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Forthcoming Event

Women's Library : Talks Programme January to March 2007

In Conversation: Prostitution: What should be done?
The Women's Library, Old Castle Street, London E1 7NT
Thursday 8 February 2007 6.30pm
Tickets £6/£4 concessions

Debates about how society should deal with prostitution have raged since Josephine Butler's time, and a variety of legislative models have been devised in different countries. Vanessa Munro, School of Law, Kings College London, will presents an overview of these and will discuss their pros and cons with Liz Kelly, exhibition curator and Director of the Child and Woman Abuse Study Unit, London Metropolitan University

Human Trafficking: The Action Plan
International Women's Month Panel Discussion
Wednesday 7 March 2007 6.30pm
Venue: The Graduate Centre, London Metropolitan University, 116-200 Holloway Road, London N7 8DB
Tickets: Free, but must be booked in advance

In the bicentenary year of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, human trafficking still remains an issue in the UK, where women can be bought for as little as £3,000. Chaired by Newsnight presenter Martha Kearney, this event explores the Government's Action Plan tackling human trafficking with an emphasis on sexual exploitation. A panel of experts including Kate Allen, Director of Amnesty UK and Detective Chief Superintendent Nick Kinsella, Director of the new Human Trafficking Centre join the Under Secretary of State responsible for trafficking policy, Vernon Coaker. What should we do to protect human rights, support victims and reduce demand? Human Trafficking: The Action Plan is organised with the John Grieve Centre for Community Policing.

Lynne Segal: Making Trouble: Life & Politics
Thursday 15 March 2007 6.30pm
The Women's Library, Old Castle Street, London E1 7NT
Tickets £6/£4 concessions

Feminist, activist and academic Lynne Segal moved into a flat vacated by Doris Lessing in 1970, met the women who had been arrested for sabotaging the Miss World Contest and spent the rest of the 1970s combining motherhood with communal living, politicking and free love. Join Lynne in conversation with Antonia Byatt, Director of The Women's Library, as she discusses her autobiography Making Trouble: Life & Politics and considers the factors that shaped a generation of activists into the women's liberation movement.

The talks programme is accompanied by short courses, reading group sessions and free guided tours led by volunteer guides.

For more information and details of how to book go to http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/whats-on/events/talks.cfm