International Women’s Week Liverpool - 3rd to 12th March

  Women Wanted – DJ's, Comediennes, Banner Makers, Poets, Actors etc.

If you want to be involved then please contact the relevant co-ordinators for each of the events

Any women’s groups, organisations and individuals are welcome to get involved; a commitment to furthering ‘peace and empowerment of women’ is requested.

IWD 08 Art Exhibition

Venue: The Egg Café, off Bold Street/Renshaw Street, Liverpool
Month long art exhibition in the exhibition space at The Egg Cafe
Contact: Gemma Halliday gems80@hotmail.co.uk

Female artists wanting to display their work, send images of art, brief description of yourself, your work including size and media to iww.art@hotmail.co.uk

IWD Week Photography

Gemma & Helen to coordinate women photographer to record week’s events and activities. All photographs to be selected by planning team for website inclusion for future advert purposes. Gemma Gems80@hotmail.co.uk and Helen helenamundsen@hotmail.com and Ruth r.dillon@hotmail.co.uk

Pre Reclaim the Night March Banner Making Workshop
Saturday 1^st March
Liverpool University
Time to be confirmed
All welcome
Contact : cath@sahir.uk.com or Hannah on h.k.j.ryan@student.liv.ac.uk

Wednesday 5^th March
Women & Poetry Evening
An evening to celebrate women writers through poetry and prose about the lives of women.
CASA Club, Hope Street
7.30 – 10pm
Donation on the door
Open to mixed audience
Sponsored by Lorna Gray in memory of her mother, poet & peace activist
Contacts: Val Walsh val.walsh@gmail.com & Hyacinth Sweeney Dixon hyacinth.sweeneydixon@liverpool.anglican.org

Friday 7^th March
WHISC Open Day – Women’s Health Information & Support Centre
Time: 11am – 3pm
Venue: 120 Bold Street, Liverpool
Activities: An open day for women to enjoy food, therapies, good company and more. Women only
Contact: Maggie Williams whisc@ukonline.co.uk 707 1826

La Bateau Night Club
Women DJ’s badging the night for IWD08.
Contact: Clare T scarytoy3@yahoo.co.uk

Saturday 8^th March

International Women’s Day Festival
Adelphi Hotel, city centre, Liverpool
Time: 10am – 4.30pm – to be confirmed
Contact: Cath T cath@sahir.uk.com
Market Stall Room for organisation’s and groups to disseminate information
Art work space available
Free event
Including

• Women of the Waterfront - Women went from washing lines to picket lines and from kitchens to the world platform during the Liverpool Dockers Strike

• Wild Woman Workshop

• HIV & women in Liverpool – experiences of HIV positive women

• Therapies pamper session – massage, body work, exercise, self defense techniques, etc

• Vagina Monologues – stories by women about women & their vaginas!

Gina Shaw looking for more women interested and available for a rehearsed reading. Gina.shaw@rlc.nhs.uk

Reclaim the Night March

Assemble at St Georges Plateau at 7.30pm

March is women only. Men wishing to support the March can march behind the main women’s march, as similar to the White Ribbon Project (men who support the end of violence against women) from the National Reclaim the Night March Organisation.

Loudhailer’s needed from unions, trades councils.

Torches provided by M TUC.

Contact: Cath Turner cath@sahir.uk.com

Railings round St Luke’s Church are available for art work if anyone is interested in doing this. This includes part of the route for the march.

International Women’s Day Evening Social
Time: after the march, approx. 9pm
Adelphi Hotel, large room
Entertainment: DJ, comediennes,and singers needed.
Raffle: prizes needed. If you are able to donate or enquire elsewhere for donated prizes for the evening.
This is an open event, mixed crowd welcome.
Contact: Cath Turner cath@sahir.uk.com

Wednesday 12^th March

End of International Women’s Week Celebrations
Women’s Open Mic Session
Women Variety Performance of comedy, singing, poetry, speakers and celebrating the nominated charities.
If you are interested in performing contact the below people. UK nominated charities to confirm attendance.
Venue to be confirmed
7pm –
Women only, donation on the door
Contact: Gina – gina.shaw@rlc.nhs.uk or Val val.walsh@gamil.com if you are interested in performing.

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