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Ongoing Events 08

• London’s Burning The Great Fire of London 1666 more
• Diana, Princess of Wales at the National Portrait Gallery, London more

Monthly Events 08

• New: TV favourites Alison Steadman and David Troughton star in a dark comedy written by one of theatre’s greatest observers of the English way of life, Alan Bennett. read more
• Black History Studies Ltd presents 'What is Black Women's History' - An introduction to the history and cultural achievements of Black Women more

News & Features

Articles, tributes, and areas of interest to Women + news updates from other sites...
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Mia Morris profiled on www.obv.org.uk

Mia Morris, described as a renaissance woman, has established herself as a leading light in the Black community. OBV profiles this lady on a mission to raise Black awareness...

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News Letters of Interest
"Winners of The NatWest everywoman Awards"
EveryWoman Dec 07	read
The Search for the Truth	read

• NEW: Special report on Women & Philanthropy: PDF version | web version
• Mary Peters, born in Liverpool, moved at 11 to Northern Ireland. Through much hard work, and determination, Peters won a gold medal & world record in the pentathlon at the Munich Olympics in 1972... Read On...
• Emma Goldman belonged to a group of artists, writers, & intellectuals, mostly libertarians, some revolutionaries... united by rejection of bourgeois culture & fervour for causes like socialism, labour movement, sexual freedom, anarchism, & feminism... Read On...
• United Nations Development Programme: Millennium Development Goals. Read On...
• Louise Michel, French anarchist school teacher, and leader of The Paris Commune. Read On...
• 100 Black Screen Icons is a unique website that sheds light on 100 of the most significant black personalities in film and television and asks visitors to vote on their
  favorite in four different categories.
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Funnies

• This was a speech made by Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Anna Quindlen at the graduation ceremony of an American university where she was awarded an Honorary PhD. more

Shop

Purchase books, music, DVD's& VHS safely through this site & it means that IWM gets a small referral fee from Amazon as a result. This helps you to help us to keep our IWM resource going..
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• New Authors Added
• Books on Lady Diana Spencer

Jobs

Simply job vacancies!
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• Senior Press Officer - 30-32k depending on experience + 6% pension more
• Kick It Out is currently recruiting for two new members of staff. more
• PATH National Ltd Management Development Programme (MDP)
• Contracts: Nubian Natural - Staff needed

Opportunities

Details of opportunities, competitions, "call for papers", appeals for volunteers etc...
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• New: Here at IWM we are running a competition called Away to Remember. Young people aged 14-16 from across the UK can enter by answering 2 questions. more
• New: A celebration of drama CALLING FOR FILM ENTRIES. Now in its sixth year - *Buffalo-san a Black & Asian short film festival. more
• New: The Lowry’s Transformations project, worth £20,000 to the winning artist, is now accepting entries for its second year. This year the selectors include Turner Prize-shortlisted artists Jane & Louise Wilson
  and the director of the New Art Gallery in Walsall, Stephen Snoddy.
  The closing date for entries is 22 August 2008. more
• Starting in September 2008, IRIE! Dance Theatre, in partnership with City & Islington College and London Metropolitan University will be delivering the Foundation Degree Award (FDA) in Dance and Diversity. more
• 3RD ANNUAL BRISTOL-BASED FESTIVAL OPENS SUBMISSION FOR SHORT FILM COMPETITION – FIVE MINUTES OF MYSTERY! more
• The Centre for Caribbean Studies is offering a relatively new post graduate course - the -'MA Caribbean Literature and Creole Poetics'.
• OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS & FILMMAKERS more
• What are you doing to get a piece of the Olympic pie? more
• Computers are being given away to people over 50 under a new scheme. more
• JDYA: A newly formed youth group would like to get in contact with students of Jamaican descent within Nottingham and the wider UK. more
  

• Ibrahim Index Voluntary position
  Main responsibility: To support all communications activities around the launch of the 2008 Ibrahim Index Dates: 8 September – 1 October 2008 Remuneration: This position is unpaid but travel costs and a small lunch allowance will be re-imbursed. more
• Kelly Dooley Questionnaire: I am conducting research to support a Masters degree I am working towards in Creative and Media Education. The focus of this assignment is the Creative and Media Industries and I have chosen to centre my investigations on the opportunities in television broadcasting beyond the screen for Black and minority ethnic groups. more
  
• AJAMU is a self funded organisation that is currently in its second year of organising. It consists of members of the public who live in North and East London, these members have taken it upon themselves to make a positive change within Haringey. read more
• YPF 2 Local Grants Programme Open
  The Young People’s Fund 2 local grants programme will make available £38 million to support projects lead by young people across England. read more
• Funding for groups working with young people, arts, film and community radio, environmental projects and capital grants more
• B3 FeatureLab is an innovative 12-month feature film development initiative created by B3 Media in partnership with the Binger Film Lab, Film4 and Skillset. more
• Well Women Workshops A Mentoring Opportunity more
• Radio Operations - Bursary Scheme Are you looking for a new challenge and the opportunity to work in one of the most well known organisations Worldwide? Well, BBC Radio Resources may have just the opportunity for you. more
• Imani Development Ltd Volunteer Fundraisers and Treasurer more
• Futurebuilders England
• Computers are being given away to people over 50 under a new scheme. more

• Course: Resistance and Achievement: The story of African and Caribbean people in Britain. Course at the Museum in Docklands in partnership with Middlesex University more info

Links & Resources

Women's Health, Women & Work, Women & the Law, and much much more... Go to Links

• New: Forum for Black Women Entrepreneurs, Mompreneurs, and Authors... more info
• Mia Morris:
  The search for the truth A must read
• More Women's Centres
• Anti-Bullying Events for Young people
• WIMFEST Liverpool is Liverpool’s own Women’s International Music Festival.
  

Workshops

Workshops from Wellplaced Consultancy. Speakers, experts, presentations, resource lists, and workbooks (for schools) and more ... Go to Workshops

• School and College Presentations - Can include "creative animateurs" - writers, filmmakers, poets etc; Can include "themedays" - e.g. citizenship, first impressions count, work experience preparation day, Black history and experience workshops; etc...
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• "Mia Morris is one of the most energetic and passionate speaker on a topic which is boundless - the search for truth of the past."
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About IWM

History of IWM, About the IWM website, Profiles, Contacts & so on...
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• Like our sister site, Black History Month, the International Women's Month website is year round, not just for the month, and aims to support campaigns in the community. This site is developing, so please bear with us. There will be plenty of updates, and new events, and we hope to build this site into an exciting new resource.... Read more

Citations

What people say about IWM & Workshops ...
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• "Thank you very much for the lovely afternoon. I thoroughly enjoyed myself, I felt very much part of it. I went home so much happier than normal day. I felt part of myself telling me I should get to do something for myself like going back to studying. Also talked about the whole afternoon to my grown up children"