Empowering Women! “I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning to sail my ship”

Date: 13 December 2010 to 18 December 2010
Location: France
Deadline: 16 October 2010
Target groups: Trainers, Youth workers
For participants from: ALL YOUTH IN ACTION PROGRAMME COUNTRIES, NEIGHBOURING PARTNER COUNTRIES
Summary: The seminar will deal with the empowerment of women: it will deepen what empowering means (liberty, power, knowledge and capacity for taking decisions) and how it is searched in various sectors of life (economy, politics, education and health).
Application form available online at:

http://www.salto-youth.net/tools/training/find-a-training/1859.htm

Rape Crisis groups in England and Wales have called for clarification from the coalition government over sustainable funding for Rape Crisis.

Highlighting the critical funding situation member groups of Rape Crisis currently face, Rape Crisis England and Wales is urging the coalition to honour its commitment to the sector and asking supporters to join their campaign. You can join the supporters’ group on their Facebook page, send a letter to Theresa May, the home secretary, or ask your local MP to support victims’ rights.

For more information on the campaign go to the Rape Crisis England and Wales website.

On 29th October 2010, Million Women Rise will present the Women Healing Women conference, hosted by Roshni, in Nottingham.

This conference will be an all-day event aimed at all women who identify as women of Black, Asian, minority ethnic and refugee backgrounds, who care for and are interested in ending male violence against women and children in all its forms. So put the date in your diary, there will be more information in future enews bulletins.

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Making education gender equality history

By Rosie Peppin-Vaughan and Moira Wilkinson

On 27 June, when England were defeated 4-1 by Germany, Greater Manchester police logged 353 incidents of domestic violence.

A spokesman for the force said the figure was the second highest recorded so far this year — and 15.7% higher than the same day last year.

Police forces had been asked to highlight the issue after research conducted during the last World Cup showed that domestic violence increased by almost a third during the tournament.

Greater Manchester police teamed up with 10 local authorities, the Greater Manchester Domestic Abuse Helpline and Greater Manchester Public Health Network to launch an End the Fear World Cup campaign aimed at encouraging victims to seek support.

The helpline received 635 calls in June — which encompassed three weeks of the tournament — but the majority of cases of domestic abuse took place after England lost to Germany.

“Apart from New Year’s Day, it’s the highest number of domestic abuse incidents recorded in a day so far this year ,” said the spokesman.

Assistant Chief Constable Terry Sweeney said the figures underlined the importance of the campaign.

“I am pleased at how many people have responded to the campaign so far and found the courage to come forward,” he said. “I also want to send a clear message to offenders that there is no excuse for domestic abuse at any time, and we will look to ensure that those responsible are caught and brought to justice.”

The End the Fear campaign used graphic images such as a bloodied football shirt with “strike her” written on the back, and a broken bottle dripping with blood with a caption reading: “Do you have the bottle to stop?”

The images were used online and as posters in pubs, hospitals and doctor’s surgeries.

Constabularies in the Isle of Man, Cumbria and West Yorkshire launched similar campaigns to combat the rise in domestic violence during the World Cup.

Gail Dines, the author of an explosive new book about the sex industry, on why pornography has never been a greater threat to our relationships

read this article at  www.guardian.co.uk/world/feminism

The Church of England’s governing body is meeting in York to try to find a way to introduce women bishops without driving Anglicans apart.

The general synod will discuss plans aimed at giving traditionalists enough exemptions from serving under a woman.

But liberals in the synod have said they will not accept any measure that dilutes women bishops’ authority.

There is also a growing row over a decision to block the appointment of a gay cleric as Bishop of Southwark.

Some of the traditionalists have threatened to convert to Roman Catholicism over the issue of female bishops.

At the centre of the row are plans for “extra” or “nominated” bishops appointed to look after those parishes which do not agree with the appointment of women.

read more on the BBC news website

BBC Blast are currently running a national tour travelling to 28 locations nationwide offering free workshops on anything from streetdance to fashion design or filming.

BBC Blast is a creative service for 13-19 year-olds, check out the website for more info and opportunities to get creative including loads of video resources to help get you started.

Also find out about opportunities for work experience across the BBC, including working as a reporter, and on tour.

“Time Out From Anger”

This course is from ‘Positive Parenting’ which is part of ‘Care for the Family’. It is nationally known and widely used. It is to run on 4 consecutive Friday mornings at The Pankhurst Centre by Jayne Martin from the WomenMATTA team.

“Time Out From Anger” is a four week course, although this can be flexible if needed. It focuses on two main areas; managing our own anger (in relation to dealing with children) and helping children manage their anger. There is also a course book that will be given free of charge to those who complete the course.

The aims of the course are:

• To raise awareness of the causes and effects of anger
• To understand the anger process
• To practice some anger management strategies
• To enable parents to respond helpfully to children’s anger
• To help parents learn how to model and explain anger management strategies to their children
• To enable parents to explain the Anger River analogy to their children
• To introduce some age appropriate strategies which children and young people can be taught

This course is often used as a pre-cursor for the other parenting courses this organization produces. It is my intention that after this course there will be a “Time out for Teenagers” course, also with a free course book on completion, to run soon after the completion of “Time out from Anger”

Women MATTA Booking Form_Time Out From Anger

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