STUDENTS are staging their own version of the play The Vagina Monologues as part of a campaign to raise awareness of violence against women.

Durham Students' Union women's officer Claire Rasul is co-ordinating the production of the Eve Ensler play as part of the university's contribution to V-Day - the international awareness day highlighting violence against women and girls around the world.

The play is being staged tomorrow and Monday in the Riverside Caf, Dunelm House, Durham City. Tickets cost £4 and all proceeds will go to Durham Women's Refuge.

Ms Rasul said "The play is a perfect way to educate people about the personal and political sides of being a woman."

Published: 05/03/2005