Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê International Women’s Day Events 2018
03 May 2018–01 August 2018, 9:00 am–5:00 pm
Celebrating 100 Years of Votes for Women.
Event Information
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Institute of Women’s Health
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Exhibition:Ìý My Body My Life
A unique public engagement project that seeks to address the stigma that still endures around abortion by bringing real stories of abortion into the open.Ìý
24 February – 5th March Waterstones, Gower Street
Film screening:Ìý Kind to Women
A moving documentary about women who survived illegal abortion, nurses who picked up the pieces when things went wrong, and campaigning doctors and abortion rights advocates, whose work brought about the ground breaking 1967 Abortion Act, a historic turning point for women’s rights.Ìý
6th March – 06.30 – 09.30 pm Mander Hall, National Education Union, Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, LondonÌý WC1H 9BD
Exhibition: Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Female Firsts
Thursday 8th March – Friday 14 December South Cloisters, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê
ToÌýcelebrate the Centenary of Women’s Suffrage, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê has commissioned an exhibition of new art works on the theme ofÌýFemale Firsts,Ìýas part of a wide programme of public events in 2018. ÌýÌý
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Female Firsts reflects on both the remarkable achievements of women progressing in areas where they were previously absent, and considers more broadly progress and barriers towards equality.
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Female Firsts Selection Panel
From left to right:Ìý Judith Stephenson (Chair), Institute for Women’s Health; Robb McDonald, Maths and Physical Sciences; Claire Dwyer, Geography; Alison Diduck, Laws; Mabel McCabe, Student; Michael Arthur, Provost;
Ijeoma Uchegbu, Pharmacy; Iain Borden, Bartlett; Vas James, Institute for Women’s Health; Kristina Clackson-Bonnington, Artist-in-Residence; Maki Kimura, Gender and Politics; Rob De Bruin, Life Sciences
The Deans of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê invited members of each Faculty to nominate Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê women of exceptional achievement or those who were clearly a catalyst for gender equality.Ìý A panel of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê staff, students and alumni then selected 12 women from the many nominations, including 3 members of the IfWH.
Artist-in-Residence, Kristina Clackson-Bonnington, has been commissioned to create the new art works,Ìýwhich focus on the spaces that these twelve women established or became part of.Ìý
This exhibition is a development of the House of Doors; a public art project exploring social change since women getting the right to vote -Ìý
Lunch Hour Lecture:Ìý Tick Tock the Biological Clock
Globablly women are delaying the birth of their first child, but fertility declines with age.Ìý Professor Joyce Harper discusses science, social egg freezing and fertility awareness.
Friday 9th March – 13.10 – 13.55
Location:Ìý G13, 1-19 Torrington Place, Bloomsbury
Public Art:Ìý House of Doors
A public art project by Kristina Clackson Bonnington exploring how society has changed as a result of women getting the vote.Ìý November – December 2018 Location: ÌýHouses of Parliament and Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Main Quad.