Come to the Abortion Rights AGM (and get a membership bargain!) We’re holding our AGM this Saturday in central London and we’d like you to be there! We’ll be joined by writer and performer Ann Rossiter, who’ll be ‘Making a Holy Show of Herself’ with her hilarious monologue about being a pro-choice activist in Ireland. [...]
“You know a Jewish woman experiencing domestic abuse”: Domestic abuse in the Jewish Community In response to the largest known survey of Jewish women of its kind(1), Jewish Women’s Aid has found that 26% of respondents (27% of women) had personally experienced domestic abuse. This finding is in keeping with national data indicating that 1 [...]
From 1st April 2011 the following ROW new advice lines will be opening at the following new times: Family law advice line for advice on issues including: * domestic violence and abuse * divorce and civil partnership dissolution * relationship breakdown * issues relating to children, including parental responsibility, child contact and residence Call 020 [...]
Women’s Resource Centre is currently compiling information on women’s organisations facing funding challenges or even closure in order to map out the impact on the sector across England and Wales. To do so, we need your help. We have compiled a survey asking women’s organisations whether they are facing cuts and, if so, to specify [...]
Spitalfields Market, Saturday 12th March, International Women’s Fair Electric Landladies with Laka Daisical, Sarah Pritchard, Deirdre Cartwright, Diane McLoughlin, Alison Rayner and Ann Day In the middle of the historic Spitalfields Market and surrounded by stalls with artists, books, craftswomen, fashion designers, pop up poets, participatory workshops and women’s organisations. The two free sessions from [...]
From Rights to Action provides a practical introduction to the international human rights law, policy and mechanisms relevant to combating violence against women and how they relate to law and practice in the United Kingdom (UK). Too often, international human rights laws and the mechanisms to enforce them are presented in an overly legalistic way. [...]
We are delighted to inform you that Roj Women Association has now launched a new project funded by the Big Lottery Fund: Supporting Kurdish women to challenge and overcome Violence. Through this project Roj Women will provide free, culturally sensitive general and legal advice as well as individual counselling (up to 18 sessions) for Kurdish [...]
Friday 25th March, 15.30-17.30: Lifetime Kitchens interactive event Thursday 7th April, 18.30-20.00: London Plan workshop Thursday 14th April, 18.30-20.30: Urban Design training Tuesday 26th April, 18.30-20.00: Planning training Lifetime Kitchens interactive event: Friday 25th March, 15.30 – 17.30 at the Vibast Community Centre, 163 Old Street, London EC1V 9NH Lifetime Kitchens sees WDS expanding its [...]
London Irish Women’s Centre would like to invite you to a St. Patrick’s Day event on Tuesday 15th March 11.00 – 1.00 We are delighted to welcome Finbarr Whooley (Irish Historian and Assistant Director of Horniman Museum) and Dr. Gerry Smyth (Lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University) who will be leading two lively and informative [...]
Evelyn Cuellar and Mercedes Lainez are women’s rights activists from our partner organisation in Honduras, CEM-H. They will be touring the U.K. and meeting CAWN supporters, NGOs, the media, students, academics and other women’s organisations to raise awareness and discuss the situation of women’s rights in Honduras and the Central America region, the struggle to [...]
