Rogue preachers use ‘witch’ scares to abuse, including sexually, children

Unregulated ministers play on believers’ superstitions to beat, starve and sexually abuse children
When she had turned 18, her pastor said she would need to sleep with him 21 times to rid her family of the witchcraft that caused their problems. “It felt as if I was being raped.”
Children are being branded as witches in churches [...]

Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to London will be met with ‘Ordain women Now’ posters splashed out on the capital’s buses.

Protest group, Catholic Women’s Ordination has taken out £10,000 of ad space on London buses for a month starting August 30th – the Pope arrives in the UK on September 16 and will spend two days in the city.
The slogan “Pope Benedict Ordain Women Now” will appear on 10 buses which includes routes that [...]

New figures show scale of child maintenance debt – Gingerbread calls for arrears collection target

New figures obtained by Gingerbread, the single parent charity, show the scale of child maintenance debt across the country – yet the Child Support Agency (CSA) has no target for 2010-11 for the collection of child maintenance arrears. Grimsby, Milton Keynes and Blackpool top the list of highest debtors.
Commenting on the figures, which [...]

Women’s Asylum News July 2010

The July edition of Women’s Asylum News is now available online here http://www.asylumaid.org.uk/data/files/publications/138/WAN_July_2010.pdf
The lead article in this month’s issue covers the latest report by Asylum Aid on the Women’s Asylum Charter and has been written by Debora Singer, Policy and Research Manager at Asylum Aid. The report shows what progress has been made towards a [...]

Project Co-ordinator (ESOL and Community Learning) – Toynbee Hall – 23rd August 2010

Are you interested in the lives of migrant women in Tower Hamlets, and providing a quality service to meet their needs?
Do you have the skills and enthusiasm to run and develop this work at Toynbee Hall?
Deesha is the name for Toynbee Hall’s pre-ESOL community learning project, which seeks to teach English informally to women in [...]

EHRC response to the government announcement that the default retirement age will be abolished

Government acknowledge that keeping older Britain’s in the workforce has benefits all round
Baroness Margaret Prosser, Deputy Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, said:
“We believe today’s announcement abolishing the default retirement age will make it easier for businesses planning their workforce.
“It will simplify retirement planning from what is, at the moment, [...]

New EHRC guide to UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities

Commission seeks assurance from Government that the treaty will be fully implemented
A new guide to the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled Persons (UNCRDP) has been published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission today.
The Commission’s guide will help disabled people to know what their rights are and how to use them. It [...]

Victory – Government backs down on anonymity

Press release Women Against Rape
We are glad the government has been forced to back down on the proposal to give anonymity to men accused of rape. Since the day it was announced we publicly opposed the proposal, and the fury of women all over the country has snowballed, including among many journalists and MPs.
Why [...]

The Ministry of Justice has confirmed that the law will not be changed to grant anonymity to men accused of rape in England and Wales

* The plan had been included in the government’s coalition agreement but it now says it will put pressure on media outlets not to name suspects instead.
* It denies a U-turn saying it had never been ministers’ intention to legislate.
* Labour and female Tory MPs said anonymity could send a negative signal about women who [...]

Rape victims intimidated by courts says Rape Crisis in Ireland

The number of rape cases making it to court in Ireland dropped by over a third last year because a growing number of victims are intimidated by the legal process, say rape crisis experts.
There were fresh calls last night for measures to help bring rape cases to court after figures showed a 37% drop trials [...]

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