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Rights of Women 35th Anniversary Conference
Measuring up? UK compliance with international commitments on violence against women

New! Additional free spaces available to small voluntary sector organisations
with an income of under £500,000

Plenary speakers
~ Emma Scott, Director, Rights of Women
~ Eleanor Solo, UN Division for the Advancement of Women
~ Lynne Featherstone MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities (Invited)

New panel speakers confirmed!
Baroness Vivien Stern, Senior Research Fellow at the International Centre for Prison Studies
~ Dave Gee, Former Detective Chief Superintendent, Advisor to the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) and the Home Office on rape
~ Alison Harvey, General Secretary, Immigration Law Practitioners Association
~ Deborah McIlveen, Policy Manager, Women’s Aid
~ Debora Singer, Policy and Research Manager, Asylum Aid
~ Dr. Aisha Gill, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Roehampton University
~ Dr. Maddy Coy, Senior Research Fellow, Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit ~ Marai Larasi, Director, Imkaan

What?
Measuring Up: UK compliance with international commitments on violence against women

When?
22 June 2010, 9.00am – 5.00pm, followed by evening drinks reception 5.00-7.00pm to celebrate 35 years of Rights of Women

Where?
Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London WC1H 9BD

Why?
The UK has signed up to all major international human rights treaties relevant to violence against women. We now have a new Government and we must place women’s rights at the top of the agenda. Although we have seen major improvements over the past decade, violence against women remains a key factor that restricts the ability of women to participate as equals in society.

Join us to strategise where we must go from here to ensure effective prevention and protection from all forms of violence against women for all women.

For more information and a booking form visit: http://www.rightsofwomen.org.uk/current.php or contact us on 020 7251 6575 or events@row.org.uk