Line up for FEM '08
by Jess McCabe // 10 March 2008, 10:37
Just got the latest news on who is speaking at FEM '08 at Sheffield University student union.
LATEST SPEAKER LINE-UP:
- Germaine Greer
- Kira Cochrane, Editor, Guardian Women's Page
- Julie Bindel, jounalist, The Guardian & Eaves
- Zohra Moosa, The Fawcett Society
- Damian Carnell, Nottinghamshire Domestic Violence Forum
- Natalie Bennett, Carnival of Feminists
- Narmadha Thiranagama, TUC Women's Policy Officer
- Heather Harvey, Amnesty International UK
- Sandrine Leveque, Object
- Chris Green, UK White Ribbon Campaign
- Sarah Blakemore, Oxfam
- Jan McLeod, Women's Support Project
- Finn Mackay, London Feminist Network
- Jess McCabe, Editor, The F Word
- Northern Refugee Centre
- Red Chidgey, Feminist Activist Forum
- Gill Court, Subtext
- Charlotte Gage, Abortion Rights
SESSIONS INCLUDE:
- The rape conviction rate scandal
- Grassroots feminist media
- Women and international development
- Sexism and the City
- Challenging the normalisation of lapdance clubs
- Refugee women
- Women in public life
- Defending a woman's right to choose
- Challenging destructive masculinities
- The female face of poverty
- HOW TO... run a Reclaim the Night march
- 'Speed-dating' networking for grassroots feminist groups
WWW.FEMCONFERENCES.ORG.UK
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