Archive for month: October, 2011

Information added in July 2011

27 October, 2011 (19:47) | Info added | By:

Information added to website 8th, 13th and 15th July 2011 Events Battling Belles of Bow – LFN – 16th July 2011 Inaugural meeting of campaign to combat cuts to women’s sector – Eaves – 18th July 2011 Please read Millie’s story and support Refuge by running in the 5k Adidas Women’s Challenge in September! Notices [...]

Information added in June 2011

27 October, 2011 (19:43) | Info added | By:

Information added to website 15th and 18th June 2011 Events ‘Life in a day’ coming to cinemas June 17th, buy a ticket and support Refuge Training DIY Electrics for Women on 25th June – final few places left – WAMT Safeguarding Against Forced Marriage And Honour-Based Violence: Level 2 – Imkaan – 5 & 11 [...]

Information added in May 2011

27 October, 2011 (19:40) | Info added | By:

Information added to website 12th and 19th May 2011 Events Please join us to raise money for trafficking scheme The Poppy Project! – 25th May 2011 Women, Higher Education, And The Cuts – Feminist Library – 26th May 2011 A Conducive Context? Misogyny, inequality, violence – LFN – 22nd June 2011 Notices Government Must Be [...]

Rape CultureJam … Take Two! Tonight on facebook from 8pm – RASASC Croydon – 24th October 2011

24 October, 2011 (18:27) | Events | By:

Until tomorrow at 08:00am on Facebook! Are you sick of Facebook allowing sites that promote rape culture? Do you want to do a little more rape culturejamming? After the huge success of our first jam we have created the next event – due to begin on Monday the 24th of October at 8pm. … Join [...]

Feminists Protest Sexist ‘Miss World’ Contest 2011 – Object and LFN – 6th November 2011

24 October, 2011 (18:18) | Events | By:

Women – Protest the sexist Miss World contest! Sunday 6 November 2011 From 14:00 to 18:30 at Earl’s Court Join the London Feminist Network, OBJECT, UK Feminista, Million Women Rise and others in demonstrating against the Miss World contest at Earls Court on Sunday 6 November. Join this mass protest and let your feelings about [...]

Why OBJECT to ‘Miss World’? – Object and London Feminist Network

24 October, 2011 (18:13) | Notices | By:

Here are some of the reasons why we think it is important to OBJECT… What about women’s right to take part in a beauty contest? We have nothing against women who choose to take part in beauty contests. However, we would say that the issue is not as simple as one of individual choice. Holding [...]

Building Futures Training Courses – Women’s Resource Centre – October to December 2011

24 October, 2011 (18:04) | Training | By:

Building Futures Running a financially resilient and sustainable women’s organisation is becoming increasingly challenging, due to the current economic downturn and the fact that funders and decision makers often marginalise women-only services. WRC’s Building Futures project works with frontline women’s organisations in London, supporting them to explore different sustainable funding options, in order to build [...]

I Heart Consent Party – RASASC Benefit – 2nd November 2011

21 October, 2011 (16:56) | Events | By:

From 19:00 to- 23:00 at Horse and Groom, 28 Curtain Road, Shoreditch (http://www.thehorseandgroom.net/) Come join us at the Horse and Groom in Shoreditch for a fantastic evening of music in celebration of everyone who hearts consent before sex. All funds go directly to Rape Crisis South London (www.rasasc.org.uk), a brilliant charity which runs the national [...]

Meeting the needs of children living with domestic violence in London – Refuge – 22nd November 2011

21 October, 2011 (16:48) | Events | By:

Refuge and NSPCC research findings conference A morning conference to share the findings of Refuge and the NSPCC’s research Tuesday 22nd November 2011, Barbican Cinema 3, Barbican Centre, EC2Y 8DS 10:00 am concluding with networking lunch from 12:15 am New research from Refuge and the NSPCC shows that despite improvements in approaches to addressing domestic [...]

Trafficking Awareness and Training survey – Poppy Project (Eaves)

21 October, 2011 (16:43) | Notices | By:

The Poppy Project is conducting a survey into the awareness levels and training needs of agencies and organisations that may be coming into contact with potential victims of trafficking. We would be grateful if you could take a few minutes to complete the survey. Complete the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YJCYF7P We would like to offer organisations [...]