Archive for March, 2007
Sunday, March 11th, 2007
The Leighton Drawings Project aimed to catalogue, conserve, photograph and exhibit the collection of almost 700 drawings by Frederic Leighton at Leighton House Museum. It was carried out between 2005 and 2007 with the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund, and can be accessed, along with a database of ...
Posted in Architecture, Art and Film, Frederic Lord Leighton, Leighton Drawings Project, Leighton House Museum, News & info | 16 Comments »
Thursday, March 8th, 2007
Urgent human rights alert from the Women's Learning Partnership:
"Thirty-four of our colleagues and partners in the Iranian women's movement were arrested on Sunday, March 4 outside of Tehran's Revolutionary Court. They were staging a peaceful protest against the increasing government pressure on civil society activists and, in particular, the ...
Posted in Activism, Campaigns & Petitions, Gender, Human Rights, International Women's Day, News & info, World Affairs: politics and news | 4 Comments »
Thursday, March 1st, 2007
A photography exhibition at St. Paul's Cathedral which documents the ordinary lives and everyday locations caught up in human trafficking and calls for an end to this illegal 21st century trade. The exhibition seeks to expose the reality of trafficking and the action needed to tackle it. Running until the ...
Posted in Activism, Amnesty International, Events, Exhibitions, Human Rights, Human Trafficking, London, News & info, Slavery, UK, UN, World Affairs: politics and news | 2 Comments »