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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