February 2013

Join us to Reclaim the Night & support the Listen Up! campaign

Tuesday, 12 February, 2013 - 22:21

21 Feb 2013 launch of Listen Up! and Reclaim the Night

Get your diaries out - we're finally ready to announce the full line up of events for Reclaim the Night 2013 - and the launch of the Listen Up! campaign

This year our campaign message is:

Listen Up! Let's create a safe space for women to be heard.

Oxford Reclaim the Night believes that:

All women at all times have the right to be safe from all forms of violence

It is always the perpetrator who is to blame, never the victim

It is a community-wide responsibility to make Oxford a safe place, where women and girls:

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Listen Up! campaign & RTN 2013 launched!

Sunday, 24 February, 2013 - 12:00

Flora at launch of Listen Up!

On Thursday night (21st) we launched Reclaim the Night 2013 and the Listen Up! campaign with a great gig at the Port Mahon. Big thanks to the musicians who gave their talents to the campaign: Flora, Hannah Bruce, Exxonic, & Rodney Quakes - links and pics on their way...

Look out for more news of Listen Up! campaign events - feminist fim night http://www.facebook.com/events/131020917073446/, stall & flashmob http://www.facebook.com/events/570270256324469/...

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Feminist Film Night 25 Feb 2013

Sunday, 24 February, 2013 - 12:12

feminist film night 25 Feb 7pm EOCC

Reclaim the Night screening of short films by feminists, some by local feminist film makers, on Monday 25 February, 7pm at East Oxford Community Centre, there will also be discussion - and cake!

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V-Day is here again: Vagina Monologues 2013

Tuesday, 26 February, 2013 - 21:31

VDAY 2013

Oxford Feminist Network presents The Vagina Monologues back for a third glorious year.  Eve Ensler's classic play will be performed by a new community cast on three dates (6th March at the Cowley Women's Group; 7th March at Ruskin College Oxford, Headington and 9th March at Mansfield College).  As always the profits are donated to charities combating violence against women and girls locally and worldwide and is part of the One Billion Rising movement which swept the globe earlier this month.

Cast member this year, Heather McConnell said "It feels great to be part of such an...

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