Wales Women’s National Coalition

Women Making a Difference will be holding events in Wales to celebrate International Women’s Day.  Events will centre on discussions to ‘Promote Women in Public & Political Life’.

The events will start from 10am and finish by 3pm and will include interactive workshops designed to address the barriers to, opportunities for, greater engagement of women into public life.

Details are as follows:

1. Monday 8th March – Rhyl Women’s Centre
2. Wednesday 10th March – Nolton Church Hall, Bridgend
3. Thursday 11th March – Splott Community First Centre, Cardiff.

The event showcases Chinese Folk Custom Arts, which combined workshops, displays, parades,
exhibitions, Kite making demonstrations and stage performances that will take place over a four
hour period.  The stage performances represent a comprehensive pattern of Chinese music, opera, and dancing.
With 5000 years of history to celebrate, the importance of this event will be  fully celebrated and appreciated
by the local community and beyond.

Sunday 14th February

Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Glanfa Stage

12:00pm  – 16.00pm

A FREE EVENT

All are welcome

A fun ‘hands on’ family day of celebration featuring:

Stage performances , Folk art workshops, Kite exhibition , Lion dancing and much more

For more info please contact Frank Yu:
Mob:07870 351 004
E-Mail: Frankyu@mdcforu.co.uk

IWA are holding an event on Women and the Media on March the 8th at St Peter’s Church, City Road, Cardiff. See below for details.

To book a place at the event, e-mail wales@iwa.org.uk or ring 02920 660820

A training course for women who want to ‘make a difference’  in their communities

Do you want to become more active in your community but don’t know how?

Do you want to get your voice heard?

The Engendering Change training course is designed to give women a better knowledge and understanding of:

Decision making processes in local, national and central government
Barriers to equality and ways in which these can be overcome
Communication and confidence skills
Strategic thinking and building an effective case to take on a community issue
Opportunities for lobbying and campaigning

Costs:        Training is FREE and childcare, access and travel costs will be paid.

When:         Thursdays, 9.30am to 3.00 pm for 6 weeks –
4th, 11th & 25th, February 2010 and 4th, 11th & 18th March 2010
Please note there will be no training on 18th Feb as it is half-term week.

Where:        Splott Communities First Centre, Splott Methodist Church, Splott Road, Cardiff, CF24 2BW.

Who:         All women who ‘want to make a difference’ particularly women who are currently under represented in the decision making process because of race, disability, age or social status.

Places:        A maximum of 20 places per course – booking is essential

Please note the closing date for applications is Monday 25th January 2010

For more information and an application form please contact:

Kate Thomas or Paula Manley,
19 Cathedral Road, Cardiff, CF11 9HA
e-mail: wmad@btconnect.com   Tel: 029 2022 1965

Disability Wales and Disability Arts Cymru will be running three workshops around Wales providing an opportunity for disabled people to tell their story. These stories can be about specific experiences in your life as a disabled person such as school days, journeys, work, life events, finding a home, and getting support from services.

The workshops will help you turn your experiences into a poem, short article, monologue, sketch or any other form of expression.  With your permission, work produced will be edited into an on-line publication and included in a set of display boards.

It will help others such as people working in public services, the media and the general public to have more insight into the lives of disabled people and raise their awareness of both the positive and negative experiences.

All workshops are free and run from 10am until 3.30pm
Lunch will be provided and travel expenses will be reimbursed.  If you have any particular access requirements please let us know when booking and we will make the necessary arrangements.

Dates/venues:

•        25th January (Theatre Mwldan, Cardigan)
•        2nd Feb (Wrexham Arts Centre, Wrexham)
•        9th Feb (Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff)

Come along and join us!

To secure your place and make sure your experiences are told contact Disability Wales on:

Telephone – 02920 887325 or email – info@disabilitywales.org

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2010

March the 8^th 2010

ARE YOU HOLDING AN EVENT TO

CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY?

Let us know about it by e-mailing

info@cymruwomen.org.uk

and we will advertise it at Wales’ IWD events page http://www.cymruwomen.org.uk/events.htm

Please include in your e-mail:

• The area  in which the event will be taking place

E.g. South East, South West, Mid or North,

• The day, date and time
• The address
• Price (Where applicable)
• Age range (where applicable)
• Link to website
• A short description of your event

‘Gender Budgeting: Inclusive Policy Making for the Citizens of Wales’

The Wales Women’s National Coalition will be holding a Gender Budgeting Conference on 25th February 2010.

Tne conference will take place at the Newport YMCA Conference Centre.

Benefits of Attending the Conference

• Hear from gender budgeting experts from the UK and around the world.
• Gender budgeting can help you allocate budgets to achieve equality outcomes
• Target limited resources to ensure they meet the needs of the citizens of Wales
• Achieve equality in a changing economy
• Learn about gender equality tools
• Find a fresh approach to Equality Impact Assessment

Speakers Include:

• Donna St Hill – Commonwealth Secretariat
• Angela O’Hagan – Convenor of the Scottish Women’s Budget Group
• Sheila Quinn – Gender Budgeting Expert and Author
• Jemma Bridgeman – Wales Gender Budgeting Officer

Lunch will be provided

If you would like to join us for this free groundbreaking event please download a booking form and return it to us.

Gender Budgeting Flyer

Gender Budgeting (more information)