Social Context / Legislation

• THE CORRIE ABORTION BILL
Corrie’s Bill raises the same issues as the unsuccessful Braine Bill in 1978. It proposes to reduce the upper time limit from 28 to 20 weeks. Abortions within that time frame would only be allowed if necessary to preserve the life of the mother, or if two doctors certify that the child would be born severely handicapped. The bill also proposes to widen the ‘conscience clause’ so nurses and doctors could refuse to do abortions for any reason, not just religious and ethical reasons. It also proposes to cut links between referral agencies and clinics.

• Margaret Thatcher becomes Prime Minister

Conferences

Regional

~ South West Regional Women’s Liberation Conference, Plymouth

~ Yorkshire Regional Women’s Liberation Conference, Sheffield

Socialist Feminist

~ Socialist Feminist Conference, London

~ North West Regional Socialist Feminist Conference, Preston (1)

~ North West Regional Socialist Feminist Conference, Bolton (2)

~ North West Regional Socialist Feminist Conference, Manchester (3) On: Socialist Feminist Strategy and Tactics

~ Yorkshire and Humberside Regional Socialist Feminist Conference, Leeds, on Women and New Technology

Radical / Revolutionary Feminist

~ National Revolutionary and Radical Feminist Conference, Leeds

~ Radical Feminist Conference, London

Sexuality / Sexual Politics

~ Women, the Law, and Sexuality (ROW), Sheffield

Violence Against Women

~ WAF(E) National Conference, Cambridge

~ WAF(E) National Conference, London

Workplace Issues

~ Maternity Leave and Workplace Nurseries (NALGO), London

~ National Homeworking Campaign Conference, London

~ Sex Discrimination Act and How to Use It (ROW), London

~ Women Artists Conference, Leeds

~ Women in Bookselling, Manchester

~ Women’s Conference: National Union of Teachers, London

~ Women in Education Conference, London

~ Women in Entertainments Conference, London

~ Women’s Liberation in Youth Work Conference, Nottingham

~ Women and Manual Trades National Conference, Leeds (1)

~ Women in Manual Trades National Conference, Edinburgh (2)

~ Women in Sport Conference, London

~ Women Working with Young People Conference, Nottingham

Reproductive Rights

~ NAC National Conference, Nottingham

~ NAC National Conference, Manchester

Other

~ Images of Women, London

~ Nice Girls Aren’t Naughty, Colchester

~ ROW Conference on Illegitimacy, London

~ Social Work Practice from a Feminist Perspective, Warwick

~ Women in Action National Conference, Birmingham

~ Women Against Racism and Fascism Conference, London

~ Women’s Centres Conference, York

~ Women, the Cuts and the State, Edinburgh

~ Women in the Fifties Conference, Birmingham

~ Women and Health Conference, Hempstead

~ Women in Iran Conference, London

~ Women and Ireland Conference, London

~ Women’s Issues and Television, London

~ Women and Science, Birmingham

~ Women and the State, London

~ Women’s Studies (WEA), London

~ Young Women’s Conference, London

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