [...]

Celebrating Women Filmmakers – Birds Eye View Film Festival 4-12 March 2010

11 February, 2010 (01:50) | Events | By:

Celebrating Women Filmmakers – Birds Eye View Film Festival 4-12 March 2010 BFI Southbank, ICA and Barbican Birds Eye View is back for its 6th annual Film Festival of celebrating, championing and showcasing women filmmakers. Nine jam packed days, 8 inspired features, 7 penetrating documentaries, 21 visionary shorts, 22 retro movies starring iconic blondes, a [...]

2 vacancies – Fawcett – 26th February 2010

10 February, 2010 (20:02) | Vacancies | By:

The Fawcett Society, the UK’s leading campaign for women’s equality and rights, is seeking the key posts to add to our policy influence and campaigning clout. Policy and Campaigns Officer You will play a central role in delivering high profile public campaigns, behind the scenes influencing with key decision makers and engaging our supporters and [...]

2 vacancies – Women in Prison – 24th February 2010

10 February, 2010 (19:58) | Vacancies | By:

Women in Prison Supporting and campaigning for women offenders and ex-offenders Do you have a commitment to working within a women-centred service and to making a real difference to vulnerable women’s lives? Women in Prison is a unique, national charity. We have the following vacancies, within The Piano Project, a new national project for ex/offenders [...]

Helena Bonham Carter Launches Valentine’s Day Domestic Violence Campaign – Refuge

10 February, 2010 (19:31) | Notices | By:

Helena Bonham Carter Launches Valentine’s Day Domestic Violence Campaign Refuge, national domestic violence charity, is launching a new campaign aimed at educating women about some of the signs of abuse. Research shows that many women aren’t aware of the ways in which abusive men control their partners. Yet understanding the signs earlier could help save [...]

The Anachronistic Album – Alternative Arts – 5th to 27th March 2010

10 February, 2010 (19:18) | Events | By:

The Anachronistic Album Laura Braun, Heather McDonough, Melanie Stidolph Curated by Zuzana Flaskova Three photographers have invited an emerging curator to respond to their work. This exhibition will forefront the curator’s choices and reasoning, rather than the artists’ individual practice. The photographers are opening up their work, which jointly represents over 50 years production, as [...]

Gender and the Climate Change Agenda Report Launch – WEN – 2nd March 2010

10 February, 2010 (19:11) | Events | By:

Gender and the Climate Change Agenda Women’s Environmental Network (WEN) invites you to the launch of their comprehensive new report Tuesday 2 March 2010 from 6-8pm Grand Committee Room, House of Commons, London Come and find out about the gendered impacts of climate change on women in the UK and internationally and why it is [...]

Children’s Worker – Greenwich Women’s Aid – 10th March 2010

10 February, 2010 (19:04) | Vacancies | By:

Full Time – Children’s Worker Salary: NJC Scale Point 26-28 (£20,001 – £23,473 p.a) Greenwich Women’s Aid We are looking for an experienced and flexible Children’s worker to provide individual and group support including organised play sessions to children (0-16) living in refuges and other forms of temporary accommodation across Greenwich. All of the families [...]

FORWARD calls to make female genital mutilation history

8 February, 2010 (20:31) | Notices | By:

FORWARD calls to make female genital mutilation history Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a violation of human rights and poses immediate and long-term health consequences to girls and women. It currently affects 140 million women and girls (1). In the UK alone, it is estimated that over 24,000 girls are at risk of FGM. (2). [...]

GLDVP Newsletter – February 2010

8 February, 2010 (20:16) | Notices | By:

GLDVP Newsletter – February 2010 The latest GLDVP Newsletter is now available online Click on this link to download a copy of our February 2010 newsletter (PDF, 142KB) – http://www.gldvp.org.uk/module_images/Newsletter_ 010210.pdf Or find the link on GLDVP’s web site at http://www.gldvp.org.uk/C2B/PressOffice/Display.asp?ID=208&Type=1 Should you need the newsletter in a more accessible format eg as a Word [...]