National tour of Palestinian Women 2008

10 Palestinian women coming to Britain to talk about their lives for International Women’s Day
Women from all over the Palestinian West Bank bring their stories to enrich twinning links all over England
The Britain Palestine Twinning Network is organising an exciting speaking tour at the time of International Women’s Day in March 2008. The first of [...]

International Women’s Day Festival 2008 Kirklees

Friday 14th March 2008, 10:00AM – 3:00PM
A seminar style event is taking place on March 14th at Batley Town Hall to mark IWD 2008
Cllr Bates – official opening at 10am
Morning session:
presentations by Kirklees agencies themed around topical issues related to women’s health and well being e.g., domestic violence, teenage pregnancies, forced marriage, [...]

Tongues on Fire: 10th Annual Asian Women’s Film Festival – experiences beyond bollywood

Saturday, 08 March 2008
18:00 Opening Gala Premiere : Hope and A Little Sugar
Followed by Q&A with Special Guests Director Tanuja Chandra and Actress Mahima Chaudhry
Sunday, 09 March 2008
19:00 Opening Gala Special Screening : The World Unseen
Followed by Q&A with Director Shamim Sharif and Producer Hanan Kattan
Monday, 10 March 2008
08:00 REEL WOMEN: Reflections from 10 [...]

International Women’s Day Events in Cambridge

Gender and History
Friday 7th March
The Umney Theatre, Robinson College, Cambridge. 10am – 5.30pm.
All welcome! Free Entrance.
Centre for Gender Studies, 11th Annual Symposium
Talks by Linda Colley, Polly O’Hanlon, Tanika Sarkar, Harry Cocks, Rebecca Flemming, Karen Adler, Lyndal and Clare Midgley.
Download a full Agenda here. Pre-registration would be helpful please contact Deborah Thom and Lucy Delap [...]

More IWD events in Haringey

Pandora Project Film followed by discussion with speakers in Greek and English
Thursday, 6th March 2008, 10.30-13.30
Friday, 7th March 2008, 17.00-20.00
Film followed by discussion with speakers in Greek and English “Sleeping with the enemy”. A Hollywood film that depicts the realities of domestic violence.
A Domestic Violence phone help line in both Greek and English will [...]