Index to postings – September 2009
Posted on December 17, 2009
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September 2009
- Birmingham Feminists are holding their first Reclaim The Night march on Saturday 17th October 2009
- The Birdhouse Cake Sale – 11th October Manchester – How you can help
- Blow the Fuse was 20 years old this year and we’ve lined up a great series of gigs to finish off 2009
- Call for Essays: Transnational Feminisms – by 15th October 2009
- Consultation on transitional arrangements for changes to the regulation of lap dancing clubs and similar venues in England and Wales
- Rape Crisis response to announcement of a review of how rape complaints are handled
- Review of How Rape Complaints Are Handled Announced
- Eileen Calder, founder of the Rape Crisis Centre, calls on Belfast City Council to cancel convicted rapist Mike Tyson’s invitation to the Waterfront Hall
- A teenager who claims she was sexually abused by her father has launched a legal challenge against a decision not to prosecute him
- Figures obtained following a Freedom of Information request showed some UK police forces were failing to record more than 40% of cases
- Some councils are failing to provide housing to victims of domestic violence without children
- Fair Play – awareness raising play seeking feedback – 24th September 2009
- Support Clause 13: A Crucial Step Towards Ending Commercial Sexual Exploitation
- Lap dancing clubs tried to enlist Lords in ’sex venue’ licences battle
- Lost youth: turning young girls into sex symbols
- ‘Women Creating Change Award’ winner announced at SMK Campaigner Awards 2009 ceremony
- 2 vacancies – Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation – 7th October 2009
- 4 vacancies – DVIP – 30th September 2009
- Judge decides jail not probation for two pornographers
- Two in three women rescued during raids to tackle people smuggling for the sex trade have since disappeared
- Green Party leader calls for rethink on sex work
- Changes in unmarried fathers’ rights mooted in Ireland
- Dynamic Benefits report contains good ideas but fails to address key barriers to work say child poverty campaigners
- NHS asking Health and Public Sector Professionals to Give Their Views on improving Services for Domestic Violence Victims
- Abortion ad rules review delayed
- UN assembly votes for more powerful women’s agency
- 19 year old survivor of sexual abuse sets up web site to help others victims like her
- Mike Tyson faces Belfast rape protest
- Landmark ruling set to boost rape convictions in Scotland
- Save Behind Closed Doors – outreach service for women suffering domestic abuse in Leeds
- More than 130 victims of domestic violence and abuse have visited the country’s second Family Justice Centre since it was opened in Derby three months ago
- Closing the women’s refuge in Weymouth could leave ‘blood on the hands of the council’ according to campaigners
- Recession trapping abused women says Women’s Aid Ireland
- Domestic violence up a third in four years Liberal Democrats reveal
- Sharp rise in number of women guilty of domestic violence
- Child poverty reduced if both parents go to work
- Families to protest in Dublin over child benefit
- Migrants ‘being denied a roof over their heads’ in Northern Ireland
- New information added to Women in London up to 9th September 2009
- Lap Off – Haringey Council to decide on lap dancing club – your support needed to oppose this
- Women in Journalism Seminar: From Journalist To Novelist
- Iraqi Women’s Role in the Anti-colonial Resistance
- Militarism and Underdevelopment
- Created Equal: Voices on Women’s Rights – Book Launch
- Murder in the name of honour: Rana Husseini
- International CEDAW Conference – Womankind and One World Action – 11 November 2009
- Community Development Worker (Female) – Women’s Therapy Centre –1st October 2009
- Parenting Worker (Mothers) – DviP – 30th September 2009
- Jyoti Team Leader & Counsellor – Bradford Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Survivors Service
- Weymouth Women’s Refuge will close under Supporting People Agenda
- The Feminist Webs Project Launches North West Road-Show and ‘Post’ Feminist post card project
- Campaign to challenge body image pressures
- Internet providers face child porn crackdown
- The head of a new sex-crime taskforce says as much emphasis should be put on the behaviour of the accused as is placed on the victim during rape cases
- Calls have been made for an overhaul of the way courts deal with rape cases after figures revealed that only 6% of reports made in Derbyshire end up in a conviction
- Therapeutic Young Person’s Advocate (TYPA) – Derbyshire Rape Crisis – 18th September 2009
- Director – Birth Companions – 18th September 2009
- Protest in support of Lubna Hussein – 4th September – London
- Mass protest expected as council meets to decide future of Weymouth women’s refuge on 2 Sept
- Men abuse more but women more likely to be arrested
- Teen girls abused by boyfriends warns NSPCC
- Lesbian parents now permitted to be named on birth certificates
- Are “gender blind” court rulings biased against working mothers in custody cases?
- Tell the PM to deliver free health care for mums and babies in poor countries
- How can we lock up children seeking asylum?
- Women and children at risk in refugee hostels warns Galway Rape Crisis Centre
- Paid and volunteer vacancies with women’s groups – updated
- Children’s and Young Person’s Independent Sexual Violence Advisor – CRASAC
- Interim Director – Jagonari Women’s Education – 21st September 2009
- Admin Volunteer – Women’s Therapy Centre – 16th September 2009
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