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Past events
Inter Faith Meeting - 16th November
2009
The Judith Trust and the Board of Deputies of British
Jews held a Round Table as part of Inter Faith week.
The meeting brought together representatives from all
major faiths and belief systems for a discussion about how faiths include women and men, boys and girls with learning
disabilities.
The meeting was opened by the President of the Board of Deputies, Vivian Wineman and chaired
by Dr. Annette Lawson of the Judith Trust.
The very talented film maker Ilana Trachtman spoke to the meeting about
her experiences of inclusion work in the US through the film Praying with Lior and used clips from the film to illustrate this.
Seminar - Forced Marriages of People with a Learning Disability
The Judith Trust and National
Alliance of Women's Organisations (NAWO) held a very successful seminar on Wednesday July 23rd 2008.
Speakers at
the event were:
Hannah Buckley - Policy Advisor, Forced Marriage Unit Mandeep Sanghera - Trustee,
VOICE UK Imam Ajmal Masroor - Director, Communities in Action Enterprise and Liberal Democrat Parliamentary
Candidate for Bow and Bethnal Green
An account of the speaker's
presentations and a Summary of the seminar can be downloaded below
Documents from the seminar delegate packs can also be downloaded via the links below:
Speakers Presentations in Brief
Summary of the Seminar
Easy Read Seminar Information
Seminar Programme and Information
Speaker Biographies
Report On Forced Marriages - Imam Dr Abdul Jalil Sajid
NAWO booklet on Forced Marriage
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