Thursday 31 January 2013

Women's Health Conference Manchester 7th March, 2012


If you would like to attend please register at www.thebha.org.uk/womenshealth or contact the BHA HIV and Sexual Health Prevention Team on 0845 450 4247. Places are limited.
For more information please do not hesitate to contact BHA.


Saturday 26 January 2013

A discussion on Gloria Anzaldua's book

We discussed  "movimientos de rebeldía y las culturas que traicionan" the second chapter in  Gloria Anzaldua's  book Borderland / La frontera: the new mestiza

Click here to hear an audio recording of the discussion.


Comments and critiques are welcome. 

Psychology of Women's Section annual conference call for papers

The annual POWS Conference is looking for abstracts here is a link to the website.

http://pows.bps.org.uk/pows/conference/conference_home.cfm

Bursaries for the conference are available too. 

Tuesday 22 January 2013

Women in Prison: Sisters in Chains

25th January will be the protest and speak out in support of women prisoners in the US and the UK. It will take place outside Holloway Prison in London and if you'd be able to go, just go the facebook event page, sign yourself up and hitch a ride - or whatever it takes!

However, as a sister Bia Aziz in the Black Feminists group also told us:

Two-thirds of women in UK prisons are in for non-violent offences and the “criminalisation of survival”: shoplifting, non-payment of fines, sex work, offences linked to drug addiction and so-called benefit fraud – unlike well-paid bankers who steal from the public, women living in poverty get prison....

Women of colour are the fastest growing sector in the prison population and are three times more likely to get a prison sentence than white women. Immigrant women who are alone in the UK are often deprived of what families provide and suffer the agonies of separation.

Which raises the question. For those of us who think with our hands and feet, what is it that we can do to help ourselves. I do not speak for everyone in the FRRG, but in case I raise any concerns about the flavour of this new blog, please note I am not a great theorist nor am I very well read and I will never pretend to be. But the more of the world I see around me, as I see how easily we are pushed around by the vagaries of economic policy and trade indexes (look how a recession has left many of our social initiatives having to fight with each other and go cap in hand begging for scraps from local councils), I start to wonder: what is it that we can do?

This is all the more true for us women of colour who are as ever affected disproportionately. What can we do for our sisters and our daughters? How can we strengthen ourselves?

If you hold classes perhaps in practical skills or self esteem - do you need volunteers? Regular donations? A spare room? I am naive, I don't know the world, but as far as I can see, it is time for us to use the ingenuity that we have allowed to be crushed by our culture of consumerist capitalism that has reduced and disabled us, we liberated women of the 21st century!

The event can be found here.

Monday 14 January 2013

Domestic Abuse Conference

Interesting free conference on domestic abuse.



Background Image- Harry Matthews

The wonderful background image is a painting by artist Harry Matthews here are a few shots of the painting. Thank you Harry :)   

Here is a link to Harry's website http://www.hazman.info/  http://www.harryart.co.uk/








Reading group's meeting.

Hello there let's pick up from last year how about reading (suggested my Miguel) "Borderland / La frontera: the new mestiza" by Gloria Anzaldua, chapter -2: "movimientos de rebeldía y las culturas que traicionan". How about meeting on 25th January 4pm?  Elizabeth Gaskell Campus. M14 0JA

Drop me an email if you want the paper. 

Friday 11 January 2013

Trafford Rape Crisis

I came across this wonderful service in Manchester. The website allows women to cover to access the site without leaving a trace. 


"A Free support - for women, by women - in relation to incidents of rape, sexual abuse or unwanted sex no matter when or where it happened.  We will listen, support and believe you". From the website. 

Contact information

Trafford Rape Crisis Website

Phone : 0800 783 4608

Black Asian and minority ethnic women's helpline: 0800 434 6484 

Email us: dorothytrc@hotmail.co.uk or if you'd prefer to email a black or Asian worker,dorothy.bme@hotmail.co.uk

The group has a closed Facebook group too.