There will be stalls, workshops, and displays from services and projects in the area all aimed at women but not exclusively focussed on violence against women issues. There will also be the “Violence Against Women 365 International Poster Exhibition” from Ireland on display.

GWL will be hosting our own stall at this event.

- involved in Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp?
- active in the socialist and feminists movements between 1972-1990?
- active in the North-East of Scotland around the same time?

We are currently gathering oral histories to feature as part of an International Women’s Day 2011 event in Aberdeen. The event will also showcase campaign materials, minutes, badges and other artefacts, photographs, personal letters and diaries. This exciting exhibition will become part of a permanent collection in the GWL Archives.

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We will be recording oral histories in the North-East of Scotland from July 2010 onwards, and accepting donations of relevant materials towards the end of 2010 (unfortunately no earlier than this, due to our imminent move to the Mitchell Library).

If you would like to contribute to the essential preservation of this important history, please contact Morag Smith, National Lifelong Learning Development Worker by email: morag.smith@womenslibrary.org.uk or telephone: 0141 552 8345.

All contributions will be subject to the conditions of Glasgow Women’s Library oral history copyright clearance and deposit policy. It will be necessary for all contributors to complete an oral history copyright clearance and deposit form.

More images of the Blue Spine exhibit are also available in our Flickr photostream.

We have partnered with Amnesty International to bring their International Heroines Exhibition to the library. Eight remarkable women from around the world are profiled in this celebration of freedom of expression and the strength of the human spirit in the face of adversity. Each has dared to speak out against human rights abuses in the face of repression and they are presented here as an inspiration to us all.

Exhibition Launch at 81 Parnie Street, Thursday, 2 July – 7pm to 9pm.

The launch of the exhibition sees the well known local writer A L Kennedy perform readings from the work of the featured women: Anna Politkovskaya, Lydia Cacho, Anushka Anastasia Solomon, Shirin Ebadi, Arundhati Roy, Wangari Maathai, Aung San Suu Kyi and Woeser.

For more information or to book a place please call 0141 552 8345 or contact Laura at the Library.

Exhibition at 81 Parnie Street – Thursday, 2 July to Friday, 31 July 2009.

The exhibition was launched by well known local writer A L Kennedy who performed readings her newest work and from the work of Aung San Suu Kyi.

Please come along to see the exhibition on display in July at 81 Parnie Street between 10am and 5pm, Monday to Friday.