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International Women’s Day at Radio 6 Music Festival: Gossip headline CMAT and Afrodeutsche

International Women’s Day at Radio 6 Music Festival: Gossip headline CMAT and Afrodeutsche

Artists Gossip, CMAT, and Afrodeutsche were on the line-up at BBC 6 Music Festival for a musical celebration of International Women’s Day
Have we lost International Women’s Day to commercialisation?

Have we lost International Women’s Day to commercialisation?

Companies have begun to exploit International Women’s Day for their own capitalist gain. This ‘trend’ needs to stop
Four women who make the art world a better place

Four women who make the art world a better place

To celebrate International Women’s Day 2024, we asked our writers to tell us a bit about their favourite women artists.
Her world in her words: 5 experimental documentaries for International Women’s Day

Her world in her words: 5 experimental documentaries for International Women’s Day

Stuck for something to watch this International Women’s Day? Why not delve into the world of experimental docs by female filmmakers.
International Women’s Day book guide: Celebrating feminists and feminism

International Women’s Day book guide: Celebrating feminists and feminism

Women’s writing should be spotlighted and celebrated all year round, but in the lead up to International Women’s Day, there’s no time like the present so we recommend some of our favourite books
The reality of being a girl who likes sports

The reality of being a girl who likes sports

The 00s was an era known for misogyny and questionable outfits. I endured both, the only difference? The misogyny came from the pitch as a young girl desperate to play sports
Blue Beard review: Problematic and distasteful plastic feminism

Blue Beard review: Problematic and distasteful plastic feminism

In production with Wise Children theatre company, Emma Rice’s new adaptation of Blue Beard uses circus tricks, smoke, and mirrors to dance around the genuine issues it is trying to tackle
Six Mancunian women who made Britain

Six Mancunian women who made Britain

The Mancunion explores six women who lived in and around Manchester who all helped shape modern Britain, from LGBTQ+ activism to black rights.
International Women’s Day: Inspirational women on campus

International Women’s Day: Inspirational women on campus

In celebration of International Women’s Day, the Lifestyle Team are spotlighting some of our favourite women and female-focused societies on campus.
International Women’s Day 2023

International Women’s Day 2023

What’s going on for International Women’s Day, find out here:
No more leading ladies? The disappearance of women in politics

No more leading ladies? The disappearance of women in politics

With three major resignations in the months leading up to International Women’s Day, we need women in politics now more than ever
Female empowerment playlist

Female empowerment playlist

A playlist of female empowerment anthems compiled by The Mancunion’s Music Section contributors.
Contact Theatre is Breaking Bread this Women’s History Month

Contact Theatre is Breaking Bread this Women’s History Month

Contact Theatre is marking Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day with a trio of female-led shows
The Future is Female: Female artists to get to know this year

The Future is Female: Female artists to get to know this year

Here are our recommendations for female artists to keep an eye out for in 2021
International Women’s Day: the writers who inspire us

International Women’s Day: the writers who inspire us

The books section have come together to consider the female writers who have inspired us for International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day: Join Women In Business Society’s Female Founders of Manchester Panel

International Women’s Day: Join Women In Business Society’s Female Founders of Manchester Panel

Women in Business society is hosting a panel event highlighting female business owners in Manchester.
International Women’s Day: now and then

International Women’s Day: now and then

Writer Serafina Kenny looks at the history of International Women’s Day, and how Manchester celebrated in 2020
How to celebrate International Women’s Day

How to celebrate International Women’s Day

Stuck for what to do for International Women’s Day this weekend? Look no further
Table Tennis Club celebrates International Women’s Day

Table Tennis Club celebrates International Women’s Day

Kate MacLachlan talks to UoM’s Table Tennis Club about female representation and diversity in the sport
Let’s celebrate our feminist icons

Let’s celebrate our feminist icons

Writer Eliza Robey shares some of her feminist icons from Chavela Vargas in the 1950s to Caitlin Moran in the 21st century