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| 23-Feb | • International Women’s Day campaign marks 6 year anniversary of the kidnap of Ingrid Betancourt * Organiser: Green Pary * Area: England and Wales |
| 01-Mar 18:00 |
• Reclaim The Night North * Organiser: NUS Women * Area: Manchester |
| 01-Mar 19:00 |
• Million Women Rise Benefit Gig in Nottingham * Organiser: eastside (east midlands) wimmins coalition against violence * Area: Nottingham |
| 02-Mar 12:00 |
• Women In Music Festival * Organiser: Women in Music * Area: Birmingham |
| 04-Mar 09:00 |
• International Women’s Day Conference: Pressures, Risks & Consequences of ‘Honour’ * Organiser: Cardiff Council in partnership with the Henna Foundation * Area: Cardiff |
| 04-Mar 18:00 |
• Celebrating International Women’s Day – Yorkshire and Humber TUC * Organiser: Y&H TUC * Area: Leeds |
| 04-Mar 18:15 |
• Thinkingwomen Manchester event – Ethical Shopping: Who Foots the Bill? * Organiser: Thinking Women * Area: Manchester |
| 05-Mar 11:00 |
• Women, Health and Well-being Day * Organiser: Southampton Women’s Forum * Area: Southampton |
| 05-Mar 14:00 |
• Coleraine Women invited to celebrate International Women’s Day * Organiser: Coleraine Women’s Forum and IPOPS * Area: Coleraine |
| 05-Mar 19:30 |
• Success Network’s International Women’s Day Event * Organiser: Success Network * Area: Reading |
| 06-Mar 11:00 |
• Civic Centre event acknowledging International Women’s Day * Organiser: Southampton Women’s Forum * Area: Southampton |
| 06-Mar 11:00 |
• Edinburgh Women’s Equality Forum (EWEF) are celebrating International Women’s Day * Organiser: EWEF * Area: Edinburgh |
| 06-Mar 18:00 |
• Celebrating the Past and Sustaining the Future * Organiser: Feminist Archive North * Area: Leeds |
| 06-Mar 20:00 |
• Wonderful Women Stand-Up * Organiser: Brighton and Hove Women’s Day * Area: Brighton |
| 07-Mar 10:00 |
• LeicestHERday Conference 2008 International Women’s Day * Organiser: LeicestHERday * Area: Leicester |
| 07-Mar 10:00 |
• Gender and History * Organiser: Centre for Gender Studies * Area: Cambridge |
| 07-Mar 13:30 |
• International Women’s Day : Successful Women In The Media * Organiser: Showroom Cinema * Area: Sheffield |
| 07-Mar 18:30 |
• International Women’s Evening * Organiser: Art Asia and the Wea * Area: Southampton |
| 07-Mar 19:00 |
• SPRING FASHION SHOW at the Bradley Stoke Community School – donations to Southern Brooks Domestic Abuse Group * Organiser: Various * Area: Bradley Stoke, Bristol |
| 07-Mar 19:30 |
• Two intimate preview performances in honour of International Women’s Day 2008 * Organiser: Babylon Gallery * Area: Ely |
| 08-Mar | • Coach to MWR from Hebden Bridge, Todmorden and Mytholmroyd * Organiser: Various * Area: Hebden Bridge, Todmorden and Mytholmroyd |
| 08-Mar | • Coach to MWR from Lincoln * Organiser: Lincoln WA * Area: Lincoln |
| 08-Mar 06:50 |
• Coach to MWR March from Leeds * Organiser: Leeds Million Women Rise * Area: Leeds |
| 08-Mar 07:00 |
• Coach to MWR March from Barnsley & Sheffield * Organiser: Barnsley Sexual Abuse & Rape Crisis Helpline * Area: Barnsley and Sheffield |
| 08-Mar 07:30 |
• Coach to MWR March from Birmingham * Organiser: Various * Area: Birmingham |
| 08-Mar 08:00 |
• Million Women Rise breakfast send off in Brighton * Organiser: Brighton and Hove Women’s Day * Area: Brighton |
| 08-Mar 08:00 |
• Coach to MWR March from Nottingham * Organiser: eastside (east midlands) wimmins coalition against violence * Area: Nottingham |
| 08-Mar 09:30 |
• Why Girls Work? are girls doing it all, not having it all? * Organiser: North West Regional Youth Work Unit and Work with Girls and Young Women Network * Area: Manchester |
| 08-Mar 09:30 |
• International Women`s Day event at University of Glamorgan * Organiser: History Division of the University of Glamorgan, the Welsh Assembly Government and the South West and Wales Women’s History Network * Area: Wales |
| 08-Mar 09:30 |
• Feminism Then and Now – Free Conference * Organiser: Bolton Women’s Liberation Group * Area: Bolton |
| 08-Mar 10:00 |
• “Bread and Roses” Arun International Women’s Day * Organiser: Arun International Women’s Day Group * Area: Bognor Regis |
| 08-Mar 10:00 |
• International Women’s Day Women’s Festival Merseyside * Organiser: Various * Area: Liverpool |
| 08-Mar 10:00 |
• ONE MILLION AFGHAN WOMEN across all provinces will MARCH FOR PEACE * Organiser: Various * Area: Afghanistan |
| 08-Mar 10:00 |
• Coach to MWR March from Brighton (after 8am Breakfast send off) * Organiser: Brighton Women’s Centre * Area: Brighton |
| 08-Mar 10:00 |
• International Women’s Day 2008 – Midlands TUC Women’s Committee * Organiser: Midlands TUC Women’s Committee * Area: Birmingham |
| 08-Mar 10:00 |
• International Women’s Day Event Durham * Organiser: Crook Community Partnership * Area: Durham |
| 08-Mar 10:00 |
• Forever Changes…the changing lives of women in Argyll * Organiser: Women at Work * Area: Argyll |
| 08-Mar 11:00 |
• Harlow International Women’s Day * Organiser: Harlow Women’s Network * Area: Harlow |
| 08-Mar 11:00 |
• Coach to MWR from Grays * Organiser: SERRIC * Area: Grays |
| 08-Mar 11:00 |
• International Women’s Day Event in Hastings * Organiser: Various * Area: Hastings |
| 08-Mar 11:30 |
• Aberdeen Women’s Alliance invites you to celebrate International Women’s Day 2008 – Tackling Women’s Poverty * Organiser: Aberdeen Women’s Alliance * Area: Aberdeen |
| 08-Mar 12:00 |
• Women through the Ages – International Women’s Day Boscombe * Organiser: Various * Area: Boscombe |
| 08-Mar 12:00 |
• International Women’s Day Environmental Fair at Bradford Cathedral * Organiser: Cathedral Office * Area: Bradford |
| 08-Mar 12:00 |
• International Women’s Day Event Bradford * Organiser: Bradford and District Women’s Forum * Area: Bradford |
| 08-Mar 12:00 |
• HEALTH & HAPPINESS at Baileys Court Activity Centre, * Organiser: Various * Area: Bradley Stoke, Bristol |
| 08-Mar 13:00 |
• Faslane Peace Camp presents an International Women’s Day event * Organiser: Faslane Peace Camp * Area: Scotland Faslane |
| 08-Mar 13:00 |
• International Women’s Day Event at Manchester Town Hall – FREE * Organiser: Manchester City Council * Area: Manchester |
| 08-Mar 13:30 |
• International Women’s Day rally, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth * Organiser: Various * Area: Portsmouth |
| 08-Mar 14:00 |
• International Young Women’s Day Event for young women and girls in Newcastle * Organiser: West End Women & Girls Centre * Area: Newcastle |
| 08-Mar 14:00 |
• Brighton Women’s Centre Open Afternoon * Organiser: Brighton and Hove Women’s Day * Area: Brighton |
| 08-Mar 15:30 |
• Make a difference to the lives of women in Iraq. * Organiser: Act Together – Women’s Action for Iraq * Area: Cambridge |
| 08-Mar 19:00 |
• Where are you coming from? A celebratory cabaret * Organiser: Brighton and Hove Women’s Day * Area: Brighton |
| 08-Mar 19:30 |
• Merseyside Reclaim the Night * Organiser: Various * Area: Liverpool |
| 08-Mar 20:00 |
• Three women DJs will be doing their thing * Organiser: Various * Area: Cambridge |
| 09-Mar 11:30 |
• Cornton Vale IWD Demonstration * Organiser: SSP Women’s Network * Area: Scotland Cornton Vale |
| 09-Mar 13:00 |
• IWD afternoon of debate and discussion for women * Organiser: Brighton and Hove Women’s Day * Area: Brighton |
| 10-Mar 10:00 |
• Celebrating The Heritage Of Women In Wales * Organiser: Women’s Voice, the Wales TUC and Chwarae Teg * Area: Wales |
| 10-Mar 19:00 |
• Getting our fair share: Women and Finance. * Organiser: Cambridge Women’s Coalition * Area: Cambridge |
| 11-Mar 11:30 |
• IWD Marketplace and Working for Cambridge City Council * Organiser: Various * Area: Cambridge |
| 11-Mar 17:45 |
• Creativity and Innovation: Personal Strengths and the Shaping of Careers in Science * Organiser: Cambridge AWiSE * Area: Cambridge |
| 12-Mar 10:00 |
• Celebrate International Woman’s Month and Find your Creative Voice * Organiser: Hillcroft College with Kingston Music and Arts Service * Area: Kingston |
| 12-Mar 19:00 |
• Palestinian Women Speaking Tour * Organiser: The Britain Palestine Twinning Network * Area: Nottingham |
| 12-Mar 19:30 |
• Palestinian Women Speaking Tour * Organiser: The Britain Palestine Twinning Network * Area: Leeds |
| 12-Mar 20:00 |
• IWD Celebration Disco * Organiser: Brighton and Hove Women’s Day * Area: Brighton |
| 12-Mar 20:30 |
• Acoustic Night/Open Mic, including Romy & Jack and Harriet Glover. * Organiser: Various * Area: Cambridge |
| 13-Mar 12:00 |
• Responding to and Overcoming Violence against Women: * Organiser: Cambridge Women’s Coalition * Area: Cambridge |
| 13-Mar 13:00 |
• Palestinian Women Speaking Tour * Organiser: The Britain Palestine Twinning Network * Area: Manchester University |
| 13-Mar 17:00 |
• Palestinian Women Speaking Tour * Organiser: The Britain Palestine Twinning Network * Area: Manchester Students Union |
| 13-Mar 18:30 |
• Palestinian Women Speaking Tour * Organiser: The Britain Palestine Twinning Network * Area: blackburn |
| 13-Mar 19:30 |
• Palestinian Women Speaking Tour * Organiser: The Britain Palestine Twinning Network * Area: Pendle |
| 13-Mar 19:45 |
• Fiona Muchembere Programme Manager, Governance and Advocacy of Camfed will speak on the plight of women in rural Africa * Organiser: Amnesty International Cambridge City Group * Area: Cambridge |
| 14-Mar 10:00 |
• International Women’s Day Festival 2008 Kirklees * Organiser: Community Support Services, Community Cohesion Team and Community Development Workers * Area: Batley |
| 14-Mar 12:00 |
• Palestinian Women Speaking Tour * Organiser: The Britain Palestine Twinning Network * Area: York |
| 14-Mar 13:00 |
• Women and Climate Change – Who holds the future? * Organiser: Cambridge Carbon Footprint * Area: Cambridge |
| 14-Mar 19:00 |
• Palestinian Women Speaking Tour * Organiser: The Britain Palestine Twinning Network * Area: Ormskirk |
| 15-Mar | • Dundee women’s Festival – 1st to 15th March * Organiser: Listing by Dundee City Council * Area: Dundee |
| 15-Mar 10:00 |
• “Is my life worth anything” Workshop/discussions on the theme of honour violence, domestic violence, female genital mutilation * Organiser: Southampton Women’s Forum * Area: Southampton |
| 15-Mar 10:30 |
• Palestinian Women Speaking Tour * Organiser: The Britain Palestine Twinning Network * Area: Manchester |
| 15-Mar 14:30 |
• Women’s Day: ‘30 years on from the Sex Discrimination Act and still counting … when will women be equal to men?’ * Organiser: Birmingham Humanists * Area: Birmingham Edgbaston |
| 15-Mar 19:00 |
• Meeting women from other cultures * Organiser: Unifme and SOVA * Area: Cardiff |
| 15-Mar 19:00 |
• A Cultural Night activity with the theme of Interactivity * Organiser: Cultural Night Cambridge * Area: Cambridge |
| 15-Mar 20:00 |
• The Anna Mudeka Band * Organiser: Various * Area: Cambridge |
| 15-Mar 20:00 |
• IWD Fancy Dress Disco hosted by Sister Act. * Organiser: Sister Act * Area: Cambridge |
| 17-Mar 20:00 |
• Veil * Organiser: Horse and Bamboo Theatre * Area: Cambridge |
| 19-Mar | • IWD events in Glasgow – 1st to 28th March * Organiser: Listing by Glasgow Women’s Network * Area: Glasgow |
| 28-Mar 17:00 |
• The Changing Shape of Gender and Architectural Space (IWD Event) * Organiser: Women’s Design Service for Manchester Women’s Design Group * Area: Manchester |
| 28-Mar 19:30 |
• Baroness Howells Lectures – A Personal Journey * Organiser: Nubian Jak Community Trust * Area: Luton |
| 29-Mar 09:30 |
• “Dare to Dream” Northampton BC Women’s Forum International Women’s Day 2008 * Organiser: NBC Women’s Forum * Area: Northampton |
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