18 October 2010 to 17 December 2010 Your Gateway, to further education and the opportunity to achieve a level 1 progression award. This will allow you to move on to Gateway 2 and 3 before moving onto Access which takes you onto University, you can go as far as you choose. This is the first [...]
Date: Thursday 28 October 2010 Time: 2.45-4.30pm Venue: BSG House, 226-236 City Road, London, EC1 V2TT Nearest Tube: Old street This seminar and debate will bring together leading campaigners to discuss law and policy concerning the recent developments in civil legal aid provision and the impact on women. Changes to the administration of civil legal [...]
Women, Peace and Security: UN Security Council Resolution 1325 Where are we after 10 years? UK WILPF invites you to our Autumn Seminar on Resolution 1325. 30th October 2010, 12.30pm – 5.00pm Tindlemanor, 52-54 Featherstone Street, EC1Y 8RT The day will include a film, discussions, and talks from: Keynote speaker: Nicola Pratt (Warwick University & [...]
We need your help. It is a sad and shocking fact that one woman in four experiences domestic violence at some point in her life. Yet one in three local authorities has no specialist domestic violence support whatsoever. Refuge has teamed up with Avon, the company for women, to call for specialist support for every [...]
Solace Women’s Aid provides a range of support services to women and children who have experienced domestic and sexual violence. In order to support staff in working with traumatised women and children SWA provides group clinical supervision on a monthly basis. The aim of this provision is to: a) Assist in securing boundaries so staff [...]
“Rendering the Equality Act virtually toothless undermines every speech Coalition ministers ever gave endorsing the notion of a fairer Britain.” The Fawcett Society has today (30th September 2010) warned that the Coalition’s failure to implement the Equalities Act 2010 in full risks not just endorsing but widening the gender pay gap in the current and [...]
Join Women’s Radio Group for our next broadcast on Wednesday 29th September, from 7pm (British Summer Time). Outline schedule – from 7pm NB: details are subject to change without notice ~ Club Sandwich with Philippa Sawyer – this month, about getting the most out of life. ~ Insight into the lives of Japanese Women these [...]
the nia project provides a wide range of services for women and children who have experienced domestic violence and other forms of gender violence. Outreach Worker (Problematic Substance Use) As part of the London Council’s funding of the Emma Project there is a vacancy to deliver training and capacity building between domestic violence and substance [...]
Courses run by the Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit (CWASU) at London Metropolitan University still have places left for an October 2010 start. Short Course On Violence Against Women (6 days) This course covers: * a historical overview of feminist theory in relation to violence against women * violence against women: frameworks, framings and [...]
LFN is holding a ‘Women and the economy’ feminar (feminist seminar!) featuring presentations from the Women’s Budget Group and the Fawcett Society. Speakers: * Janet Veitch, Deputy Chair, Women’s Budget Group * Daisy Sands, Policy and Campaigns Officer, Fawcett Society. Feminar Outline: An analysis of the Coalition Government’s budget carried out by the Women’s Budget [...]
