e- petition: Public Toilets for All

Earlier this year Women’s Design Service held an event focusing on women’s needs in terms of  public toilets (if you haven’t already seen it, you can watch the film we made with Marie  Lenclos on the website). We all know the importance of finding a clean, accessible loo when we  need one, therefore WDS is supporting a campaign to make it a legal requirement for Local Authorities to provide public toilets. The petition needs 100,000 signatures to get the issue debated in Parliament, so please take a look at the flyer attached for more information and you can add your signature at: http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/15258 
 

RC Briefing and template response - Public Service

Women’s Resource Centre have published a briefing and consultation response on the public service reforms White Paper, ‘Open Public Services’. The White Paper sets out a comprehensive policy framework for public service reforms and will have a considerable effect on how public services are delivered in the UK. It will affect women’s organisations of all shapes and sizes, some of whom may already be running public services locally. We believe it is urgent that we as a sector respond to this consultation to shape the areas of the reforms that are yet to be finalised and make sure that these policies provide adequate support to organisations that wish to act as a public service provider in their area. For more information, please visit the current consultations page of the WRC website: http://www.wrc.org.uk/resources/briefings_and_consultations/current_consultations.aspx

If you do decide to respond to this consultation, please copy us in using This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it when you email your response.

The role of perpetrator programmes as part of a co-ordinated community response to domestic violence

The Respect research, led by Professor Liz Kelly and Dr Nicole Westmarland,  is currently investigating the role of perpetrator programmes as part of a co-ordinated community response to domestic violence.  As part of this research, they are investigating whether fathers'/father figures' attendance on a domestic violence perpetrator programme is impacting positively on their children.   They am currently trying to get a sense of the extent of work being conducted with children of men on perpetrator programmes in the UK and are interested to know of any projects carrying out support work with children of men on perpetrator programmes, or whether your project refers children to any other project for support.  Contact Sue Alderson, Doctoral Researcher, Durham University, Tel 0191 3343004 email - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Women of North Tyneside - 30th June 2011

Report_from_North_Tyneside_Womens_Event_30th_June_2011.doc.pdf

Bearing the brunt, leading the response. Women and the global economic crisis was published by the TUC in March 2011. The report shows that Women are shouldering the economic crisis in every corner of the globe’ but also leading the response...(read more)

Women offenders should not be sent to prison and should instead serve community sentences, with a focus on health, housing and treatment for drug addiction to reduce reoffending, a report by the Women's Justice Taskforce has recommended. The report also called for a director of women's justice to be appointed to provide "clear leadership and accountability", BBC News said. Fiona Cannon, chair of the taskforce, said it should be possible to reform women's justice so that "with improved national and local co-ordination, better accountability and reinvestment of resources, the government can achieve a measurable reduction both in offending by women and the women's prison population". The Ministry of Justice said it welcomed the report and that it was "continuing to develop policies that address the needs of women offenders".
Read the report here...