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
• £3.50 admission, including coffee and biscuits - all welcome
• Guest speaker: Janet Fenton (Peace & Justice Centre)

Janet will speak about the forthcoming Women's Suffrage March

Contact the Edinburgh branch for further information

UNIFEM Strategies to End Violence Against Women

An evening event hosted by UNIFEM in London

• 6.30pm for 6.45pm
• Houses of Parliament, Westminster
• Light refreshments available
• Guest speaker: Osnat Lubrani

Osnat is Director of the UNIFEM office in Brussels and was previously UNIFEM Regional Programme Director for Central and Eastern Europe. She will talk about UNIFEM programmes to end violence against women, and in particular about the work funded by the Trust Fund to End VAW which she helped to set up in 1997. This is a great opportunity to hear from someone who has been directly involved in managing UNIFEM programmes over many years.

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

To book for this event contact the branch in London

Women and Microeconomics

An evening meeting organised by UNIFEM in Cambridge

• 7.00pm
• Murray Edwards College, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DF
• All welcome

Contact the branch in Cambridge for further information

UNIFEM UK Annual General Meeting

• From 10.30am
• Birmingham City Council House
• Victoria Square, Birmingham B1 1BB

Contact us for further information

UNIFEM in Yorkshire Annual General Meeting and Supper

• Collingham Memorial Hall (A58 on Leeds-Wetherby Road)
• Guest speaker: Rhoda Gbla, University of York

Rhoda will talk about the problems facing women in Sierra Leone today. She is from Sierra Leone and is currently with the Centre for Applied Human Rights at the University of York on a Protective Fellowship Scheme.

Contact the Yorkshire branch for further information

Finding a Voice and an Audience: Asian-British Women and Cinema

The UNIFEM in Wales 2009 Annual Mena Williams Lecture

• 7.00pm
• Temple of Peace and Health, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3AP
• Guest speaker: Dr Anthea Symmonds
• Admission is £6 at the door – to include tea and biscuits

Dr Symmonds will focus on a series of successful Asian-British films of the last two decades, which not only portrayed a very different view of Asian women from that constructed by British cinema in the past, but were also directed by women.

Contact the branch in Wales for further information

UNIFEM in Edinburgh is holding a fundraising coffee morning

• 10.00am for 10.30am
• Royal Overseas Club, 100 Princes Street, Edinburgh
• £3.50 admission, including coffee and biscuits - all welcome
• Guest speaker: Nicola Shiels

Nicola will talk about the Darfur Training Project

Contact the Edinburgh branch for further information

UNIFEM in Northern Ireland Annual General Meeting

• 6.00pm
• Dundonald Enterprise Centre, Belfast
• A fork supper will be available
• Guest speaker: Inspector Pauline Mooney, PSNI

Inspector Mooney will speak about the issue of forced marriages

Contact the Northern Ireland branch for further information

UNIFEM in Edinburgh is holding a fundraising coffee morning

• 10.00am for 10.30am
• Royal Overseas Club, 100 Princes Street, Edinburgh
• £3.50 admission, including coffee and biscuits - all welcome
• Guest speaker: Claire Newton, UNIFEM UK Board member for Scotland

Contact the Edinburgh branch for further information