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Programme
9.30 am
Registration, teas and coffee
10-12
Rape & Domestic Violence – Justice CAN be
won
With Black
Women’s
Rape Action Project
& Women Against Rape
Much has changed since the modern anti-rape movement
began 35 years ago. Rape in marriage is now treated as a
crime. Fewer believe women “ask for it”. But violent men
are still getting off: the conviction rate for reported
rape has sunk to 5.3%. Women reporting rape are being
jailed, & women seeking asylum from rape are deported.
Angela Fitzpatrick
no justice for her 15-year-old daughter
who was raped
Lori McKenzie
denied justice because she had been drinking
Frank Mullane
brother of Julia Pemberton, shot with her son by
estranged husband while police waited in a patrol car
Gwen Stevens
won the first-ever private prosecution in England
against a serial rapist
Jeto Flaviah Titti
seeking asylum after fleeing rape & other torture
Ms X
accused of
making a false allegation, faced arrest & loss of
anonymity
Speakout & information on a new anti-violence law in
revolutionary Venezuela.
12-1 pm Lunch – Inexpensive vegetarian
food available
Race & Racism – Making the State
Accountable to Women of Colour
With Women of Colour in the Global
Women’s Strike
(GWS)
The Big Brother events show that many more people want
to overcome the divisions among us. But the
establishment’s attack on “multi-culturalism” reinforces
divisions, & hides the economic & social realities of
racism. Only 7% of racist attacks result in conviction.
Selma James
GWS, some lessons from the anti-racist movement
Constance Kajjumba
All African Women’s Group, asylum seekers facing racism
at every turn
Bilan Mohamud & family
victims of racist attack who won justice despite police
& CPS
Hengride Permal
Chagos Island Community Association, fighting to reclaim
their island from UK courts & US military
Tahrir Swift
Iraqi women under occupation
The women behind the men accused of
terrorism
– TBC
Speakout on the justice work of defending loved ones,
Mumia Abu-Jamal on death row, the wage hierarchy, racism
in schools...
2.30-3 pm Tea break
Prostitution – After Ipswich, Safety
First
With English Collective of Prostitutes
& US PROS
The tragic
murders of five women caused an unprecedented outcry.
Most people now understand that criminalising
consenting sex – sex workers or clients – pushes
prostitution underground, making women more vulnerable
to violence & exploitation. Safety First will be
launched to decriminalise sex work & look at economic
alternatives.
Phillida Bunkle
former New Zealand MP who helped introduce
decriminalisation
Pauline Campbell
mother of Sarah who died in the ‘care’ of HMP Styal
Revd. Andrew Dotchin
caring for all in Ipswich
John Furniss
Multiple Choice Rehabilitation Centre, supporting people
on drugs
Sian Killcommon
SWEET, sex worker project, Huddersfield
Revd. Paul Nicolson
Zacchaeus 2000 Trust, the poverty & debt behind
prostitution
Camille Shah
Ipswich resident, understanding each other
4.30-5
pm
Acting Together to Win Justice
To win change, let’s
discuss the proposals & suggestions from the day. |