Ethnic Minority Women’s Network We Want To Hear Your Voice On “Violence Against Women!”
20th September 2017, 09:30 to 14:30
CEMVO Scotland has organised a series of events to develop an Ethnic Minority Women’s Network. Events in February and May 2017 looked at ways in which the network can deliver the following:
• Provide a safe space for women to discuss issues that affect them
• Develop a Network where women can share ideas and access support
• Develop peer and mentoring support for women that needed it
• Establish a mechanism where a wide network of women can feed into the Scottish Government and other key decision makers around policy and issues affecting EM Women.
Through various workshop discussions, the main outcome of the events so far has been to look at the development of an EM professional women’s network for mentoring, peer support, capacity building, training, and influencing workforce/workplace policies and practices – such as increasing the number of EM women in senior management roles within the public sector. One of the events subsequently focused on employability issues affecting EM Women, with CEMVO working in partnership with the Scottish Government Equality Unit and Employability Team in organising the event, with the aim of feeding into the Scottish Government employability policies and strategies, so as to ensure EM women are able to influence national policy.
Violence Against Women
One area of concern also highlighted by many EM women at previous events has been safety for women. Thus, we are now working in partnership with the Scottish Government Violence Against Women Unit to organise our next event, with focus on the delivery plan for the “Equally Safe” strategy which is currently being redrafted following a public consultation, with a view to publish a final delivery plan at the end of the year. “Equally Safe” is Scotland’s strategy for preventing and eradicating violence against women and girls. This is a co-owned strategy between the Scottish Government and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) which focuses on violence against women and girls as a violation of their human rights. It envisages a strong and flourishing Scotland where all individuals are equally safe and respected, and where women and girls live free from all forms of violence and the attitudes that perpetuate it.
Although the consultation has closed, the Scottish Government want the voice of EM women to be heard, and to feed into the delivery plan, leading us to organise this event. Therefore, not only is this event is open to all women that have attended previous EM Women’s Network events, but also, other relevant stakeholders who have an interest in EM Women’s issues, particularly around violence and safety.
This is an opportunity to identify the issues, concerns and needs of EM women around violence against women and girls and to develop a collective voice in influencing national policy. Through a series of workshops focussing on topics such as gender based violence and honour based violence, we hope to identify actions to tackle specific barriers faced by minority ethnic women and girls.
The event will be taking place:
Wednesday 20nd September 2017
9.30am till 2.30pm
Lorne Hotel, 923 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G3 7TQ
To avoid disappointment please register on the link below as places are limited.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/em-womens-networking-eventequally-safe-vaw-tickets-36154208210
Buffet Lunch will be provided and an agenda for the day will be sent near the date of the event.
We look forward to seeing you on the day, which will be a step further in developing a voice for Ethnic Minority women in Scotland.
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Scottish Fair Trade Campaigner Conference 2017
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9th June 2017 (all day) - 31st October 2017 (all day)
IDEAS is extending our work in schools to stage a series of major events directly geared towards young people and increasing their participation in local and global change.
KWISA: Introduction into Young Women in Leadership Training
26th August 2017, 09:00 to 16:00
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Pedal for Scotland 2017
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Towards Global Citizenship: Taking forward system-wide global health engagement
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Ethnic Minority Women’s Network We Want To Hear Your Voice On “Violence Against Women!”
20th September 2017, 09:30 to 14:30
CEMVO Scotland has organised a series of events to develop an Ethnic Minority Women’s Network.
Edinburgh World Justice Festival
30th September 2017, 09:00 - 16th October 2017, 17:00
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15th October 2017 (all day)
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Towards Global Citizenship: Taking forward system-wide global health engagement
15th September 2017, 08:30 to 17:00
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Talk Action - Media Training, Edinburgh
7th November 2017, 10:00 to 16:00
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Take One Action Film Festival
13th September 2017 (all day) - 24th September 2017 (all day)
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SDGs Training for Multipliers
26th September 2017, 09:00 to 13:00
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Edinburgh World Justice Festival launch
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Building World Justice Today: The Power of Popular Movements
14th October 2017, 10:30 to 18:30
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NFP Workshops
23rd October 2017, 12:00 to 14:30
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Changing Landscapes - Protecting the environment in a new Europe
6th November 2017, 09:00 to 19:30
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17th October 2017, 18:00 to 21:00
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Living by the Gun in Chad: Combatants, Impunity and State Formation
20th September 2017, 16:00
How do people live in a country that has experienced rebellions and state-organized repressions for decades, marked by routine forms of violence and impunity? Drawing on over ten years of fieldwork conducted in Chad, Marielle Debos (University of Paris Nanterre) explains how living by the gun has become both an acceptable form of political expression and an everyday occupation.
Film screening: Fire in the Blood
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George Monbiot: Out of the Wreckage
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Scottish Government Small Grants Programme Information Day
10th October 2017, 10:00 to 13:00
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Rainbow Turtle's Producer Visit & The Scottish Fair Trade Forum Awards
12th October 2017, 19:30 to 22:00
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Link Community Development - An Evening of Gin Tasting
16th November 2017, 18:00 to 00:00
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Papua Merdeka: Towards Freedom in West Papua
2nd October 2017, 19:00 to 21:00
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Crossing boundaries for sustainability
3rd October 2017, 18:30
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Ceilidh for Education for South Sudan
7th October 2017, 19:00 to 23:00
Local people of all ages from diverse backgrounds come together once a year to support the event, which has a life-changing effect on the lives of young South Sudanese refugees. All funds raised by the ceilidh go towards educational programmes, run by self-help organisation MADEF.