London Gender Newswire Archive

29-04-2005 10:52

Nora Castañeda and Angelica Alvarez bring the Venezuelan Revolution to Europe

The first European tour by Venezuelan women, began in London (via Barcelona) on 13 March. Nora Castañeda, president of the Women’s Development Bank (Banmujer) and Angelica Alvarez, promoter co-ordinator of Banmujer in Bolivar state received a warm and enthusiastic welcome at the packed Crossroads Women’s Centre, base of the Global Women’s Strike. The strike co-ordinated the tour as part of its activities for International Women’s Day and the UN Year of Micro-credit. Read more >>

19-04-2005 11:00

Irshad Manji speaks in London

The theme of Ms Manji's talk in London will be 'Faith + Politics + Human Rights' and will follow from the issues raised in her book 'The Trouble with Islam...' Read more >>

12-04-2005 12:31

R.I.P. Andrea, my sister

Andrea Dworkin died at the weekend, leaving the radical feminist community feeling a profound loss. Read more >>

11-04-2005 09:02

Royal Wedding – Gays demand marriage rights too

Tatchell detained under Terrorism Act
Windsor public support same-sex marriage rights
Gay marriage ban is illegal under Human Rights Act
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04-04-2005 13:03

Pope opposed gay and women's rights - Condom ban killed millions

While the Pope's opposition to war and poverty was commendable, his attacks on the human rights of women and gay people were gravely immoral. Read more >>

01-04-2005 10:25

Zimbabwe exiles call for people’s uprising

Archbishop’s appeal for anti-Mugabe rebellion praised - Elections condemned as “rigged” and “not free, not fair”.
Zimbabwean exiles and UK supporters urged a “general strike and people’s uprising to overthrow President Mugabe’s tyranny”, today Thursday 31 March 2005. Read more >>

31-03-2005 08:31

Equality Bill excludes gay rights

Protection from discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation has been excluded from five key provisions of the government’s new Equality Bill. Read more >>

30-03-2005 10:18

My escape from homophobic hell in Algeria

Algerian homosexuals are caught between the twin barbarisms of a totalitarian state and a clerical fascist opposition. Everyone is against us. Human rights groups in Algiers do nothing to defend ‘sodomites’. In their view, there is no such thing as gay human rights. Read more >>

23-03-2005 06:37

Prostitution and its social consequences

Sisyphe website delivers cutting edge analysis of women's condition and of other important issues, notably prostitution. Read more >>

20-03-2005 11:54

Iraq demo: Anti-Islamist protest

OutRage! backed the call for “Britain and the US to set a timetable for the withdrawal of troops,” but it opposed calls for “Troops Out Now”; warning that “a hasty withdrawal could pave the way for the seizure of power by Saddam loyalists or Islamic fundamentalists.” Read more >>

16-03-2005 14:26

Deutsche Bank - Gay Muslim protest

Supporters of victimised gay Muslim employee, Sid Saeed, picketed a business conference, organised by Deutsche Bank, at the Great Eastern Hotel in London, this morning, Wednesday 16 March 2005. Read more >>

13-03-2005 05:02

BUSH'S PHYLLIS DILLER TO SELL BUSH CRUSADE TO ARABS

Karen Hughes knows how to keep things under her hat, and her short Phyllis Diller fright wig; so President Bush wants her back in Washington, against the wishes of her husband and teenage son. Her mission: Make friends with the Muslims of the Middle East as we decimate them and level their cities. Read more >>

08-03-2005 20:10

Iraq vigil - International Women’s Day

Call for a secular, democratic Iraq – No Sharia law
Freedom for Iraqi women and gays
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08-03-2005 13:14

Womens Vigil tonight, March 8th

Today is International Womens Day! Read more >>

06-03-2005 14:39

Vigil - Solidarity with Iraqi women - 8 March 12 noon

Please try to attend this vigil in support of Iraqi women on International Women's Day, Tuesday 8 March, at 12 noon, outside the Iraqi Embassy in London (full details below). Read more >>

04-03-2005 12:07

Livingstone thanks anti-gay group for support

StraightWay Foundation backs Mayor - The Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, is at the centre of a new controversy after revelations that he sent a message of gratitude to an organisation set up to campaign against gay Muslims, in which he says “your support is very much appreciated”. Read more >>

24-02-2005 12:40

Gay Muslim fights bank harassment

OutRage! backs fight for justice

A gay Muslim business manager is bringing a claim of racial victimisation and homophobic harassment against the London division one of the world’s biggest financial institutions, the German conglomerate, Deutsche Bank.
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18-02-2005 17:00

international women's day - iraqi women's speaker tour

NUS Women's Campaign and No Sweat are organising a speaker tour around International Women's Day to promote solidarity with the new women's movement in Iraq. The main speaker will be Houzan Mahmoud, UK representative of the Organisation of Women's Freedom in Iraq. Read more >>

17-02-2005 20:02

You can help the world's women get equal rights

Your action is urgently needed to encourage the US to join other nations around the world in advancing women's equality. Read more >>

13-02-2005 03:57

Men who batter women are terrorists

In the U.S. , the FBI definition of "terrorist" also describes men who beat and rape women. Read more >>