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Centre Closure
The Centre will be closing at 3pm on Friday 16th December and reopen again at 9am on Monday 30th January, wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year.
White Ribbon Biscuit Bagging
It was all hands on deck for the yearly bagging of the White Ribbon Campaign Biscuits, come in for a cuppa, a chat and a biscuit.
White Ribbon Day
The Kapiti Women’s Centre supports
White Ribbon Day
With the goal of eliminating men’s violence towards women, White Ribbon “aims to change men’s attitudes and behaviours, predominantly through men talking to men”. It asks individual men to “make it clear to other men that you do not tolerate violence towards women”. White Ribbon is a deliberate attempt to undermine the social norms of men who support violence, and strengthen male norms that are non-violent.
Key themes for this year’s White Ribbon campaign.
In 2016 White Ribbon is promoting:
Respectful relationships between men and women. This is the over-arching theme.
Respectful relationships are based on:
- Equality between women and men
- The effective use of non-violent communication
- Flexible gender behaviour for men and women
- This includes respectful sexual relationships
- ‘Consent’ as a necessary requirement of all sexual relationships.
- Men challenging the attitudes and behaviour of other men that underpin all violence.
- Developing your child’s respectful behaviour (giving kiwi dads the skills and confidence to talk about respectful relationships and respectful sexual relationships with their sons).
For more information please visit https://whiteribbon.org.nz
The Girl on the Train – October Movie Night
October Movie Night – Thursday 27th at 8.00pm
The Girl on the Train is the story of Rachel Watson’s life post-divorce. Every day, she takes the train in to work in London, and every day the train passes by her old house. The house she lived in with her husband, who still lives there, with his new wife and child. As she attempts to not focus on her pain, she starts watching a couple who live a few houses down — Megan and Scott Hipwell. She creates a wonderful dream life for them in her head, about how they are a perfect happy family. And then one day, as the train passes, she sees something shocking, filling her with rage. The next day, she wakes up with a
horrible hangover, various wounds and bruises, and no memory of the night before. She has only a feeling: something bad happened. Then come the TV reports: Megan Hipwell is missing. Rachel becomes invested in the case and trying to find out what happened to Megan, where she is, and what exactly she herself was up to that same night Megan went missing.
Starring: Luke Evans, Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett
We Are Back!
We are back from our holidays and ready and waiting for you to pop in for a cuppa! Enroll in one of our many wonderful courses, or buy a ticket to October Movie Night happening on October 27th. We are off to see “The Girl on the Train” come join us…looking forward to seeing you soon!
