International Women's Day

International Women's Day takes place this weekend with the theme this year of 'Make It Happen'.

All around the world, International Women's Day represents an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of women while calling for greater equality.  The theme of Make IT Happen is to encourage effective action for advancing and recognising women.

 

There are number of events taking place this weekend including a free event at Sheffield Town Hall on Saturday.

 

In the LRC we have a display for International Women's Day highlighting a number of women's achievements, along with showcasing a number of texts related to or written by women including Monologues for Women, the graphic novel version of the Diary of Anne Frank and I am Malala.  You can also check out Emma Watson's recent Gender Equality Speech at the UN or Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's inspiring TEDx Talk about feminism (which was recently sampled in Beyoncé's Flawless track).

Or why not get involved in the This Girl Can campaign which encourages women into sport.

 

International Women's Day is a day not only to recognise women's achievements, but also to recognise what women can achieve and we encourage you all to get involved, take action and Make It Happen.