International Women’s Day 2021 – Find out what is going on at LJMU

LJMU Celebrates International Women’s Day (2021)

This year, LJMU ‘s Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Team in partnership with LJMU’s Women Academics Network, reached out to departments to find out what they were doing to celebrate International Women's Day (IWD) 2021 - A summary of key events and activities has been outlined below and the full LJMU International Women's Day (2021) Programme of collated activities, can be accessed via the link provided. 

What is International Women's Day (IWD)?

International Women's Day (IWD) is on the 8^th March, is a globally acknowledge occasion which aims to celebrate the social, political, economic and cultural achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Significant activities, events and movements occur worldwide as groups come together to celebrate women's achievements or rally for women's equality. 

This year's IWD theme is #ChooseToChallenge you can join the social media campaign by using the hashtags #IWD2021 and #ChooseToChallenge - Show your support by capturing a photo of yourself (simply raise your hand high to show you're in, write a short pledge which aims to call-out inequality and use the hashtags to demonstrate that you are committed to the "choose to challenge" movement). To find out more, please visit the International Women's Day website.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUMMARY OF KEY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY EVENTS & ACTIVITIES AT LJMU:

Details on how you can book your place onto any of the events/activities above, can be found within the official LJMU International Women's Day (2021) Programme.

Events coordinated by the Liverpool Business School (LBS)

08/03/21	Liverpool Business School & Northern Power Women’s NPWLive Event	10am – 1pm
08/03/21	Liverpool Business School Wants To Start The Conversation – Celebrating Women’s Success: What Are Your Breaks & Brakes?	11am – 12pm & 1pm – 2pm

 

Events coordinated by the Faculty of Science (School of Sport and Exercise Sciences)

08/03/21	Inspiring The Next Generation Of Sport Scientists: Women In Sport & Exercise Science (WISE)	4pm – 5.30pm
08/03/21	Get Inspired By Some Of Our Brilliant Female Staff - Follow @LJMUSportSci #ChoosingToChallenge	All Day
08/03/21	IWD Pledges - Follow @LJMUSportSci #ChooseToChallenge	All Day
09/03/21	Women in Football: Dare to Dream	4.30pm – 5.30pm

 

Faculty of Health (School of Psychology)

08/03/21

Choose To Challenge - Inspiring Talks From Female Leaders In Psychology

4pm - 6pm

 

Events coordinated by Faculty of Engineering & Technology (FET)

11/03/21

Who Is Really Going To Save The Planet? The ‘Hidden Voices’ Tackling Climate Change

5pm - 6pm

 

A huge thank you to all of the departments that have contributed to this year's LJMU IWD activities.

Details on how you can book your place onto any of the events/activities above, can be found within the official LJMU International Women's Day (2021) Programme.

We hope you enjoy IWD 2021!

Questions? Please email LJMU’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Team & Women Academics Network: equality@ljmu.ac.uk

 

 

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