International Women's Day
Celebrate International Women's Day on Saturday 8 March with events on campus and elsewhere in York.
The theme for International Women’s Day 2025 is #AccelerateAction.
Collectively, we can Accelerate Action for gender equality. Step forward in solidarity for International Women's Day (IWD) 2025 on March 8 to help #AccelerateAction.
What's on?
Find details below of the events that we're organising. You can also find them on our Celebrating diversity events calendar: subscribe to the calendar or to individual events and the details will be added to your own Google calendar so you don't miss things that you're interested in!
Some of the events below require booking - follow the links for more details.
Celebration wall
On display till Wednesday 12 March in the foyer of the Environment Building
Wildly different: how five women reclaimed nature in a man's world with Sarah Lonsdale
Wednesday 5 March, 6.30pm, Ron Cooke Hub
Book club session - Women’s History Month
Friday 7 March, 3pm, via Zoom
In the field: opening up environment and geography with Kate Arnold, Nancy Irwin and Jen Clements.
Tuesday 11 March, 12 noon, Environment Building, Env/005 and online.
Pink-pilled: women and the far right with Lois Shearing
Tuesday 25 March, 6.30pm, Berrick Saul
Accelerating impact: leading change across Hospitality, Retail and Leisure with Joanna Aunon
Wednesday 26 March, 1pm, Church Lane Building, CL/A/002 and online
City-wide and national events
York International Women's Week is supporting a programme of events, which run from Monday 3 to Sunday 9 March.
There are also many events taking place nationally and internationally, both in-person and online. The International Women's Day events page includes the option to search specifically for virtual events.
Resources and support
Find out how the University is supporting women and working towards gender equality.
Read how we meet the requirements of the Horizon Europe Gender equality plan
Women in Research Network
The University's Women in Research Network provides a space for women (including those who self-identify as women) to discuss the particular issues they experience in the research domain. The Network has a programme of events and organises the annual Women in Research Network Conference (see Events above).