Forthcoming Event
Sylvia Pankhurst Memorial Trust

Calling all London Labour and TU women - Conference Women for London: implementing the women’s agenda Your chance to speak and be heard A conference jointly organised by Labour Women for London and the Southern & Eastern Region TUC (SERTUC) Women’s Rights Committee Saturday 28th October 2000 10am to 4pm at Congress House, London Creche available (but must be booked) To register, or for more information, contact: Sue Hargreaves - SERTUC telephone:  020 7467 1220 or email:  shargreaves@tuc.org.uk Keynote speakers: Nicky Gavron - London’s Deputy Mayor Anita Halpin - SERTUC vice president Anni Marjoram - women’s adviser to the London Mayor Mary Turner - president of the GMB London Labour women and SERTUC’s women trade unionists have a tradition of working together over many years. The Southern Eastern region TUC Executive Committee and Women’s Rights Committee welcomed the publication, prior to the publication of the mayoral and Assembly manifestos, of "The Women’s Agenda for the London Mayor and Assembly". This conference builds on the work begun in that publication and seeks to implement and refine the policies proposed for women in that document. The conference is free and all Labour and trade union women are welcome. Join us, and keynote speakers, for a day to progress the women’s agenda Speakers include: Janet Bowsted - women’s equality officer for domestic violence issues, London borough of Greenwich Kathleen Covile - Centre for Independent Transport Research in London (CILT) Leonie Cooper - Labour Housing Group Liz Davies - barrister and ex-LP NEC Mary Davies - labour historian and NATFHE Jenny Edwards - national campaigner for the arts Nicky Gavron - Deputy Mayor of London Anita Halpin - vice-president SERTUC and National Union of Jourtnalists Carol Kay - Labour Women’s Network Naledi Kline - TUC Race Committee and MSF Dorothy Macedo - Socialist Campaign Groups Supporters’ Network Anni Marjoram - women’s advisor to the London Mayor Angela Mason - Director, Stonewall Linda Oram - Southwark campaign against housing privatisation Sally Powell - LP NEC and chair of Greater London Enterprise Julie Reay - chair of Kingston & Richmond Health Authority Helen Shaw - Inquest (deaths in custody) Joan Smith - leading journalist & Tribune columnist Manuela Sykes - Campaign for Labour Party Democracy Mary Turner - president GMB Denise Whiller - Southwark Unison Branch Secretary Hannah Wood - National Union of Rail, Maritime & Transport Workers Anita Wright - headteacher and National Union of Teachers The conference will comprise a morning and afternoon plenary session, with morning and afternoon workshops focussing on the areas of work identified as key to women’s lives in London. Workshops: Work - labour market trends, workers’ conditions, regeneration Life - women in public service, policing, health Leisure and culture Transport and environment Labour Party democracy/ women’s organisation Racial justice/asylum seekers A woman’s voice in politics Women and the justice system Women and housing/domestic violence Women’s and girls’ education and training