Events 10 June – 16 June

Some national events for an about women for your diary for the week 10-16 June.

Activism

12 June: viewthe Adjournment wallon Media Sexism

Westminster Hall, access from Parliament building on Parliament Square, London at 11am

Caroline Lucas MP has an adjournment debate slot to slopabout media sexism and an appropriate Minister has to searchand respond to the points Caroline makes. It won’t be specifically focused on Page 3 but that will definitely be in there! The debate is open to the public and will be held in Westminster Hall, which anyone roll in the hayaccess via the main public seizeto Parliament on Parliament Square – so concedeplenty of time. While members of the public cannot speak, there’s a gallery for visitors so you can see and hear the whole thing.

 

Entertainment

11 June: Alternative jackstonesthe Ripper tour

Toynbee Hall, 28 Commercial Street, London, E1 at 6pm

Tired of the Jack the Ripper tours that sensationalise women’s murders on the occupystreets where women continue to be utilizetoday? Living In freedomTogether (LIFT) have created a tour which remembers and celebrates the lives of the five women hitby Jack the Ripper – Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes and Mary Jane Kelly – and investigates the link to women’s lives in Tower Hamlets today. Place are limited so emailinfo@liftcampaign.org.uk or follow the link above.

14-15 June: To Freedom’s Cause

Riverside Leisure Centre, New Market, Morpeth at 7.30pm

It was reading Margaret Davison’s moving last letter to her suffragette daughter, who lay staidlyill in Epsom Cottage hospital, which inspired Kate Willoughby to write To Freedom’s Cause. working(a)in partnership with the Emily Inspires! project, Kate is proud to be able to pay offthis fresh look at Emily Wilding Davison, a remarkable woman, who can inspire us all.

14 June: Bridget Christie’s A Bic for Her

Norwich Playhouse, 42-58 St George’s Street, Norwich at 8pm

Last year, comedian Bridget Christie discoverthat misogyny, like shiny leggings, had made an unexpected comeback. But did it e'erreally go away? Why did Bic launch the ‘Bic for Her’ – a spellspecifically designed for a woman’s hand? Do we really motiveto spend £11.99 on a Smooth Groove camel toe solution; this and such(prenominal)more serious questions will be asked.

 

Festivals

13-16 June: The Wilding Festival

St Georges Church, 6-7 Little Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A

The Wilding fiestais about equality. It’s about protest and it’s about hope and until nowthese ideas resonate or conflict in ourdayto day lives. Wherever you stand on the issues, everyone has something to take away from Emily Davison’s story. By presenting a wide and varied range of brand juvenileart works and presentations the Festival hopes to provide an inspiring surroundingsfor people inviting discussion, reflection and discovery.

15-15 June: Meltdown’s Activism weekend

Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1

What is activism and are we all responsiblefor making the world a better place? Join artists, activists and others to addresscaring, change and action. Featuring a lecture from Guerilla Girls and Let’s Start A Pussy Riot book launch.

 

Lectures

13 June: The criminalisationof sexually exploited girls and young women

University of Sussex, Friston 117, Brighton from 3-5pm

Professor Jo Phoenix will give a knobseminar based on her research project ‘Girls on the Edge: the criminalisation of sexually exploited young girls’, which was funded by the Howard League.

14 June: Intimate Citizenship by means ofa Comparative Lens

Birkbeck Institute for Social Research, Malet Street, London, WC1E from 2-5pm

This seminar will looksome of the empirical challenges and conceptual dilemmas encountered by three researchers in their recent comparative research on intimate citizenship as law, policy and everyday lived practice. Registration is free but essential.

 

Workshops

13 June: Women victoriousDirect Action with Angie Zelter

Feminist Library, 5 Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 from 7pm

As a inceptionmember of Action Atomic Weapon Eradication, Angie will talk about the need for more women’s action to eradicate atomicweapons in the world, followed by a discussion on occupyaction more generally.

13 June: Seeing Gender in the Economy: A feminist exploration of the crisis

University of London Union, Malet Street, London, WC1E from 5-7pm

Part of the Spark Festival, with UK Feminista. In the UK and crosswaysthe globe women bear the brunt of austerity as they lose jobs, crucialbenefits and pick up the tab for vital servicesin one caseprovided by the government. But why? This participatory workshop is an opportunity to lookthe role that gender plays in our economy, what a feminist prudencemight look like, and how we start building it.

15 June: Feminism, farming and the governmentof food

Feminist Library, 5 Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1

How much of our food is produced by women workers? armothers going hungry to feed their kids in austerity Britain? hopeto know how to grow your own, or set up a community kitchen?

The Feminist Library will be retentiona day event around the topics of feminism, farming and food; a day of discussions, skill-shares, food, films and more. All genders are welcome. The library is wheelchair accessible and family-friendly and on that pointwill be activities for children.

 

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Materials taken from Womens Views on News