WLD in Bournemouth

10.46.00am BST (GMT +0100) Mon 18th Aug 2008

We are involved with two Fringe events in Bournemouth this year. On Saturday we are supporting the Amnesty Fringe meeting 'Trapped in Violence and Abuse - Is the UK Government failing to tackle violence against women?' This meeting will focus on the most vulnerable women in our society who are currently being failed by the system. Chris Huhne MP heads the list of speakers. On Monday we have our own WLD Fringe meeting 'Are We Nearly There Yet?' which will include a discussion of progress made since we were founded 20 years ago and will also focus on ways to get more women onto the Party Committees, where we are still severely under-represented. Click on the link for more details.

Here is the list of Conference events with details as they are known so far:

Saturday 13th September, 2.30pm: Annual General Meeting of WLD in Old Harry's Bar, Highcliffe Hotel

Saturday 13th September, 8.00pm: Amnesty Fringe Meeting, supported by WLD, in the Westcliff Brasserie, Marquee Two. The subject is 'Trapped in Violence and Abuse - Is the UK Government failing to tackle violence against women?' It will focus on the most vulnerable women in our society who are currently being failed by the system. Chris Huhne MP has agreed to speak, and other invited speakers include Liz McKean, Amnesty International UK, Jo Swinson MP and Baroness Jenny Tonge.

Monday 15th September, 6.15pm: WLD Fringe Meeting 'Are We Nearly There Yet?' in the Conference Centre. We will be looking at the progress we have made since we were formed 20 years ago, and will focus particularly on ways to get more women onto the Party committees