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This Christmas 120 women – mothers, daughters, grandmothers, sisters, aunties, friends – will be missing from dinner tables around the UK. During 2013 they have been killed by their violent partner or ex-partner. Their names will be read out in an act of remembrance at a vigil being held in the West Midlands. The candlelit... This Christmas 120 women – mothers, daughters, grandmothers, sisters, aunties, friends – will be missing from dinner tables around the UK. During 2013 they have been killed by their violent partner or ex-partner. Their names will be read out in an act of remembrance at a vigil being held in the West Midlands. The candlelit commemoration, at 4.30pm in the Market Square in25
Nov
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November 25th is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Trigger warning. By Karen Ingala Smith Monday 25th November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. I’ll be highlighting the UK’s shocking record of women22
Nov
2013
Nothing at all to do with race? If you are a human who has access to an internet connection – which seems likely given that you are currently reading this – then last week you probably noticed several things: people still like cats, Jennifer Lawrence has had a haircut, and Lily21
Nov
2013
‘Our grandchildren and their grandchildren will look back at today’ and judge our commitment to them. Christiana Figueres is the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The World Coal Association hosted the ‘International21
Nov
2013
The traditional family model does not guarantee Britons a route out of poverty. The ‘traditional’ (read: patriarchal) family model of the breadwinning father and stay-at-home mother is leaving children in poverty, according to new research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF)20
Nov
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‘Bystander Programmes’ are an innovative approach to challenging gender based violence. Most of us are not ok with sexism and homophobia, but many of us lack the confidence, knowledge or skills to challenge it. We may not be perpetrators or victims of gender based violence, but19
Nov
2013
World Toilet Day is a UN recognised event, observed annually on 19 November since 2001. It is an international day of action aiming to break the taboo around toilets and draw attention to the global sanitation challenge. World Toilet Day has a very serious purpose: it aims to stimulate19
Nov
2013
UK government’s call to keep girls and women safe in crisis tested by Typhoon Haiyan. War and natural disasters are devastating enough, but for thousands of women and girls living through these hellish situations across the globe, things can and unfortunately do get worse. UN18
Nov
2013
Welcome to our round-up of sports news and results from British women both at home and abroad. Football: This week England captain Casey Stoney became the first woman to sit on the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) management committee. “It is an honour and a15
Nov
2013
Portsmouth is gearing up for the fifth of its annual Reclaim the Night events. On 22 November, hundreds of men, women and children in Portsmouth will take to the streets to protest against domestic and sexual violence. Shonagh Dillon, chief executive of local charity for victims and15
Nov
2013
European Advertising Standards Alliance to consider new guidelines to stop sexist advertising. Research shows that exposure to images that sexually objectify or stereotype women can damage women and girls’ self-esteem and mental health, limit and shape their aspirations, and foster14
Nov
2013
Ex-offender gets us to take another look at women in prison and the need for change. When economist Vicky Pryce admitted taking speeding points meant for her former husband, the ex-Cabinet minister Chris Huhne, she found herself convicted of perverting the course of justice. And after a very22
Nov
2013
Focussing on state violence, domestic violence and small arms, and violence during and after conflict. The theme for this year’s 16 Days Campaign of activism against gender violence, which runs from from 25 November-10 December, is ‘From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World22
Nov
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An exhibition of paintings by artist and film-maker Yvette Vanson. Yvette Vanson first picked up a paintbrush in 2004, attending Putney School of Art & Design. She now paints full time and is motivated by a strong political commitment to tackling injustice, by exploring and21
Nov
2013
Higher education unions call for second strike day. The University and College Union (UCU), Unite, Unison and the Education Institute of Scotland (EIS) have called for a second day of strike action on 3 December 2013. On 3 December members of staff and students at universities throughout the20
Nov
2013
Disabled activist talks about winning the battle to save fund allowing people to live independently. The English Appeal Court has unanimously ruled that the Government misinterpreted the law when it decided to close a £320m ring-fenced fund that supports just under 19,000 disabled people20
Nov
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Transgender Day of Remembrance will be observed with vigils and other events around the world. International Transgender Day of Remembrance – 20 November - is to remember those who have been killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. International statistics compiled by19
Nov
2013
Sign the petition now and help stop sexual abuse. Serco, one of the largest and most powerful companies in the UK FTSE 250, runs Yarl’s Wood in Bedfordshire – an immigration removal centre where vulnerable women are detained. And in some cases, allegedly raped and sexually abused18
Nov
2013
Attackers often aim to maim, disfigure and blind their victims rather than kill them. Acid violence is on the rise in the UK, but campaigner Shabina Begum believes it can be eradicated if we all take a stand against it. A UK campaigner and lawyer working with victims of acid attacks18
Nov
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A report has revealed that over 80,000 children face Christmas in temporary housing. The report, by the housing and homeless charity Shelter, and based on government statutory homeless statistics and interviews with homeless families, also revealed that many women and children are in totally15
Nov
2013
by Leigh Kolb. Our regular cross-post from BitchFlicks. Warning: Spoilers Ahead. Throughout the last five seasons of Breaking Bad, the female characters have played key roles – from playing adversaries to aiding and abetting – yet they are often overlooked as secondary14
Nov
2013
Driving home the message that ‘sex without consent is rape’. I was delighted to attend the launch of a fantastic new campaign in Coventry last week: a joint initiative between Coventry City Council and the Coventry Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre (CRASAC) that will focus on the needs14
Nov
2013
It seems there is still confusion around HIV transmission. Of the more than 1,000 people questioned in a new survey in Scotland recently, 54 per cent were unable to correctly identify all of the ways HIV is and is not transmitted from a list of possible routes. According to the online22
Nov
2013
Leading women in the transport sector discuss women and transport. A ‘Women and Transport’ session put on by the Parliamentary Outreach team earlier this week featured four women speakers who either work in the transport industry or have ties to it. It was attended by22
Nov
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The idea is that this report will be a stimulus to further discussion and debate. The Commission on Older Women, chaired by Labour’s Deputy Leader Harriet Harman MP QC and senior Labour figures including Yvette Cooper, Shadow Minister for Equalities, alongside a wide range of senior21
Nov
2013
A chance for young women to say what they need and want. The National Alliance of Women’s Organisations (NAWO) held an event on 7 November aimed at encouraging young women to make their voices heard in the European Union (EU) and in the process revealed what young women want. Hosted as20
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2013
Feminism and equality activism. Why feminism must address all forms of discrimination. by TinaPJ “My feminism is nothing if it is not intersectional” said someone very famous and wise (probably, a brief internet search has revealed nothing so if no-one can be found to which this19
Nov
2013
‘Certain kinds of music have good beats’ but the videos and the message can be ‘completely repulsive’. A new campaign called ‘Rewind&Reframe’ was launched on 11 November which sees young women blogging about their views on music videos. They are also19
Nov
2013
South Korean women’s football in turmoil after coaches demand gender test for star striker. This week, six of the seven coaches in South Korea’s K-League asked not only that Seoul City’s striker Park Eun-Seon be tested, but insisted that she should be banned from playing18
Nov
2013
Here are some woman-centric events for your diary going on around the UK and Ireland this week. Edinburgh: 23 November: Starz in their Eyes at Pilrig Church, 1B Pilrig Street, Edinburgh from 7.30pm. Bringing an added touch of waistcoat sparkle to Leith Walk this November to celebrate15
Nov
2013
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A gaping inequality remains between men’s and women’s sport. Every week, the Guardian publishes a column called “Ask a grown-up”. Children under 10 ask a question that’s been bothering them, and the paper finds an expert to answer it. It often provides a comical14
Nov
2013
Domestic abuse survivor calls for address secrecy in court cases. Eve’s Law is a campaign set up by Eve Thomas and One Voice Never Silenced to ask that victims of domestic abuse should not to be forced to reveal their address in court. Eve Thomas is a survivor of domestic abuse who13
Nov
2013
The new Lord Mayor of London wants to ‘raise the profile of women’ in business during her year in office. Fiona Woolf made this pledge after officially taking up her role as Lord Mayor of the City of London on 8 November. According to her CV, Woolf, a past President of the Law