Maya Angelou: ‘I’m So Proud’
Election night became a great moment in history, especially for African-Americans.
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Toni Morrison
Speaking in depth about her life and work, Morrison reflects on her forty-year career as a writer, her unwilling role as a spokesperson for black America, and the likely impact of Barack Obama’s election victory. (BBC Radio 4 interview)
Pulitzer Winning Author Alice Walker on Obama’s First White House Visit as President-Elect
Recent postings- “Women Will Benefit From Secularism” – Nawal El-Saadawi
- ‘Polygamy club’ draws criticism in Indonesia
- Prostitution laws protect dignity and equality says lawyer in Ontario
- Rhode Island to close loophole which allows indoor prostitution
- 52 children rescued in nationwide sex-trafficking raids in the US
- Malawi health workers grapple with rising incidence of rape
- Israel’s first multi-disciplinary rape crisis center opens at Hadassah
- Libya should drop charges against journalist who reported allegations of sexual harassment
- Women’s and gay rights violated under guise of counter-terrorism says UN envoy
- Iceland leads Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index 2009
- new on womensgrid
- Women’s Theatre in the 1970s and 80s
- Volunteer Befrienders (Female) – Hibiscus – London
- Welsh Women’s Aid Trustee advert
- Reclaim the Night Leeds 28th November 2009
- Behind Closed Doors to benefit from inaugural event – 14th November 2009 Leeds
- Revival of This Wide Night at Soho Theatre – 24th November to 5th December 2009
- Tribute to Romy Schneider, 20 – 29 November 2009 including double bill of Maidens in Uniforms
- Women’s Films at The We The Peoples Festival 2009 19, 23-30 November 2009
- Vagina Rex and the Gas Oven – 40th Anniversary Reading – 8th November 2009
- Please sign the petition for continuing funding for Karma Nirvana
- new on women in london
- Head of Communications – Women’s Resource Centre – 23rd November 2009
- Mrs Goundo’s Daughter – Free Event – Forward – 7th December 2009
- New European Campaign on FGM – Forward
- FORWARD releases an Information Services and Support Guide for Young People in the UK
- FGM is always with us – experiences perceptions and beliefs of women affected by female genital mutilation in London – Forward
- Are you an London-based IDVA? – GLDVP
- GLDVP Newsletter – November 2009
- British public supports a legal requirement on employers to check they are paying women and men equally poll for Equal Pay Day finds – Fawcett
- Victory as Peers vote for women, not pimps and punters! – Object and Eaves
- 7 vacancies – Solace Women’s Aid – 12th November 2009
