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FUNDRAISING FOR FEMINIST MEDIA
Posted by Charlotte on June 2, 2010
Tags: donation, feminism, fundraising, The F-Word, UK, Women's Rights
Our good friends over at The F-Word online magazine and blog are fundraising for a brand new website — which you know you want — so commit to the expansion of online accessible feminist discussion in the UK…
FEMALE VOICE IN VIOLENCE: BIRMINGHAM ORGANISATION TENDERS REQUEST
Posted by Charlotte on May 28, 2010
Tags: Birmingham Women, feminism, Women's Rights
Following the success of its London research, ROTA’s Female Voice in Violence project (FVV) is being rolled out in Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham. While ROTA will lead the research, the fieldwork will be supported by a team of young volunteers…
NORTHERN FEMINIST GROUPS TO JOIN!
Posted by Charlotte on May 27, 2010
Tags: Activism, Bradford, feminism, Huddersfield, Women's Rights
In Bradford you can join your fellow feminsits at the Bradford Feminist group. Meetings are at the 1in12 Club Library (top floor) on Albion Street, Bradford, BD7 1JP, UK
The group can be found on northern-indymedia
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FEMINISTS IN DISGUISE
Posted by Laura on May 1, 2010
Tags: Activism, feminism, global, Women's Rights
Finally back home after our (extended) trip to Belize and this piece over at The Guardian caught my eye…
Afghan feminists fighting from under the burqa
A really interesting read about how feminists in Afghanistan are going undercover with the…
POLITICS AT PLAY: IT’S GENERAL ELECTION TIME!
Posted by Charlotte on April 8, 2010
Tags: Abortion, Conservatives, General Election, Labour, LGBT, Voting, Women's Rights
This week the Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced the general election would be taking place on May 6th this year and so we’re off!
If you haven’t registered to vote yet, DO! It’s so important to be active in politics…
FILMS IN LONDON AS PART OF HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Posted by Charlotte on March 15, 2010
Tags: feminism, Human Rights Watch, International News, Subtext Magazine, Women's Rights
This year’s programme includes two empowering films highlighting stories of women’s activism, resistance and solidarity around the world, as well as a short film by a youth filmmaker
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GETTING STERN
Posted by Charlotte on March 15, 2010
Tags: feminism, Rape, Rape Crisis, Stern Report, Subtext Magazine, Women's Rights
The long awaited Stern review came out today so lets brush up on what it is and what’s being said about it online. The Stern review was authored by crossbench peer Baroness Stern in response to two high profile serial…
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…
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S WRITES
Posted by Charlotte on March 5, 2010
Tags: 6degrees, Action Aid, International Women's Day, Jamelia, Women's Rights
What isn’t happening in the two weeks surrounding International Women’s Day? Not much it would seem.
Wednesday night saw the launch of Action Aid’s new tool in the organisations 6degrees campaign, the book See Me, Hear…
HAVE A LITTLE LOOKY
Posted by Charlotte on January 23, 2010
Tags: feminism, News, Women's Issues, Women's Rights
At the F Word – Eaves are holding a pre-election Question Time for Women on the 16th March, where 2,000 people will have the chance to submit questions to the Ministers for Women about their policies on women’s issues.…