“FEMINIST ACTIVISM IN THE UK” Friday, 22 November 2013, 13:30 – 16:00
“FEMINIST ACTIVISM IN THE UK”
Friday, 22 nd November 2013, 13:30 – 16:00
Room: Lib1 – Lower Ground Floor, University of Warwick
Library
In 2013:
In 2013:
In 2013:
In 2013:
85,000 women will suffer rape in England and Wales
Parliament is 80% male
British women will lose over £3.5B in benefits, tax credits and employment cuts
Just one-third of lead characters in children’s TV are girls
In 2013:
In 2013:
We commemorate the 100 th anniversary of suffragette battles
FEMINISTS ARE FIGHTING BACK!
Who are today’s feminists? What do they think? What do they want? How do they campaign? What are their achievements? Who are their allies? How do they relate to the state, to politics, to the media? Who inspires them? These and other questions will be explored by our speakers:
Sophie Bennett - Acting Director, UK Feminista
Vicky Ball: - Senior Lecturer in Film, Media & Cultural Studies, University of Sunderland;
Executive Committee Member of Women’s Film and Television Histories Network
Kristin Aune: - Reader in Sociology; Director of the Centre for Society, Religion and
Belief, University of Derby
A speaker from Coventry Women’s Voices
Free entry. To register email: khursheed.wadia@warwick.ac.uk
Centre for the Study of Women and Gender
Department of Sociology
University of Warwick
Coventry
CV4 7AL
