AFTER years of heartache, loss and setbacks, Taiyyibah Irfan’s dream of being a pharmacist is now a reality, and today – on International Women’s Day – she is hoping her story will inspire others. TAIYYIBAH started her Pharmacy degree at the University of Sunderland in 2013 but didn’t graduate until […]
As International Women’s Day approaches, the popular Rebel Women of Sunderland exhibition is set to return this weekend. Organised by Sunderland Culture, it celebrates a range of pioneering women who helped put Sunderland on the map. This year Florence Collard, Ellen Bell, Nadine Shah and Aly Dixon have been added […]
Following on from their successful event at City Space on International Women’s Day, Saturday afternoon (March 9) saw Sister Shack continue their International Women’s Day festivities at Tyne Bank Brewery in Newcastle. The collective, created by Chantal Herbert, is aimed at giving female business owners, entrepreneurs and creatives a supportive […]
Women covered Grey’s Monument in 1,000 red pom-poms to raise awareness of period poverty in the region for International Women’s Day (8 March). Around 100 women also took part in a flash mob choir, performing an original song composed by community musician Bethany Elen Coyle to promote period positivity. The […]
The University of Sunderland held the Sister Shack event in support of International women’s Day on March 8. The event featured Arts and Craft stalls, poetry sessions and discussions on women’s rights. The Sister Shack event took place at the City Space, Sunderland and was on until 7pm. Several speakers and […]
Hope Street Xchange is aiming to help Smart Works, The Red Box Project, Sunderland Food Bank and other charities during its International Women’s Day event on March 8. Katy Sawyer, the event coordinator, says: “This is our third year hosting an International Women’s Day event at Hope Street Xchange, but this year we […]
Hope Street Xchange are helping the Sunderland community celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8 at 8:30am until 1pm. The centre has celebrated International Women’s Day with the Sunderland community since the building opened in 2013, however, this year they are taking a completely different angle and celebrating charity and […]
International Women’s Day is an annual movement committed to challenging conscious and unconscious bias by calling for gender parity and valuing women and men’s contributions equally. This year, in our region, four entrepreneurial business colleagues who are passionate about the North East and championing the success of females in the […]
There were a number of events and activities throughout the city to celebrate International Women’s Day as students came together to celebrate feminism. The University of Sunderland hosted a #Vote100 event which involved four feminist speakers looking back at the suffragette movement and how it compares with feminism today. Speakers […]
Beamish Museum in County Durham celebrated International Women’s Day (March 8) by hosting a suffragette rally to commemorate the stands that took place in the early 1900’s. The rally took place in the 1900s town centre, which demonstrated townswomen fight for the right to vote. Beamish Museum workers, in full […]