Following are two updates from NUS Women’s Officer, Olivia Bailey. Please have a read through and complete the questionnaire. And if you’re interested in the training day, feel free to sign up using the links included.
Thanks,
The NUS Women’s Campaign is pleased to announce the launch of our survey exploring women students’ experiences of harassment, violence, sexual assault and stalking. The survey aims to uncover the specific experiences of women students in relation to violence, how it affects their education, and to establish how safe or unsafe women students feel in different environments.
The Women’s Campaign will be launching a research report of our findings in the new year. We will also make recommendations for changes to ensure better support for those who have experienced violence as well as strategies for preventing it.
Regardless of whether or not you have experienced any kind of violence or harassment, your answers will help us to understand and deal with issues of violence against women students.
Please help us stop violence against women by filling in this survey.
Please go here to complete the survey – www.nus.org.uk/vaw.
The survey is open to all women students, including trans women. The survey will be live until 4 January.
We want this survey to be completed by as many women as possible so that we get a complete and accurate picture of violence against women students. Please fill this survey out, and then forward it to your as many of your friends as possible.
If you have any questions about the survey, please do e-mail me.
Liv Bailey
NUS National Women’s Officer
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN: I WILL lead the way
- training day for women in student politicsOnline registration has just opened for ‘I WILL lead the way’, an exciting new event run by the women’s campaign, that will be held on the 19th January in a central London location. Please forward the below details to anyone who might be interested in attending, and please do consider attending yourself.
Register online now to reserve your place – http://www.regonline.co.uk/Checkin.asp?EventId=799528
- Are you a woman student who would like to empower more women to stand in your Students’ Union’s elections?
- Are you a woman student who is interested in running for a sabbatical position in your Students’ Union?
- Are you a woman student who currently is a Students’ Union Sabbatical or part time Officer and would like to run for election again or encourage other women to run for election?
- Are you a woman student who thinks that more women should be in leadership positions in your Institution?
If your answer is yes to any of the four questions above, then you should register to attend I WILL: Lead the Way, a one-day training event which is being ran by NUS Women’s Campaign. This event will take place in London on Tuesday 19th January 2009 and is aimed at women student union officers and other women student activists interested in taking up sabbatical or part time SU positions. The event will:
- Offer skills and tips on being women in leadership positions
- Offer guidance and best practice on running elections & campaigning
- Give you practical tips to empower women to get involved in your union
- Learn why feminism and the women’s campaign go hand in hand with women’s representation
The workshops will be run by inspirational women who have achieved success in leadership positions and/or ran campaigns for women running for election. This will include one of Gordon Brown’s special advisers, who will be running a public speaking workshop, and a women’s leadership training organisation, who will be running a session on confidence building.
The event is going to be held in London and will cost £30 to HE Delegates and £15 for FE Delegates. This is inclusive of lunch and refreshments.
To register for this event, please go here – http://www.regonline.co.uk/Checkin.asp?EventId=799528
Places are limited, so book your place now to avoid disappointment and join us to lead the way as women.
This event is for women only, inclusive of trans women.
In unity,
Liv
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Lu Samson studies Environmental Science and Environmental Management and is in her third year at the University of Derby. Previously in post as Ethics and Environment officer she has been involved with the Union, and writing for Dusted, for some time. 
