Baroness Howells Lectures in Luton this coming Friday 28th March

The first £500 from attendance or donations will enable a brick in the new Grenada Parliament to be named after Helen Mercury.
If you are unable to attend, please consider donating £1 via to the GIFT campaign. Visit the Baroness’ website for details – http://www.whatwebuilt.com
4.00 – 5.30 pm – YOUTH LEADERSHIP LECTURE (Venue: Hat Factory)
Especially for [...]

Women Leading The Community

Images of Black Women
in Association with 100 Black Men of London
An inspiring double bill followed by a panel discussion that features Sybil Phoenix & Gerty Archimède stories.
The documentaries draw attention to similarities and differences between black women’s fight against discrimination in France and the UK.
GUEST SPEAKERS:
* Sybil Phoenix
* Patrick Lozès
DATE: Saturday 29 March 2008
TIME: [...]

Czech women activists reject connection of IWD with communism

Representatives of Czech women’s organisations and some Czech politicians reject International Women’s Day (IWD) being constantly connected in the Czech Republic with socialism and the totalitarian regime, they told CTK.
They said March 8 (on which International Women’s Day is celebrated) should remain a significant day in the Czech Republic to remind people of the [...]

On IWD KwaZulu-Natal calls for an end to women abuse

The KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Premier’s office has issued a strong message against the abuse of women in the province as International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated worldwide today.
Premier Sbu Ndebele’s spokesperson, Logan Maistry, says more than one billion people in the world, the great majority of whom are women, still live in unacceptable conditions of poverty, [...]

Women in Mumbai on International Women’s Day

Various women organizations gathered in Mumbai to urge government to shed apathy towards ensuring gender equity on International Women’s Day (IWD).
“We are observing the day as the day of breach of confidence. Many promises were made to us, we were told that 33 per cent reservation for women in jobs and in Parliament would be [...]

Women’s Day March in Nablus

On Thursday 6th March 2008 the Women’s Committees of Nablus marched through the centre of the city to protest against the recent massacre in Gaza during which more than 115 people were murdered. In preparation for International Women’s Day on the 8th of March, the women of Nablus took to the streets carrying banners and [...]

On International Women’s Day, the Suffering of Palestinian Women Continues

On 8 March, the world celebrates International Women’s Day. This event is one of the most distinguished ones renewing support for women’s issued and their struggle for equality, and commitment to women’s enjoyment of all their rights in accordance with international standards and conventions.
The 8th of March comes this year upon Palestinian women as they [...]

Afghan women mark International Women’s Day

More than 1,000 women gathered at two events in Kandahar on Saturday to mark International Women’s Day.
One after the other, women who had lost their sons, husbands and brothers to the fighting and suicide attacks in Afghanistan rose, wrapped in white scarves, to share their stories.
Sobbing, they called for peace and for women’s rights. There [...]

ACTSA rally for democracy and dignity

Speech by Brendan Barber, TUC General Secretary in Trafalgar Square, 12 noon, Saturday 8 March 2008
Friends, comrades, brothers and sisters,
It is a pleasure to bring greetings from the TUC and the six and a half million workers we represent, and I am proud to offer our solidarity to the Zimbabwean people.
Proud to offer our backing [...]

Million Women Rise speech by Isla Arendell from the Women’s Institute

Why is it that the Government has yet to set a date by which they hope to end violence against women? It is, after all, our basic human right to be able to live free from violence and its threat.
Today, to mark International Women’s Day, we are here to stand strong and make our voices [...]

New commitments to tackle sexual and domestic violence on International Women’s Day (Home Office)

Ten of the 23 Specialist Domestic Violence Courts achieved a successful prosecution rate of over 70 per cent, with one reaching over 80 per cent and the remaining 12 achieving an average rate of 66 per cent according to a Review published today by the Government, as the Home Secretary announced almost £1 million of [...]

Million Women Rise Statement

There is a place, where words are born of silence,
Where whispers of the heart arise….
Rumi
The Million Women Rise Coalition expresses its sincere thanks to all the women who assisted in making the march and rally on 8 March 2008 in Central London a truly amazing, herstorical and successful event. Thousands of women joined the million [...]

“Government support for IWD is a Radical Feminist Plot to subvert women’s gender roles”!!

International Women’s Day: Code for ‘Advancing Radical Feminism Around the Globe’
Eagle Forum, a leading pro-family organization founded by Phyllis Schlafly, author of Feminist Fantasies, condemns the U.S. Government’s endorsement of the worldwide feminist event, International Women’s Day (IWD). According to its website, IWD is a “global day connecting all women around the world and inspiring [...]

IWD debates House of Lords and Commons and reference to Rape Crisis

International Women’s Day Debate in the House of Commons
A transcript of the debate can be read on the ‘they work for you’ web site at http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2008-03-06a.1931.0&m=1971
Extract re Rape Crisis Centres:
Barbara Follett (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Government Equalities Office)
“ … I must mention violence against women and, in particular, rape crisis centres. I am pleased that we have [...]

In celebration of all Sisters

Women only event at CLUB E3, 562a Mile End Road, E3 4HP
Sunday 23rd March – 8pm till late
An evening of musical entertainment
£8 before 11 pm
Contact 07956 239 093

In Celebration of My Sisters – now in its 12th year

Sister Village – Saturday 22 March 2008 from 1pm
Royal Festival Hall – Free
Enjoy a special Sister Village, featuring an array of stalls, jewellery, books and clothing, all owned and operated by women.
From 2pm-7pm, enjoy fashion shows, make-up demonstrations, poetry and jazz from the Myke Masters band.
Author Beverley East reads from her book Reaper of Souls [...]

Women’s Films for March at the Cine Club Latin American House

Lucía
13 March 7:00 pm
£2 / £1 members
Lucía is an anthology film that tells the stories of three Lucías, one in 1895, when the Cubans fought for independence from the Spaniards; other in 1933, when Cuban popular resistance against the dictator Geraldo Machado resulted in failure; and the third in 196-, in the aftermath of the [...]

“I feel like a bird in a cage, with broken wings. I feel I am in an open prison, though with no bars.”

These words are not the lyrics of a song. Neither are they a verse from a poem. Rather, they are a description of how a young mother feels day after day. She lives in County Mayo and is a medical doctor.
Last Friday afternoon, along with a number of other women, she addressed an audience in [...]

Royal Association for the Deaf BME International Women’s Day Event

Royal Association for the Deaf (RAD) BME service working together with DeafPLUS (Ealing) is providing a small event called “International Women’s Day”
This will include:
* Speech about “What is International Women’s Day?”
* Role models describing their life
* Light buffet provided
We are currently looking for one more Deaf Ethnic woman to talk about their life and to [...]

Meeting women from other cultures

15 March 2008 from 19:00 onwards
Temple of Peace and Health, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3AP
An evening hosted by UNIFEM and SOVA Wales to which all are welcome to attend and to meet women from other cultures to share experiences and perceptions.
SOVA recruits and trains volunteers from the community to achieve its [...]