Archive for month: December, 2011

Safe Exit Case Worker – Toynbee Hall – 11th January 2011

16 December, 2011 (17:50) | Vacancies | By:

Safe Exit Case Worker Salary: £26,500 21 hours per week 12 month contract Make a difference for people in prostitution Do you want to make a real difference to the lives of women selling sex on the streets? Do you want to tackle the issues and barriers that they face? Do you believe in multi-agency [...]

IRIS National implementation manager – maternity cover – nia project – 16th January 2012

16 December, 2011 (17:43) | Vacancies | By:

IRIS improves the quality of care given by GP surgeries to women experiencing domestic violence IRIS is a general practice-based domestic violence training support and referral programme that has been evaluated in a randomised controlled trial. Core areas of the programme include training and education, clinical enquiry, care pathways and an enhanced referral pathway to [...]

Supporting Female Victims of Adult Trafficking – Poppy Project Training – Various dates, various cities

16 December, 2011 (17:36) | Training | By:

The Poppy Project is running a series training events for statutory and non-statutory agencies to enhance awareness of adult human trafficking with a focus on supporting female victims. The training will increase knowledge of Trafficking awareness, identification, best practice in victim care, supporting victims through immigration and criminal justice proceedings and the right to compensation. [...]

Information added in September 2011

13 December, 2011 (19:24) | Info added | By:

Information added to website 15th, 22nd and 26th September 2011 Events Fete in aid of Reclaim the Night – LFN – 8th October 2011 FORWARD presents the UK premiere of ‘The Blood of Women’ – 10th October 2011 Ceilidh – fundraiser for Women’s Action Network – 12th October 2011 Women’s Health & Equality Consortium National [...]

Information added in August 2011

13 December, 2011 (19:21) | Info added | By:

Information added to website 12th and 18th August 2011 Events Stoning, a play by Ghazi Rabihavi – WAN – 6th September 2011 Women’s Education Conference – Hillcroft College – 6th and 7th September 2011 Last chance to enter the London Women’s 5K Sunday – Object – 11th September 2011 Notices Record Number Of Women Unemployed [...]

Radical History Walk – Feminist Fightback – 18th December 2011

13 December, 2011 (18:56) | Events | By:

Feminist Fightback festive social Join us on Sunday 18th December for an East London ramble on the trail of Sylvia Pankhurst and the radical women of East London Meet 2pm @ Bow Road Tube Station – moving off at 2.15pm Drinks after at The Half Moon – 213-233 Mile End Road, London, E1 4AA (from [...]

Sylvia Pankhurst Memorial Committee House of Lords activities

13 December, 2011 (18:51) | Notices | By:

First of all, the Sylvia Pankhurst Memorial Committee is delighted to welcome The Rt Hon The Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde (Brenda Dean) as a Patron of our campaign to erect a statue of Sylvia Pankhurst, and equally, to thank her for organising a showing of the WORLDwrite film on the life of Sylvia to supporters [...]

Women Ask Prime Minister To Act Urgently On Female Genital Mutilation, Forced Marriage And ‘Honour-Based’ Violence – Imkaan

13 December, 2011 (18:46) | Notices | By:

New report exposes a high level of illegal practices against girls in the UK and recommends urgent training for frontline professionals Leading Black and Ethnic Minority (BME) women’s organisation, Imkaan, has written to the Prime Minister, David Cameron, (on 25 November: the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women) urging him to work [...]

New report reveals children living with domestic violence are ignored – Refuge

13 December, 2011 (18:31) | Notices | By:

Research shows local authorities are failing to respond to children’s needs A groundbreaking report released by national domestic violence charity Refuge and the NSPCC, funded by the City of London’s City Bridge Trust, shows children living with or affected by domestic violence are neglected by services that are intended to support and protect them. The [...]

Volunteering vacancy: Project Support Volunteer – Maternity Action – 21st December 2011

13 December, 2011 (18:21) | Vacancies | By:

Maternity Action is seeking a Project Support Volunteer to provide administrative support to the Director and Project Officer. The Project Support Volunteer will be a good communicator who is committed to the aims of Maternity Action. Please visit http://www.maternityaction.org.uk/recruitment.html for details of how to apply. The deadline for applications is midnight on Wed 21st December [...]