Claire Taylor has been named one of the top five cricketers of the year, after leading the women's England cricket team to world cup victory in March.
She's the only woman to have been named in the last 120 years that it's been running.
Sunday, 5 April 2009
Michelle Obama
The US First Lady has wowed audiences in the UK, from Buckingham Palace to the girls school in North London, where she told pupils just how important it was to be the best that they can be. You can read the story here and watch her Secret Service agents get nervous of the 15-year-old girls mobbing Obama ...
Saturday, 4 April 2009
Generic update
The Fawcett society update tells us that the Equality Bill is expected in Parliament on 27th April, so there is still time to lobby Lord Mandelson to take this opportunity to prevent pay inequality by introducing a clause around mandatory gender pay audits. You can find out more here.
Fawcett and Object held an evidence hearing at Parliament on 31st March where local councillors and licensing officials called on MPs and Peers to strengthen proposed reforms to lap dancing club licensing rules. You can find out more and read comments from council representatives here and sign their petition to urge the Government to tighten up licensing reforms here.
Finally, Fawcett has produced a guide to democracy to help ethnic minority women access political power, called Your Voice.
There's also a Public Policy Exchange symposium, entitled Empowering Police and Local Agencies to Tackle Violence Against Women and 'Honour' Based Crime, which will take place on Thursday 21st May 2009 at One Whitehall Place, Westminster:
"Although recent statistics indicate that progress has been made in tackling domestic abuse, significant challenges still remain to safeguard women at risk from harm. Responding to wider public concerns at the general level of violence perpetrated against women and the perceived sexualisation of teenage girls, the Home Office has recently launched a national cross-government public consultation paper Together We Can End Violence Against Women and Girls."
Fawcett and Object held an evidence hearing at Parliament on 31st March where local councillors and licensing officials called on MPs and Peers to strengthen proposed reforms to lap dancing club licensing rules. You can find out more and read comments from council representatives here and sign their petition to urge the Government to tighten up licensing reforms here.
Finally, Fawcett has produced a guide to democracy to help ethnic minority women access political power, called Your Voice.
There's also a Public Policy Exchange symposium, entitled Empowering Police and Local Agencies to Tackle Violence Against Women and 'Honour' Based Crime, which will take place on Thursday 21st May 2009 at One Whitehall Place, Westminster:
"Although recent statistics indicate that progress has been made in tackling domestic abuse, significant challenges still remain to safeguard women at risk from harm. Responding to wider public concerns at the general level of violence perpetrated against women and the perceived sexualisation of teenage girls, the Home Office has recently launched a national cross-government public consultation paper Together We Can End Violence Against Women and Girls."
No peace in the East for women
The New York Times have been picked up by the Lib Dem Voice for their reports about women in Israel, Pakistan and Afghanistan. They write:
"On Friday, The Associated Press reported that Israeli newspapers “aimed at ultra-Orthodox Jewish readers” digitally manipulated a photograph of the new Israeli government, to remove two female cabinet ministers, Limor Livnat and Sofa Landver…
The Pakistani newspaper Dawn reports on Friday that Pakistan’s prime minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani, is “taking serious notice of the public flogging of a girl in Swat” [footage of which was broadcast by Channel 4] and “has ordered the authorities to inquire into the incident and submit a report.”…
All this comes just days after human rights groups expressed concern at a new law in Afghanistan that they say may severely curtail the rights of some women in the country."
You can read the full report, and watch the Channel 4 footage, on the New York Times site.
"On Friday, The Associated Press reported that Israeli newspapers “aimed at ultra-Orthodox Jewish readers” digitally manipulated a photograph of the new Israeli government, to remove two female cabinet ministers, Limor Livnat and Sofa Landver…
The Pakistani newspaper Dawn reports on Friday that Pakistan’s prime minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani, is “taking serious notice of the public flogging of a girl in Swat” [footage of which was broadcast by Channel 4] and “has ordered the authorities to inquire into the incident and submit a report.”…
All this comes just days after human rights groups expressed concern at a new law in Afghanistan that they say may severely curtail the rights of some women in the country."
You can read the full report, and watch the Channel 4 footage, on the New York Times site.
Thursday, 2 April 2009
Keira Knightley in domestic abuse ad
There's a new ad to raise awareness of domestic abuse from Women's Aid. It features Keira Knightley and a whole team of Bafta and Oscar nominated people. It is quite stark, so please be warned that some people will find it too disturbing.
Two women die every week from domestic abuse. Do more. Give £2 a month to Women's Aid.
www.womensaid.org.uk
Two women die every week from domestic abuse. Do more. Give £2 a month to Women's Aid.
www.womensaid.org.uk
Wednesday, 1 April 2009
De-stigmatising abortion
Read the article in the Guardian with Dana Hovig of Marie Stopes here and then be grateful that women at least have the choice to have a say in family planning and read about the new Afghan laws, which look as though will legalise marital rape and severely curtail a woman's freedoms here.
ps. Dana Hovig is a man. Just thought that was interesting. It supports Kerry Macarthy's argument here that we need men to get women's rights.
ps. Dana Hovig is a man. Just thought that was interesting. It supports Kerry Macarthy's argument here that we need men to get women's rights.
Dr Starkey gets bitch-slapped
Dr David Starkey, self-promoting doyenne of the Tudors, has written an article in The Telegraph about how feminised history is destroying the image of Henry VIII.
Quite why he feels we should be more concerned with an overweight, syphilitic, monomaniacal man with no wider reference to the women who stood next to him is anybody's guess (Catherine of Aragon was a much admired regent while Henry VIII was off trying to take over France - surely the politics here is worth considering?)
To read a withering and complete retort to his article, go to The F Word. And then read the comments. He's peeved a lot of women.
Quite why he feels we should be more concerned with an overweight, syphilitic, monomaniacal man with no wider reference to the women who stood next to him is anybody's guess (Catherine of Aragon was a much admired regent while Henry VIII was off trying to take over France - surely the politics here is worth considering?)
To read a withering and complete retort to his article, go to The F Word. And then read the comments. He's peeved a lot of women.
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