NB: This is a working agenda and is subject to change.
09:00 – Registration & stalls
10:00 – Welcome & opening session
Sandi Toksvig, writer and broadcaster
Hannah Pool, UK Feminista
Cllr Rania Khan, Tower Hamlets
Isabella Woolford Diaz , Camden School for Girls feminist group
Bjorn Suttka, Anti Porn Men Project
Roxanne Halsey, UK Uncut
11:15 – Break
11:30 – Seminars – part 1
End Violence Against Women: A Different World is Possible – ending violence against women and girls. www.endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk
Southall Black Sisters: Migration, cohesion and religion: A gendered perspective from SBS. www.southallblacksisters.org.uk
Women’s Resource Centre: Mapping the future: Examining the landscape for women’s organisations in the UK and how you can ensure their sustainability. www.wrc.org.uk
Abortion Rights: Kate Smurthwaite presents, “Reproductive Rights – The Most Important Issue In The World Ever!” www.abortionrights.org.uk
Fawcett Society: Don’t turn back time! Protesting against cuts that will harm women’s equality. www.fawcettsociety.org.uk
London Feminist Network: ‘Our strength, our space’: The importance of women-only organising. www.londonfeministnetwork.org.uk
Rights of Women: A Woman’s right to live a life free from violence: an introduction to civil and criminal remedies for addressing violence against women. www.rightsofwomen.org.uk
Endangered Bodies: Ditching Dieting: Making peace with our bodies and how to eat happily ever after. www.endangeredspecieswomen.org.uk
12:45 – Lunch & stalls
Performance by Women Asylum Seekers Together choir
13:45 – Seminars – part 2
OBJECT: Challenging sex object culture. www.object.org.uk
Platform 51: A different perspective: teenage mums and feminism. www.platform51.org
Women for Refugee Women: From rape to refusal: women and asylum. www.refugeewomen.com
White Ribbon Campaign: “Why aren’t you doing more?” Engaging Men in Feminism. www.whiteribboncampaign.co.uk
Centre for Women and Democracy: Party Games: can women work across party lines to create a new politics? www.cfwd.org.uk
NUS LGBT Campaign: LGBT and feminism www.nus.org.uk/Campaigns/LGBT
Imkaan: Talking back – talking black: strengthening black feminist voices in the 21st century. www.imkaan.org.uk
Women for Women International: Building for International Women’s Day 2012. www.womenforwomen.org.uk
15:15 – Feminist Question Time
Shami Chakrabarti, Director, Liberty
Bea Campbell, writer & campaigner
Zoe Williams, the Guardian
Carlene Firmin, writer
Matt McCormack Evans, Anti-Porn Men Project
Chaired by Cllr Rania Khan, Tower Hamlets
16:15 – Women in London
A pre-election debate with the candidates for Mayor of London:
Brian Paddick, Liberal Democrats
Natalie Bennett, Chair of Green Party Women (for Jenny Jones)
Ken Livingstone, Labour Party
Boris Johnson, Conservative Party (invited)
Chaired by Samira Ahmed, broadcaster
17:30 – Ends
Notes on the agenda
UK Feminista invited 16 organisations working on a range of issues to run a seminar or workshop at FEM 11. Each organisation has independently chosen the focus and speakers for their session.
Stalls
The following organisations and groups will be exhibiting their work at FEM 11 in the stalls area:
- Cath Tate Direct
- Centre for Women and Democracy
- End Violence Against Women
- Fawcett Society
- Feminist Craft Stall
- Feminist Library
- Hillcroft College Educational Charity for Women
- London Feminist Network
- Pink Stinks
- University and College Union
- Women for Refugee Women
- Women for Women International
- Women’s Aid
