Archive for month: April, 2011

2 vacancies – Newham Asian Women’s Project – 29th April 2011

15 April, 2011 (18:25) | Vacancies | By:

Newham Asian Women’s Project (NAWP) is a leading women’s organisation in East London. Set up in 1986 to provide specialist support services to Asian women and their children experiencing domestic violence, the project has since developed a range of other services to support Asian women and girls. These services include four refuges, a resource centre, [...]

4 Assistant Support Workers – nia project – 18th April 2011

15 April, 2011 (18:20) | Vacancies | By:

the nia project provides a wide range of services for women and children who have experienced sexual violence and other forms of gender violence. The organisation is currently recruiting for the following within our Substance Use Refuge Team: * 4 x Assistant Support Workers to cover weekend shifts (7 hours) and weekday sleepovers. * One [...]

Domestic Violence Services Managers x 3 – Refuge – 28th April 2011

15 April, 2011 (18:16) | Vacancies | By:

* Based in Lewisham, West London and South London * Salary Circa £36,000 per annum * 37.5 hours per week Refuge has recently restructured some of its domestic violence services, having secured future funding with local authorities in south and west London. We are now looking for talented people to lead and manage these important [...]

Information added in February 2011

7 April, 2011 (19:18) | Info added | By:

Information added to website 22nd and 25th February 2011 Women in London About Women in London – page updated How to join – page updated Paid job ads on WiL – page updated Events Next Women’s Radio Group Broadcast – 23rd February 2011 Seminars on militarism in male dominated societies – Roj Women – 4th [...]

Information added in January 2011

7 April, 2011 (19:15) | Info added | By:

Information added to website 20th and 25th January 2011 Directory of Groups Child and Women Abuse Study Unit – directory entry updated nia project – directory entry updated Women’s Design Service – directory entry updated Events Communicating in times of economic change – Women in Publishing – 9th February 2011 Women and the Economy – [...]

Women’s charities write to Theresa May about unfair new child support proposals – Fawcett, ROW, WRC, Refuge, AVA

7 April, 2011 (18:45) | Notices | By:

We write to draw your attention to the unfair impact we feel the government proposals for the future of child maintenance will have on women raising children alone, and would ask that in your capacity as minister for women and equalities you request that the secretary of state for work and pensions reconsider his proposals [...]

What would your group need from a new women’s resource centre – WRC questionnaire – complete by 12th April 2011

7 April, 2011 (18:37) | Notices | By:

The Women’s Resource Centre is interested in developing a centre that will support the women’s sector by bringing together a range of women’s organisations into one building. The aim is to create a dynamic centre to promote women’s potential and leadership. The centre could include office, meeting and conference space, a cafe plus other social [...]

Female Voice in Violence Coalition Newsletter April / May 2011 – Imkaan

7 April, 2011 (18:30) | Notices | By:

The latest Female Voice in Violence Coalition Newsletter is now available. If you have any questions relating to the newsletter please contact Dorett Jones at Imkaan. Please download from the WiLT mailing list at http://freecharity.org.uk/pipermail/womeninlondontraining/2011-April/001623.html

Using psychological evidence to help women seeking asylum – Imkaan – 20th april 2011

7 April, 2011 (18:23) | Training | By:

Using psychological evidence to help women seeking asylum – training available from Imkaan on 20 April 2011 This training course is designed to develop understanding of the psychological reasons why traumatised women seeking asylum have difficulties when making an asylum claim, and to increase awareness of relevant academic psychological research and findings. The course will [...]

Petition To Help Save Specialist Services For Bame Women And Children – Ashiana, WGN and others

5 April, 2011 (19:33) | Notices | By:

We are asking people to register their concern about the proposed funding cuts by London Councils to specialist domestic violence, rape and abuse services delivered by Ashiana Network, ELBWO, EACH, Southall Black Sisters and Women and Girls Network. The proposed cuts will mean that almost 2000 BAME women per annum from across 24 London boroughs [...]