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Speaking Out Group Event – Oral History Listening and Guided Discussion Session

Museum of Edinburgh 142 Canongate, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

MUSEUM OF EDINBURGH - In this session groups will listen to extended selections from oral history interviews conducted as part of the Speaking Out project with people associated with the Women’s Aid movement in Scotland. There will then be a guided group discussion on themes identified in the interviews. Tea and cake will also be served. Please get in touch to book.

Speaking Out Drop-In Pin Badge Making Session

Museum of Edinburgh 142 Canongate, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

MUSEUM OF EDINBURGH - In this session we’ll draw inspiration from the pin badges displayed in the Speaking Out exhibition to design and make our own feminist buttons we can wear with pride! Pin badges were (and still are) important visible symbols of the beliefs held by women involved with the Women’s Aid movement.

In Her Shoes Anti-Racist Zine Making Workshop

Glasgow Women's Library 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Zines are small, self-made mini magazines that can be about anything – from what you did last week, to your personal, political and social life. In the 1990s, women involved […]

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Celebrating Black on Screen Talent: The Color Purple

Glasgow Women's Library 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

For Black History Month we are Celebrating Black on Screen Talent. We start with The Color Purple, a monumental movie for Black Cinema, showing an epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie (Whoopi Goldberg), an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry.

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Recalling Women’s Aid

Glasgow Women's Library 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

GLASGOW WOMEN'S LIBRARY - In this session we will introduce you to material from the Scottish Women’s Aid archive and discuss the history and development of the Women’s Aid movement in Scotland. Bring along photos, leaflets and your memories, or just come along to hear from others.

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Speaking Out Lunchtime Talk Series: Emma Gascoigne

Museum of Edinburgh 142 Canongate, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

MUSEUM OF EDINBURGH - Emma Gascoigne from the Speaking Out project will talk about what the project is hoping to achieve and the different ways the information being collected is going to be shared. There will be time for questions, discussion and viewing of the Speaking Out exhibition.

Screening, Interrupted: AFRICA IS A WOMAN’S NAME

Glasgow Women's Library 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Film screening of AFRICA IS A WOMAN'S NAME which will be interrupted at key points to allow time and space for discussion and reflection.

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Reading Group for Muslim Women

Glasgow Women's Library 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Currently, we are reading the book 'Forty rules of love' by Elif Shafaq Synopsis:  In this lyrical, exuberant follow-up to her 2007 novel, The Bastard of Istanbul, acclaimed Turkish author […]

Speaking Out Lunchtime Talk Series: Sarah Browne

Museum of Edinburgh 142 Canongate, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

MUSEUM OF EDINBURGH - Sarah Browne from the Speaking Out project will talk about the connections between the Women’s Liberation movement and Women’s Aid in Scotland. There will be time for questions, discussion and viewing of the Speaking Out exhibition.