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LONDON TO HAVE RAPE CRISIS CENTRES QUADRUPLED
Posted by Charlotte on March 8, 2010
Tags: Boris Keep Your Promise, Domestic Violence, Gendered Violence, london, Rape Crisis, Women and Girls Network, Women's Rights
Well, since the twitter account for the Mayor of London went to all the effort of adding a load of feminists on Friday I should at least share the reason over here. We heard last week that the…
EMPOWERING WOMEN AWARDS
Posted by Charlotte on March 2, 2010
Tags: Avon, Awards, Domestic Violence, Marie Claire, Women's Aid
Avon and Women’s Aid launched the Empowering Women Awards last night to celebrate the work and lives of women who have been affected by domestic violence or worked tirelessly to help eradicate it.
Judges are Sarah Brown, Tana…
NEW AD CAMPAIGN TO TACKLE TEEN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Posted by Charlotte on February 15, 2010
Tags: advertising campaign, Domestic Violence, Raising Awareness, shane meadows, Subtext Magazine, Teenage domestic violence
The Home Office is launching a new £2m TV, internet, poster and radio campaign to raise awareness about teen domestic violence launching with an ad directed by Shane Meadows, the director who brought us Somerstown, This is England and…
CHANGING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Posted by Charlotte on December 23, 2009
Tags: BBC, Domestic Violence, feminism, Scotland, Subtext Magazine, Women's Rights
The BBC Reports that Scotland are launching a new campaign to raise awareness about Domestic Violence in a big to reach out to women in safe spaces away from abusers. The posters (below) will be posted in 27…
TACKLING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN THE WELSH ASSEMBLY GOVERNMENT
Posted by Charlotte on September 25, 2009
Tags: Action Alert, Activism, Domestic Violence, Politics, Violence Against Women
H/T Million Women Rise – from Hannah Austin
“We are campaigning for the Welsh Assembly Government to improve their policies to tackle violence against women in Wales. 2 women a week are still dying of domestic abuse alone in…
READ ALL ABOUT IT: SENSATIONALISM SUCKS
Posted by Charlotte on September 23, 2009
Tags: Domestic Violence, News, Women and Crime
Someone thought it appropriate to send this link to one of my feminist associates email addresses
I’m reading…
LESSONS ON FORMING NONVIOLENT RELATIONSHIPS REALLY AS EASY AS ABC?
Posted by Laura on August 5, 2009
Tags: Articles, Children, Domestic Violence, Education, Fat Politics, News, Violence Against Women, Youth
Today’s The Daily Mail reported on Harriet Harman’s initiative to tackle domestic violence through compulsory lessons on forming healthy relationships for children five and upwards. Before I explain my views on Harman’s proposals, I just want to comment…
A MORAL LESSON FROM THE DAILY MAIL : YOU WHORES WILL PROBABLY GET WHAT'S COMING TO YOU
Posted by Charlotte on August 1, 2009
Tags: Daily Fail, Domestic Violence, News, Rant, Raunch Culture
The Daily Mail is a newspaper that can only be described as offensive to the feminist sensibilities, it is an odious rag that peddles dirty gender stereotypes, xenaphobia, racism, homophobia, transphobia, misogony. But, it is a dirty rag that a…
BORIS KEEP YOUR PROMISE – SAVE LONDON'S LAST RAPE CRISIS CENTRE LAUNCH NIGHT
Posted by Charlotte on June 5, 2009
Tags: Activism, Domestic Violence, feminism, News, Rape Crisis
The joys of being back in London mean I’m getting the opportunity to pop about the city seeing what’s going on; last night it was the launch of the North London Fawcett pressure group to make sure Boris keeps his…
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ON THE SMALL SCREEN
Posted by Charlotte on April 3, 2009
Tags: Domestic Violence, Films, Violence Against Women
The release of Women’s Aid’s new Domestic Violence short, “Cut”, starring Keira Knightley has put many questions out there. About the relevance or useful nature of using celebrities in DV campaigning, was the video to graphic, will it have…