To celebrate this year's International Women's Day (IWD) on Friday 8 March, Â鶹´«Ã½ Women are hosting a series of online and in-person events.
As a part of Women's History Month (taking place from Friday 1 March to Sunday 31 March), IWD celebrates the achievements of women and promotes gender equality. This year's theme is Inspire Inclusion and you can find out more about the campaign .
Nicky Hudson, Shalini Bisani, and Marie Josee Bisson co-chairs of Â鶹´«Ã½ Women said: "International Women's Day is a really important date in the calendar to celebrate the achievements of women, raise awareness about historic and current issues of gender inequality and promote equality for all.
"We have a vibrant programme of events for IWD this year and we would like to encourage all, including men and non-binary allies, to sign up and attend as many events as possible to show your support.
"Together we can Inspire Inclusion and further advance gender parity."
This year's highlights include Alumni Dr Bijna Kotak Dasani talking about 'smashing the stereotype', a workshop on sustainable fashion, Â鶹´«Ã½ Active yoga session, a relaxing mindfulness meditation session, and a Menopause café and much more.
Â鶹´«Ã½ supports attendance at wellbeing and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion events, so please do take some time out of your working day to come along to an International Women's Day event.
Exploring women's experiences in respect to their dress, body and space (all)
Monday 4 March 2024, 1pm-2pm
Hugh Aston 1.49
Finding a voice? South Asian Women Writers and the UK publishing landscape (all)
Wednesday 6 March, 11am-12noon
Hugh Aston, HU1.47
Architecture Plus (all)
Wednesday 6 March 2024, 12pm to 4pm
HB00.05, Hawthorn Building
Invest in women: accelerate progress
Friday 8 March 2024, 8.30-10.40am
MS Teams
In Conversation with Ellie Morris – Women in Engineering
Friday 8 March, 1.45pm - 2.45pm
Queens Building 0.12
Persona: Women and Water (all)
Friday 8 March, 1pm-2pm
Online
Women in STEM Society panel discussion – #InspireInclusion (all)
Friday 8 March, 2pm to 3pm
Queens Building 0.12
Disabled Females in Academia Group Launch Event
Friday 8 March, 2pm-3pm
Online
DSU: Stitch and Bitch with Me Exhibition (all)
Friday 8 March, 10am-5pm
Atrium, Campus Centre Building Atrium
‘Pledge for Inclusion’ display
Friday 8 - Monday 18 March
Vijay Patel Building and Clephan Building
Smashing Stereotypes (All)
Thursday 14 March, 12noon-1pm
Online
IWD: Mindfulness meditation (all)
Thursday 14 March, 1pm-1.30pm
Online
Active Travel roadshow (staff only)
Tuesday 19 March, 12noon-2pm
Staff Common Room
IWD: Menopause Café (staff)
Wednesday 20 March, 12noon-1pm
Online
Learning visible mending: The catalyst of ecological and individual wellbeing (Staff and students)
Friday 22 March, 10am-1pm
Campus Centre Atrium
Â鶹´«Ã½active Female Only Yoga (students)
Every Tuesday, 6.00pm – 7.00pm
The Watershed
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Posted on Tuesday 27 February 2024