UNIFEM UK: Working for women's empowerment and gender equality

UNIFEM in Edinburgh is holding a fundraising coffee morning

• 10.00am for 10.30am
• Royal Overseas Club, 100 Princes Street, Edinburgh
• Donations for refreshments/raffle/sales table - all welcome
• Guest speaker: Liz Cairns will speak about Hadeel

Hadeel runs a shop at St George's West Church in Edinburgh selling items produced by Palestinian women. Liz Cairns will talk about the experiences of these women and the difficulties they face.

Contact the Edinburgh branch for further information

The United Nations, Women and Development

A meeting hosted jointly by UNIFEM in Yorkshire and the Sheffield branch of the United Nations Association

• 7.30pm
• St Matthew's Rooms, Carver Street, Sheffield
• Guest speaker: UNIFEM UK Board member Paddy Beck
• All welcome - no need to book

Contact the Yorkshire branch for further information

Writing Welsh Women's History

The 2008 Annual Mena Williams Lecture

UNIFEM in Wales is grateful for the support of Academi (the Welsh National Literature Promotion Agency and Society for Authors) in organising this event

• 7.00pm
• Temple of Peace and Health, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3AP
• Guest speaker: Professor Deidre Beddoe
• Admission is £5 at the door - to include light refreshments

Deidre Beddoe is a writer, historian and broadcaster. She is currently Emeritus Professor of Women's History at the Unversity of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, and is deeply committed to rescuing the lost history of women's lives in Wales and making her findings available to a wide audience. She has published extensively and her works include a guide to researching local women's history and a study of women's lives in inter-war Britain. She is President of Women's Archive Wales (www.womensarchivewales.org).

Contact the branch in Wales for further information

UNIFEM in London is hosting a social evening with short presentations and informal discussion on the outcome of the 2008 session of the CSW-

52nd session 25 February - 7 March 2008 New York

• 6.15pm for 6.30pm
• Houses of Parliament, Westminster
• Light refreshments available
• Guest speaker: UNIFEM UK President Zarin Hainsworth

The priority theme for this year's session of the Commission on the Status of Women was Financing for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. There was also a review of progress on women's participation in conflict prevention and peacebuilding. Come along and hear more about CSW 2008 from UNIFEM UK members who took part. Our panel of contributors will be led by Zarin Hainsworth.

The meeting will be preceded by the UNIFEM in London AGM which will run for about 30 minutes and is open to members only.

Contact the London branch for further information

UNIFEM in Northern Ireland Annual General Meeting

• 6.00pm
• Dundonald Enterprise Centre, Belfast
• Refreshments will be available
• Guest speaker: Kieran Harris, Director of HIV Centre, Belfast

Contact the Northern Ireland branch for further information

UNIFEM UK Annual General Meeting

2008 Annual Lecture and Panel Discussion

• From 1.00pm
• Churchill Room, London House, Goodenough College
• Mecklenburgh Square, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 2AB

The national AGM (for members only) will start at 1.00pm.

Tea and biscuits will then be available and the Annual Lecture will follow at 3.00pm. This part of the event is open to all -

• Keynote speaker: Jeremy Stickings

  Senior Social Development Advisor - Conflict, Humanitarian and Security section

  Department for International Development

Contact info@unifemuk.org if you are interested in attending

UNIFEM in Edinburgh is holding a fundraising coffee morning

• 10.00am for 10.30am
• Royal Overseas Club, 100 Princes Street, Edinburgh
• Donations for refreshments/raffle/sales table - all welcome
• Guest speaker : Clair Newton

Clair is a UNIFEM member who will speak about her experience in government and development work

Contact the Edinburgh branch for further information

UNIFEM in Wales Annual General Meeting

This will be a business meeting for members only

• 6.30pm
• Temple of Peace and Health, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3AP

Contact the branch in Wales for further information

Jazz with a Latin flavour

UNIFEM in London welcomes all to a fundraising concert in Wimbledon

Featuring the Katriona Taylor Jazz Quintet

• 7.30pm
• St Mary's Garden Hall, St Mary's Road, Wimbledon, London SW19
• Ticket price includes free interval drink and a light supper after the concert
• Tickets: £25.00 (concessions £20.00)

Proceeds will be shared between St Mary's Church Fund and UNIFEM

To book tickets contact UNIFEM in London

UNIFEM in Edinburgh is holding a fundraising coffee morning

• 10.00am for 10.30am
• Royal Overseas Club, 100 Princes Street, Edinburgh
• Donations for refreshments/raffle/sales table - all welcome
• Guest speaker

Contact the Edinburgh branch for further information