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Womensphere - April 2008

List of postings:

• Urgent! Please validate your vote on funding women’s services!!
• A new group has been formed in Scarborough for women
• Women’s Budget Group Response to 2008 Budget
• Director Hopscotch Asian Womens Centre - 6th May 2008
• Chief Executive, YWCA England And Wales – Oxford - 6th May 2008
• Volunteer Coordinator Survive - South Glos and Bristol
• Director of Bexley Women’s Aid - 14th May 2008
• Manager, Haven House Project - South Yorkshire - 2nd May 2008
• Lead Worker – Women’s Services, Haven House Project, Sheffield - 2nd May 2008
• Women’s Centre Director - Asha Centre (Worcester) - 9th May 2008
• A short questionnaire that will help you find which candidate has policies that most closely match your views
• Persepolis - now on general release
• Computer-enhanced images trick women into trying to attain artificial perfection
• Violence Against Women: Histories, Methodologies, Activism and Research
• Caravan refuge plan for traveller domestic violence victims
• Britons give more to donkey sanctuary than abuse charities
• How ‘No Recourse to Public Funds’ can trap women in domestic violence
• Two Significant Asylum Aid Cases
• Rape Centre seeks improved laws on underage sex in Ireland
• Parents’ childcare preferences not being met says report backed by Tories
• Violence against children ’soars’
• Lost 400 children may have been trafficked into sex or drugs trade
• “They use these girls like sewers” - sexual exploitation of minors racks up billions
• Growing concern about how rape cases are handled by US contractors and military
• Latin American Women Promote Resilience Through Grassroots Organizing & Development
• Chile Birth Control Case Spurs Women to organise a mass ‘Apostasy’
• Indonesian women are calling on the Government to abolish polygamy
• Bangladesh Women’s Liberation Council calls for immediate government action on women’s policy
• Domestic Violence Associated With Chronic Malnutrition In Women And Children In India
• The Government of Canada makes major investments to combat violence against women and promote women’s economic security in Quebec
• Virgin Islands governor meets with domestic violence and sexual assault council
• Brunei Lacks Legislation On Domestic Violence
• Together Against Domestic Violence in Mongolia
• Call for action against murderers of women in Baghdad
• Militants target “Western entertainment” shops, girls’ schools in Pakistan
• Only 35 pct of Afghan schoolchildren are girls-aid group
• Sex Segregation Keeps Women Out of Public Life in Saudi Arabia
• Women’s Voice Still Muffled At Local Leadership Level in Uganda
• More Muslim women protest against biases in the south of India
• A teenage boy in Ireland rape case claims gender bias in law
• Pressure is building on MPs over whether or not to cut the legal time limit for abortion
• Lap dancing link to prostitution and crime
• Are clients really blind to trafficked women’s fate?
• Glasgow has been warned that hosting the Commonwealth Games could make it a “magnet” for prostitution
• The smoking ban is to blame for high levels of domestic violence in some parts of Preston, according to the city’s top policeman
• Domestic violence on the increase in Redbridge
• Mansfield and Ashfield Safety Centre’s survival secured
• Cancer does not come dressed in kitten heels
• Tell us your story and help raise awareness about domestic violence
• Details of demonstration re No Recourse to Public Funds – 23rd April 2008
• Women Take Part - how to increase the participation of women, particularly women from underrepresented groups in governance and decision making
• Is there a Women’s Agenda for the Local Elections - should there be?
• Media Madness: The Impact of Sex, Violence and Commercial Culture on Adults, Children and Society
• Call for applications for the 2008 Women PeaceMakers Program
• Katrina: For Women, The Storm Was Only Half The Nightmare
• Candidates sought for Community of Practice on Gender Training
• Rape Can Be Charged if Consent Is Withdrawn – US Court Rules In Reversal of ‘06 Decision
• Access to safe and legal abortion in Europe
• Norway to follow Sweden and criminalise the buying of sex
• Reassessing Sex Work - the “Anti-Prostitution Pledge” embedded in PEPFAR
• George Bush’s Aids relief plan is undermined by morality clauses
• Decline In International Funding For Reproductive Health Threatening Efforts To Meet Millennium Development Goals
• Development Financing Still Gender-Blind - the feminisation of poverty
• Two reports published about the status and achievement of women in Latin America
• Brazil fails to protect women from violence says Amnesty report
• Examining Women As Victims of the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda
• Khadijeh Moghaddam released from prison in Iran
• Ending Global Slavery: Everyday Heroes Leading the Way
• Afghan women’s lives worse than ever
• Why Anarchafeminism?
• Premature announcement of the death of Women’s Studies!!
• Rape injustice – letter to the Times 15th April 2008
• Challenging Men’s Demand for Prostitution in Scotland
• Prostitution ‘worst fears are now realised after new laws’ in Scotland
• £22m to aid domestic abuse victims in Scotland
• A new law toughening the penalties for domestic violence has backfired because fewer women are seeking help, it has been claimed
• Labour group in Waltham Forest call for rule change on domestic violence
• 1 in 5 : a one-day national conference on women’s participation in the political process
• Wise Woman Weekend - Ireland
• Ladyfest London – tickets now on sale - and programme update
• New domestic violence hostel opens doors in Bolton
• Trans-fats linked to breast cancer risk in study
• Nursing & Midwifery Council Consultation
• Bill is backdoor effort to stop abortion say MDs in Canada
• Saudi women’s rights activists are pressing for reforms to lift the sharp restrictions they face in their conservative society.
• Nursing home fuels Danish debate over prostitution
• Alleged rape victim ‘worn down for 3 days’ by female barrister in Australia
• European report calls for Irish abortion law change
• UNICEF and V-Day put rape in Democratic Republic of the Congo front and center
• Prostitute protest in Zambia Stopped
• Mother challenges domestic violence and “machistas” culture in Spain
• Field trip brings college class to Nevada brothel
• Scores hurt as Bangladesh Islamists battle police over plans to give women rights
• Every third woman in Swaziland sexually abused as a child says report
• Mozambique Assembly Passes Bill Against Human Trafficking
• Rise in human trafficking largely unnoticed in Canada, experts say
• 2 vacancies at the Haven Wolverhampton - apply by 18th April
• Fundraising Officer – U-Turn
• Four Vacancies at Birmingham and Solihull Women’s Aid
• Country Director (Ethiopia) for Maternity Worldwide
• Office Manager - Equality Now
• International Projects Co-ordinator - Widows And Orphans International
• Executive Director - UK Women’s Fund - Championing and investing in women
• The hope I had for women in 1968 has been extinguished - Erica Jong
• Gay people still fear widespread discrimination according to new poll for Stonewall
• New sexual harassment law to protect staff from customers
• Failure to share housework to be ‘a breach of partner’s rights’ – draft Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland
• New study ‘backs abortion law’
• Honour Killings Honour Oppressions - conference and launch of the National ‘Honour’ crime helpline 14th May 2008
• RAG Feminist Gathering Fri 2nd to Mon 5th May – Leitrim Ireland
• Women’s Struggle Liberates Ireland / Ireland’s Struggle Liberates Women: Feminism And Irish Republicanism
• UNIFEM Resources from March 2008
• Human trafficking is rife in Enfield and involves children, sexual exploitation and ritual abuse, a major new report has found
• The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has ordered South Wales Police to reopen an inquiry into allegations of rape by a woman who refused to let the case drop
• Tackling Violence Against Women: A Cross-Government Narrative – new report published April 2008
• Closing the net on sex offenders
• Christian Group Sues Google For Refusing Anti-Abortion Ad
• Increased domestic violence an unexpected consequence of new liquor licences in Australia - New licensing model can predict impact on alcohol-related violence
• Cross-examination of rape victims nothing but mental torture (Bangladesh)
• Domestic Violence Act upheld in Delhi High Court
• A fifteen year old girl who was deported to India despite suffering from a rare genetic disorder has lost her fight for life
• UK Motion Calls on International Development Department To Place Women at Center of HIV/AIDS Efforts
• Women activists criticize U.N. appointment
• Nepal’s Historic Vote Puts Women in Running
• Low cost women’s literacy project is leading to big results in Yemen
• Raising awareness against FGM in Puntland Somalia
• More women and children receiving HIV and AIDS treatment – UNICEF report
• Rape Has Two-Fold Consequences in Liberia
• New project in Norfolk helping children troubled by domestic violence
• Trojan Whores - a new play by and about women - 29th April to 25th May
• Housmans - radical booksellers since 1945 – in store events: Feminism Today
• Tangram Theatre Company presents: FUCKED
• Feminist Fightback presents a Teach-In for Reproductive Freedoms
• UK Women’s Fund to launch
• Will the lessons learnt from Banaz’s murder put an end to police shortfalls in responding to victims of honour crimes?
• New processes to put the welfare of children at the heart of care proceedings take effect from 1st April 2008
• Closing the net on sex offenders
• Barnet church group holds sex trafficking lecture with ACPO representative and Helen Bamber
• Churches can give refuge to domestic violence victims, says counsellor
• Five people have been arrested on suspicion of human trafficking after police executed a number of warrants at properties across west Kent
• Government announces a new tranche of specialist domestic violence court systems
• YouTube rape mother arrested for “perverting the course of justice”
• Save Sheila Rowbotham Campaign - new appeal date - 10th April 2008
• A degree of difficulty for feminism as students change the subject
• Petitions against Hooters opening in Southend and Sheffield
• BNP removes ‘women are more troubled by handbag theft than rape’ candidate
• EU Conservatives accuse socialist feminist of colluding in gender selective abortions
• The State Government’s Prostitution Bill has passed the Legislative Council effectively ensuring it will become law (Western Australia)
• Domestic violence reports increase in New Zealand
• Making Connections Between Feminism and Prison Abolitionism - American activist
• CEDAW for Jamaicans
• Bangladesh Government moves to boost women’s rights despite criticism from Muslim cleric
• Struggling to undo the damage of sexual violence in the Central African Republic
• Moves towards political empowerment for women in Mauritania
• Funds to Promote Women’s Rights Dry Up in Ghana
• “Stop Human Trafficking!” is the message of a road show campaign in the Philippines
• Women’s Protection law fails rape victims in Pakistan
• Judges admit they get round law designed to protect women in rape trials
• With a score of 2 out of 10 the Government needs to start taking real action to make the grade for addressing violence against women
• The Lincolnshire Echo is spearheading a campaign to set up a new rape crisis centre
• Living Islam Out Loud - American Muslim Women Speak Tour - London, Oxford, Leicester, Leeds
• Wearside Women in Need
• Ladyfest London 9th to 11th May 2008
• A New Space is open for Women in North East London