loop | Garterstitch100
Come: say hi, blanket buy, drink tea, eat cake then monster make! CCA, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow NOW!!
Celebrating the talent, diversity and innovation of women film makers and artists the world over. This programme of films includes experimental, drama and documentary work. Screening on the top floor of The Old Hairdressers and starting at 6pm pull up your chair for a challenging and entertaining hour of delights. Curated by Rosie Toner.
We are very pleased to announce the evening programme of celebration: 7.00pm Alyana Galyana start the evening with an improvised performance by Penny Chivas. Alyana Galyana will present Bulgarian folk songs in a traditional setting, called “sedyanka”. In the old days this was a common social practice where women from the village get together and would sing while knitting or sawing, the young ones preparing their dowry, and the old ones repairing their family's clothes. Sometimes the songs would be gossip...
Through donations Garterstitch100 is raising money for five dedicated women's charities working both here in Glasgow and Internationally. Apne Aap An initiative to end sex-trafficking. Apne Aap works to empower the women and children of India’s red-light districts and aims to break the cycle of poverty and discrimination that forces women into prostitution. www.apneaap.org CARE A leading humanitarian organisation fighting global poverty. Special focus is placed on equipping women with proper resources since...
Demographer's have shown that there are between 60 million and 100 million females missing from today's global population. ( Sheryl WuDunn, co auther, "Half The Sky". ) Last year Garterstitch100...
Our day of celebrations begins at Noon with a hearty welcome from Company of Wolves and Kate E. Deeming injecting energy, colour and movement into Renfield Lane. Call of the Wild from Company of Wolves consists of laments, chants, and primal polyphonies from Eastern Europe, Corsica, and the Balkans. In the Shadows - a Dance Improvisation in Renfield Lane by Kate E. Deeming There are stories that are only remembered in the beat of my heart. Dedicated to the women who have danced, in spite of it all, even when...
International Women's Day 2012 will be your last chance to buy one of the beautiful blankets. It is estimated that up to 100 million women are missing from todays global poputlation due to the extremes...
Talks will begin at 3.30pm upstairs in Gallery Hair. Isn’t It Wonderful to be a WomanMolly and Tricia will talk about women and their survival in challenging situations in Glasgow - poverty, unemployment, abuse, addiction etc. Molly Harvery worked for 15 years before retiring in 2003, as Project Co-ordinator of Glasgow Braendam Link which worked in partnership with families living in poverty and social exclusion.Tricia McConalogue is Project Co-ordinator of Bridging the Gap which works with refugees and...
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