women in london

Saturday 11th February, 10.30am-4pm at Oxford House, Derbyshire Street, London E2. 5 minutes walk from Bethnal Green tube station. Suggested donation of £4 low/ unwaged, £8 waged, includes lunch. * What is the impact of withdrawing your labour as an educator, health worker, refuse collector, librarian or childcare worker; when the people most immediately affected [...]

Join Women in Publishing for the February meeting Our speaker this month is Meike Ziervogel, founder of independent publishing house Peirene Press, which specialises in contemporary European literature in English translation. She will talk about her experiences as founder of Peirene Press, and give tips for working with, and setting up, an independent publishing house. [...]

Give your brain a work-out and have a fabulous time at the Woman’s Trust Fundraising 27 January 2012 (doors open 7pm, 8pm prompt start) The City Tavern, 29 Lawrence Lane, London EC2V 8DP 5 minutes walk from Bank or St Paul’s on the Central Line, or Mansion House on District/Circle Tickets £20 (includes food) For [...]

Conservative MP Nadine Dorries’ Ten Minute Rule Bill on abstinence-based sex education – for girls aged 13-16 only – is getting its Second Reading this Friday, 20th January. We believe the Bill, should it pass, would be counter-productive and harmful, as all evidence shows that abstinence-only sex education is ineffective and leads to higher rates [...]

From 11.00 to 5.00 at Amnesty International UK Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA Nearest Tube Station: Old Street on Northern Line The aim of the conference is to raise awareness on this vital topic and to bring attention to laws and legislations in countries practicing stoning and death penalty. [...]

London Feminist Network – January Feminar: Lynne Harne on Violent Fathering and the Risks to Children “Lynne Harne’s feminar – and her latest book ‘Violent Fathering and the Risks to Children’ – are most timely given dominant views within the Family Law System and society in general that men who commit violence against their current/ex [...]

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 [...]

Reclaim the Night 2011 is on Saturday 26th November in central London. Over two thousand women will put their feet on the streets for women, to say NO to male violence and NO cuts to women’s services. The march marks the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of all forms of Violence Against Women. [...]

The Women in Publishing Christmas Party will be held on Wednesday 14 December 2011. In true WiP tradition we will be announcing the winners of this year’s Women in Publishing awards, and the nominees will be invited. It will be a fun and inspiring evening in excellent company, with delicious food, including mince pies and [...]

Details of Day of Action activities across the country in defence of Women’s Rights – 19th November 2011 Where? Organised by Contact? Tooting Tooting Labour Party economy@fawcettsociety.org.uk Brighton & Hove Squeamish Bikini economy@fawcettsociety.org.uk Southampton Solent Feminist Network Facebook Manchester economy@fawcettsociety.org.uk Stratford Hannah Eiseman-Renyard Facebook Nuneaton Victoria Fowler economy@fawcettsociety.org.uk Coventry Coventry Women’s Voices CWV website Brighton [...]