Economic Empowerment
Source: Liberation
Date: 27th June
Location: London, United Kingdom
INVITATION
TO
IT MUST STOP!
DISCUSSION AND INFORMATION SESSION – HOUSE OF COMMONS, MONDAY JUNE 27TH, 7PM.
STOP RAPING CONGOLESE WOMEN
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, IT MUST STOP
BREAK THE SILENCE
“THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: THE RAPE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD”
THE STARTING POINT TO CHANGING SOMETHING IS KNOWING ABOUT IT. SPREAD THE SHOCKING STORIES OF THE APPALLING ATROCITIES CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE AGAINST WOMEN, YOUNG GIRLS AND THE CHILDREN IN THE DR CONGO. IT’S HELL ON EARTH. IT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO GO ON FOR SO LONG AND THOSE WHO HOLD POWER ALL OVER THE WORLD HAVE TAKEN SO LITTLE POSITIVE ACTION. JOIN NOW! TAKE ACTION!
STREATHAM LABOUR WOMEN’S FORUM IS HOLDING AN EVENT AT THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ON JUNE 27TH AT 7 PM TO HIGHLIGHT THE HORRORS FACED BY WOMEN IN DR CONGO. PLEASE COME ALONG. THIS EVENT IS FREE OF CHARGE AND BY INVITATION ONLY. PLEASE CONTACT ME AT This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. TO BOOK A PLACE. THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO MEN AND WOMEN.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS VITAL CAMPAIGN, LOG ON TO: www.liberationorg.co.uk OR CONTACT:
JOSE MUSAU KALANDA VICTORIA DOVE DIMANDJA
TEL: 00 44 7980997569 TEL: 00 44 7949776088
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Source: Suppressed Histories Events
Date: : Friday, May 20, 2011
Location: Southern California, USA
This is the greatness they denied, but that you always knew existed. We'll see the exquisite Yoruba portrait heads of Ilè-Ifé, stone sculptures at Esie, and Benin bronzes. Clay figurines of Zimbabwe, lake Chad, and Uganda. Queenly crowns and female drums, wooden ancestor icons and masks; dancers, weavers, women's art in clay, calabash, mudcloth, murals, and baskets; harpists from around Africa, izangoma and rainmakers, and female warriors, liberators and liberationists.
Temple of Ravenmoon
5808 E. Rogene Street, Long Beach, CA 90815
$10 to 20. sliding scale.
Heritage posters, art prints, magnets and dvds will be for sale.
Source: Filmmaking.net
Date: 7-May-2011
Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States
The Women of African Descent Film Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2011. The Festival is presented each May in Brooklyn, NY by The Brooklyn Chapter of the Links. In 2002, to mark the milestone of its 50th Anniversary, and to continue its legacy of showcasing the talent and accomplishments of African American artists, the Brooklyn Chapter began sponsoring this film festival for women filmmakers. This tradition has continued annually since then and takes place at the Spike Lee Screening Room at the Brooklyn Campus of Long Island University in May of each year.
Formed in 1952, The Brooklyn Chapter of The Links, Inc., an organization of African American professional women, is dedicated to the support of educational, civic, and cultural activities in Brooklyn. A chapter of The Links, Inc., an international organization comprised of 276 chapters and over 11,000 members in 42 states, the District of Columbia, South Africa, the Bahamas and Germany, the Brooklyn Chapter works under the guidelines of the national body in providing services to its Brooklyn community in four mission areas: services to youth, health and wellness, the arts, and civic involvement.
The foundation for all of the chapter's programs and services is rooted in the African American tradition of giving and volunteerism. Members share a deep sense of communal responsibility, and for the past 50 plus years have been committed to actively initiating and supporting educational, cultural, and civic programs, that positively impact the lives of people from Brooklyn's African American/Caribbean communities.
Source: Land for African Women
Date: 30th May - 2nd June 2011
Location: Nairobie, Kenya
Oxfam, ActionAid, and ACORD with support from others are convening the African Women’s Land Rights Conference, to be held from 30th May to 2nd June 2011 in Nairobi, Kenya.
The conference will bring together women’s and land rights activists and organisations including farmer associations, pastoralist groups, women survivor groups, lawyers, parliamentarians and academics that are committed to strengthening women’s rights in Africa.
The purpose of the event is to re-energize the struggle for women’s land rights and access to justice and reparation as fundamental human rights and the basis for women’s empowerment, and improved food security and social justice in Africa. Amongst other specific issues the conference will address access to justice and reparations related to conflicts, sexual gender based violence (SGBV) and land.
Source: Forward
Date: 5-6 May 2011
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Naana Otoo-Oyortey, FORWARD's Executive Director will be presenting "FGM: Community Based work in the UK" and "FGM: policy Development in the UK" at the Symposium on Female Genital Cutting (FGC): Focus on Canagian Approaches to Addressing FGM on May 5-6, 2011 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Abstracts:
FGM: Community Based work in the UK
This presentation will share FORWARD's community development approach to addressing female genital mutilation (FGM) in the UK. The women's health and leadership skills training is designed to increase essential skills of women from FGM practicing communities and targets women from East Africa and West Africa. The approach aims to enable women to work towards ending FGM and to empower women and young people to access needed services. The modules focus on confidence building; communication and facilitation skills; FGM law and safeguarding children and FGM and sexual and reproductive health. The presentation will also discuss the PEER study results and Young People Speak Out Programme and screen the 8 minute DVD - "Think Again" developed by young women for raising awareness.
FGM: Policy Development in the UK
This presentation will review UK Policy on FGM in recent years and highlight the need to strike a balance between prosecution, provision and prevention. It will examine UK's legal and safeguarding policy and the new multi-agency guidelines for professionals. It will outline barriers to effective implementation of existing policies and absence of prosecution in the UK. The presentation will close with a review of the END FGM European Campaign strategy recommendations for effective action on tackling FGM within Europe based on five key dimensions; data collection, health, violence against women and girls, asylum, and development cooperation.
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FGC Symposium May 5-6 Poster.pdf (.pdf 159.3 KB) |
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FGC Symposium Application Form.doc (.doc 275.5 KB) |
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