It is estimated there are 100 million modern slaves in India today. 3 million are enslaved in prostitution. Most are Dalit women. This is the second event to be held at GWL to discuss discrimination against Dalit women. The aim of this event is to discuss, plan and organise how women in Glasgow can support Dalit women in India.
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Glasgow School of Art Degree Show Tour
The Library is offering a guided tour of the Glasgow School of Art degree show for our learners and volunteers.
Hidden Gems of Garnethill
As part of the West End Festival join a Women Make History walking tour within Garnethill’s confined boundaries that spotlights the women who made Garnethill into the most exciting cultural and multicultural hotspot in Glasgow.
Feminist Lines of Flight
Artists Kate Davis and Faith Wilding developed a project, Feminist Lines of Flight in 2010 that involved a diverse group of people adding their feminist ‘must reads’ and ‘must sees’. The GWL Book Group is hosting a special session with one of the ‘Lines of Flight’ Marilyn French’s feminist classic The Women’s Room to launch this fantastic resource moving to the GWL website. All are welcome to come along and discuss this groundbreaking novel in a friendly and celebratory session.
WMH Workshop 4: Oral Histories
Based on consultation with those attending previous Women Make History workshops we will be holding a mystery history workshop.
Wait Until Tomorrow: A Daughter’s Memoir
GWL are delighted to welcome Pat MacEnulty to launch her new book, Wait Until Tomorrow: A Daughter’s Memoir, published by The Feminist Press and due for UK release in June 2011.
Captured Hearts
Melynda Jarratt and Zoe Boone return to Glasgow to tell us more about the experiences of British and European women caught up in the dramatic reality of war who fell in love with and married soldiers from a foreign country. When the war ends, they leave behind all they’ve ever known. A compelling portrait of love, passion, perseverance, and hope in a world torn apart by war.
Girl – A Community Project
Adura Onashile, in partnership with Ankur Productions and the Glasgow Women’s Library is developing Girl, a series of creative workshops, inspired by Antiguan writer Jamaica Kincade’s poem of the same name.
Film Screening in Clydebank
As an end of term farewell to our Researching Women’s History group in Clydebank, we are hosting a film screening and discussion at the Hub Community Centre. You Play Your Part was produced by film-maker Kirsten MacLeod, who worked in collaboration with women from Govan as they reflected on their lives by the river Clyde. This film was made in association with Plantation Productions and the University of the West of Scotland.
GWL Learners Forum
We value you as a learner and library user and we want your feedback on what we do. Glasgow Women’s Library attracts hundreds of learners each year to our courses, events, training and other activities. The GWL Learners Forum will be a chance to meet other Library learners to share your experiences and for us to find out what you want and where we can improve our programmes and communication with you.