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Women's Campaign Committee

Women's Campaign Committee is made up of women students who want to coordinate campaigns which tackle gender inequality.

The Committee is coordinated by the Women's Sabbatical Office, and is made up of:

The Liberation Reps from Forum may also join Campaigns Committee in order to coordinate campaigns based on liberation. There is a Liberation Rep in Women's Campaign for each CUSU Autonomous Campaign:

We're currently looking for new people to fill the Committee position for 2010-2011.

Elections will be at the Women's Forum on February 17th, in the evening.

Want to work with a group of enthusiastic, talented and active women? The Women's Committee is exactly where you should be looking! You don't need to be a college women's officer and no previous experience with the CUSU Women's Campaign is necessary. Just get in touch with the CUSU Women's Officer and ask about how you can get involved- either running for a specific position, an open portfolio position, or joining one of the working groups.

Women's Welfare Campaigns Officer

The Women's Welfare Campaigns Officers jointly organise campaigns and events throughout the year to publicise welfare issues that particularly affect women. They work with both the CUSU Women's Officer and CUSU Welfare and Graduates Officer to identify and address women's welfare issues. The Women's Welfare Officer attends weekly Women's Committee meetings and Women's Forum every other Wednesday. This year, the Women's Welfare Campaigns Officer helps coordinate the HPV working group and the working group on consent.

Sarah P-H is this year's Welfare Campaigns coordinator, you can get in touch at womens-welfarecampaigns [at] cusu.cam.ac.uk

Women in Sport

Women's sport in Cambridge is underfunded, undervalued and underresourced. The Women in Sport Officer leads the campaign to support Cambridge's amazing sportswomen. She carries out research to find statistics about the inequality, raises awareness about the issue and puts pressure on the relevant bodies to address the disparity. attends Committee meetings and Women's Forum every other Wednesday.

We are looking for more people to get involved in this campaign (with or without experience playing sport in Cambridge), so get in touch with womens-sport@cusu... to find out more.

Gender Agenda Editor

The Editor of Gender Agenda is responsible for the production of the Women's Campaign zine and heads a team of women who work together on all aspects of the magazine's production. She has control over the direction of the magazine and meets regularly with the Women's Sabb to develop Gender Agenda as a cutting edge publication and as a product of the Women's Campaign. The Gender Agenda Editor attends weekly Women's Committee meetings and Women's Forum every other Wednesday.

Open Places

The Women's Committee includes four 'open portfolio' campaign positions. This means that women can put forward their own campaign profiles. Open place officers, whatever they are focussing on, attend weekly or bi-weekly Committee meetings and Women's Forum every other Wednesday.

Publicity and Events

The Publicity and Events Officer is a new position which will give support to the Women's Sabb and Committee in publicising and coordinating events. This is a fairly flexible role, and can include event-planning, design, networking, and whatever else you think is useful!

Black and Asian Women's Officer

The post of Black and Asian Women's Officer was designed to increase the representation of Black and Asian women within the University and within the Women's Campaign. It is also hoped that the holder of the position will work towards improving diversity within the Women's Union and will liaise with the CUSU Black Student's Campaign and the Black and Asian Caucus (BACS), as well as other religious and cultural groups. Links have also been forged with GEEMA and CUSU Access. The role is very flexible- there are a lot of possibilities of what you can do. attends weekly Women's Exec meetings and Women's Forum every other Wednesday. This post is only open to women who self-define as black and/or asian.

You can reach Sadia at blackandasian-womens@cusu...

International Women's Officer

The International Women's Officer works to represent international women within the Women's Campaign and maintains contact with CUSU International. The International Women's Officer also endeavours to encourage international women to get involved with the Women's Union and promotes the interest of international women within the Women's Exec and at Women's Council meetings. The officer may also organise events and campaigns aimed directly at international women. The International Women's Officer attends weekly Women's Exec meetings and Women's Forum every other Wednesday. This position is only open to international women students.

LBGTQ Women's Officer

The LBGTQ Women's Officer works to promote the interests of women who define as lesbian, bisexual, gay, transsexual or queer within the Women's Campaign. She works in conjunction with the women's officers at CUSU LBGT, striving to represent the interests, opinions and needs of LBGTQ women within the Women's Campaign. The LBGTQ Women's Officer attends weekly Women's Exec meetings and Women's Forum every other Wednesday. This position is only open to women who define as LBGT or Q.

The Disabled Women's Officer

The Disabled Women's Officer represents disabled women on Forum, communicates issues faced by disabled women and works with the Women's Campaign to address those issues. She will work with the CUSU Disabled Students' Liberation Campaign and her counterpart in that Campaign. She is expected to attend to contribute to Women's Forum meetings every other Wednesday.


Current Open Places:

Women and Religion

Dominique is looking at how religion and gender interact to contribute to women's identities. Creating opportunities for dialogue is absolutely essential to examine the often troubled histories some faiths have had in regards to women, and to build an honest, open and productive conversation between people of all faiths and none.

You can contact Dominique at dei21 [at] cam. ac. uk

Women's Wellbeing

Fatima is focussing on various ways in which women's wellbeing can be supported in Cambridge. This encompasses drinking culture, smear tests/ the HPV vaccine, exam term relaxation tips and anything that we need to campaign on to improve women's welfare in Cambridge.

You can contact Fatima at fa273 [at ] cam.ac. uk

In previous years we've had officers dedicated to 'Women's Right's Worldwide', Women's Academic Achievement and an access initiative for women through 'Target Women'. These roles offer a great opportunity to make your mark on a campaign that's close to your heart but not covered by another Women's Exec position.