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BOO!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Happy Hallowe\u00e2\u20ac\u2122en everyone.<\/p>\n

This one\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s early because it is indeed the Student Conference this weekend and then the next time we meet it will be November! Talk about scary.<\/p>\n

If you missed our meeting this week, Dominyka has written the blog<\/a>, so check it out. I can now report that we have photos from the GUU, SRC and GUSA to add to our LGBT photo action. You can find them all on our website<\/a> thanks to our Website Manager Rob who does a lot of hard work with that camera.<\/p>\n

Next meeting: Tuesday 5th<\/sup> November, Committee Room 1, QMU<\/span><\/h2>\n

We are moving onto our next campaign \u00e2\u20ac\u201c women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s rights with a focus on India. Dom is putting together a presentation that looks at the recent gang rape case in India and the subsequent changes in law with regards to reinstating the death penalty for certain forms of sexual violence. However, it has been largely overlooked that there are certain forms of rape that are still considered legal. This meeting will be a good opportunity to discuss what really ought to have been changed in India in terms of legal protections for women.<\/p>\n

The first plenary at the Student Conference is \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcWomen in Afghanistan \u00e2\u20ac\u201c in the news for the wrong reasons\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/em>. Those of us who are attending will hopefully have lots to talk about after listening to the various speakers. This was in fact Amnesty UK\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s October campaign for student groups, so we will cover this on Tuesday as well.<\/p>\n

We are hoping to end the meeting at 6pm for mobdro free download<\/a> those of you who have plans for bonfire night. If you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have plans and wish you did, you can join those of us who are heading to Glasgow Green after the meeting for the fireworks. Remember warm clothes!<\/p>\n

Film Event: Wednesday 6th<\/sup> November, 12-2pm 217A Gillmorehill Centre<\/span><\/h2>\n

Screen Seminars at Glasgow \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Women making documentaries in the Arab world<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

One of our members pointed this very well timed event taking place next Wednesday, right after the beginning of our women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s rights campaign. And it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s on campus, even better.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcFilmmaking in the Middle East is often a matter of idealism and activism, especially in the case of women documentary makers. In spite of harsh censorship, conservative morals and a lack of investment, women have found ways of subtly negotiating dissidence in their films, something that is coming to light very clearly since the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcArab Revolutions\u00e2\u20ac\u2122. In this talk I will introduce the aesthetic and ethic practices by the very first women making documentaries in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcA historical overview of the struggles by women making documentaries will be supported by images and clips taken from documentaries by the pioneering women of Arab documentary making, e.g. Jocelyne Saab (Lebanon), Ateyyat El Abnoudy (Egypt), Selma Baccar (Tunisia) and Assia Djebar (Algeria).\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Tuesday 19th<\/sup> November: Guest Speaker – Scottish Transgender Alliance<\/span><\/h2>\n

I know we had our last meeting on LGBT rights this week but there is actually still more to come, yay! Nathan Gale from the Scottish Transgender Alliance<\/a> (part of the Equality Network<\/a>) will be coming to talk to us and we can take part in their postcard campaign. We are delighted that he can make it and after that we will have achieved everything that members suggested we do in terms of events for LGBT rights this semester. So that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s something to celebrate!<\/p>\n

Wednesday 20th<\/sup> November: Day of Silence and Jamnesty!<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

Day of Silence \u00e2\u20ac\u201c All day on campus\/at home\/in your bed\/at work\/wherever you are in solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community <\/b><\/p>\n

Jamnesty: Halt 2, Woodlands Road, doors open 7.30pm, tickets \u00c2\u00a33\/\u00c2\u00a34 on the door<\/b><\/p>\n

We have begun looking into t-shirts for our Day of Silence and Maisie is emailing Mobdro Online TV<\/a> the SRC to make sure that a message is sent to every student telling them about our plans. We thought of buying white t-shirts so that we can decorate them with our GU Amnesty stamp and solidarity messages. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll let you know next week how much this will be and see if you want to go ahead with ordering the t-shirts. Whatever we decide, we need something visible for those taking the pledge to be silent and those who are supporting \u00e2\u20ac\u201c everyone is welcome to take part so encourage friends outwith the society to join in too.<\/p>\n

Ali has been busy finding the best deals for printing the LGBT campaign photos for decorating the Halt 2 and also for creating a poster collage. We are hoping to have big posters in the QMU, GUU and SRC to publicise our solidarity action on that day.<\/p>\n

Of course we have Jamnesty<\/a> in the evening, which we are all super excited for! Please remember to get your tickets in advance<\/b> as we are almost through our first batch of 30. You can get tickets at the meetings, and you can take tickets away for friends that you know are coming. You don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t need to pay for these at the time, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll make a note of who is taking away tickets and can collect money the week after.<\/p>\n

Spook to you soon,<\/p>\n

Ruth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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