A couple of weeks ago UK Feminista hosted a fabulously original fundraising event called Women’s Words. There was an array of talented women writers who read from their own work and discussed women in literature and the media. I learned a lot that evening and was also thoroughly entertained. We heard readings from Hannah Poole [...]
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It’s the annual Million Women Rise March on Saturday. Violence against women was one of the issues that came up again and again at our last meeting. Do go along if you are able and show your support for ending violence against women. More info here: http://www.millionwomenrise.com/ A great meeting last night and a lively debate covering a whole specturm of issues around the portrayal of women in the media – from the issues of air-brushing and body image, to ageism on television and the role that advertisers and commissioners of television can play in how the women, we see on [...] At the meeting on Tuesday, both Beatrice and Caroline talked about electoral reform and the introduction of a form of proportional representation (PR) in the voting system as one way which could increase the numbers of women in Parliament. If you’re interested in finding out more, you can do so here at the Vote for Change [...] Progressive Women aims to bring women together to explore issues we’re commonly interested in and support each other in politics and economy. We just want to share with you some of the exciting existing sites out there for women that we can tap into. Here is a flavour of sites that exist already: www.womeninlondon.org.uk Thanks to everyone who came to the meeting on Tuesday night. It was great to see so many progressive women come together to talk about the issues that really matter to us. Nicola said that the one thing we could all do right now would be to make sure we and other women we know [...] |
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