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	www.vday.org V-Day is a global movement to stop violence against women and girls. It is not an organisation or physical entity. V-Day is a palpable energy, a fierce catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money and revitalise the spirit of existing anti-violence organisations. V-Day helps organisations to continue and expand their core work, while generating broader attention for the fight to stop worldwide violence against women. Money raised is given to grass roots organisations and programmes that work to end rape, incest, female genital mutilation (FGM) and sexual slavery.
	www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary Celebrating and recording women's lives - The Women's Library is a cultural centre housing the most extensive collection of women's history in the UK. Access is free and open to everyone. A reading room also available. It hosts exhibitions, films, study days, photographs, talks, books and a wide range of events throughout the year. The Women's Library is part of London Metropolitan University and a registered charity.
	www.housmans.com/books Housmans are specialist booksellers, retailing since 1945. They host weekly events including talks, readings and book signings.
	www.emmahumphreys.org The Emma Humphreys memorial prize is awarded each year to an individual or group that has worked to stop violence against women. These awards were set up in memory of Emma Humphreys to recognize and celebrate her life and the lives of women who work to stop violence against women and children.
	www.equalityhumanrights.com The Equalities and Human Right Commission (EHRC) was set up in October 2007. The EHRC works not only for the disadvantaged, but for everyone in society, and can use its enforcement powers where necessary, to guarantee people's equality. It also has a mandate to promote understanding of the Human Rights Act. As a public body, the EHRC is bound by equality legislation to comply with the three duties to promote equality in the areas of disability, gender and race. These duties include the requirement to develop and put into place equality schemes outlining what they will do to promote disability, gender and race equality.
	www.oxfam.org.uk/resources/learning/gender Oxfam is concerned about gender inequality because the majority of the world's poor are women: around 70 per cent of the 1.3 billion people who live in extreme poverty, on less than one dollar a day, are women and girls. Gender discrimination, or the denial of women's basic human rights, is also a major cause of poverty. Men and women experience many aspects of poverty differently and ignoring these differences risks further entrenching poverty and the subordination of women.
	www.womankind.org.uk If you are interested in helping women improve their lives - whether in developing countries or in the UK - there is much on the WomanKind website that will engage and inspire you about women's activism around the globe.
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