London Feminist Network is pleased to announce its next feminar on Saturday 17th March: Women in Film and Television. The feminar takes place during Women’s History Month and will focus on the (in)visibility of women in these media. SPEAKERS: Dr Melanie Williams and Dr Eylem Atakav, Dept of Film and Television Studies, University of East [...]
including Women’s History Month In East London and International Women’s Week Thursday 1st March 2012 6pm-9pm Rich Mix 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, Shoreditch E1 6LA (Shoreditch High St Stn, Liverpool St/Old St tube) 6pm Reception with Rushanara Ali MP 6.45pm Speakers and Performers including:- Kate Williams historian, TV presenter & novelist, Carolyn Simpson SERTUC Women’s [...]
Celebrating women writers, artists and performers produced by alternative arts 1-31 March 2012 Women’s History Month www.alternativearts.co.uk LAUNCH of WISEWORDS and WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH in East London Thursday 1 March 6pm-9pm RICH MIX 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, Shoreditch, E1 6LA Liverpool Street tube/Shoreditch High St Stn. www.richmix.org.uk 020 7613 7498 Reception with Rushanara Ali MP [...]
LIVE MUSIC TO SILENT FILM Fri 9 March, 8pm Purcell Room, Southbank Centre Tickets and information: www.southbankcentre.co.uk 0844 875 0073 In partnership with the Southbank Centre’s Women Of The World festival. Birds Eye View has commissioned four cutting-edge female musicians to write and perform new live scores to a range of Mary Pickford’s most visionary [...]
8.30pm at NFT1, BFI Southbank Tickets ON SALE NOW! BEV’s International Women’s Day Gala is a high-profile showcase of the best of new and international short films by women, from captivating Moroccan folklore to camp Norwegian musical, plus gripping dramatised true story The Red Virgin starring Maribel Verdu (Y Tu Mama Tambien, Pan’s Labyrinth) and [...]
International Women’s Day is celebrated around the world. The occasion is marked annually in the City of London to acknowledge women’s success and contribution to the workplace and society. When? 9th March 2012, 8:00 – 11:00 am. Where? The Great Hall, Guildhall, City of London Following the overwhelming success of previous International Women’s Day events, [...]
Join Women in Publishing for our March meeting (14 March 2012) How do you progress your career in tough times? How do you keep on top of your game? Negotiate the best salary? Get the best projects? Compete in a competitive market? Or find a new job (or keep freelance) when there don’t seem to [...]
To mark International Zero Tolerance to FGM Day FORWARD presents a screening of ‘The Secret Pain’ Having lived with foster parents since the age of seven, Kate Kendel returned aged sixteen to her biological family in Sierra Leone, where she was forced to undergo FGM. Now she takes us back to Sierra Leone, where the [...]
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. [...]
