Celebrations for International Women’s Day kicked off this weekend! More events will be taking place throughout campus and Greater Manchester this week. Jenni Smyth, Women’s Officer, asks us to #BeBoldForChange and take advantage of “the opportunity to bring together women from different faiths, cultures and societies … whilst also challenging the issue of gender disparity.”
Here is a list of events happening on the day…
Wednesday 8th March
On Campus:
The Sisterhood Movement: Tea Party Edition
12:30 – 15:00, Students’ Union
FBMH International Women’s Day Celebration: Engendering Change
12:30 – 16:00, Roscoe Building
Nancy Rothwell WISE Talk
15:00 – 16:00, Roscoe Lecture Theatre B
Wonder Women in the Culture Sector
15:30 – 17:00, Manchester Museum
International Women’s Day Spoken Word Event
18:00 – 19:00, UoM Student’s Union
Asylum Monologues – Refugee Mother
19:00 – 22:00, Academy 3, Students’ Union
For more details and more events during the week see
http://manchesterstudentsunion.com/iwd
Around Manchester:
Danish-style bike ride and breakfast
08:00, St Werburgh’s Road Metrolink, Manchester
Home-Fires
16:00 – 18:00, Manchester Central Library, Performance Space
Levenshulme women’s Group food taster
10:00 – 12:00, Levenshulme Inspire, 747 Stockport Rd, Levenshulme
Living History – Strike a light – A match girl’s story
13:15 – 14:00, People’s History Museum
What the Feminist Theologians Say…
Tuesday 7 March – Sunday 26 March, Manchester Cathedral
For more details and events see
http://bit.ly/2mmnIcU.
