International Womens' Week past events
International Women's Week 2012
International Women's Week 2011
International Womens' Week 2010
International Women's Week 2012
Monday 5th- Friday 9th March
About International Women's Week
International Women's Week takes place every year in College celebrating women's contributions in different artistic and scientific fields and marking Trinity's participation in a global campaign for rights and equality. International Women's Week is possible thanks to the enthusiasm of TCD students and staff from a range of socieities and departments.
Schedule
International Women's Day has been celebrated internationally since 1911, to find out more visit www.internationalwomensday.com
Programme of Events International Women's Week
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
A Volunteer's Journal
Poppy O'Sullivan reports on international Women's Week
IWW 2012 Photo Gallery
MONDAY 5th
Fly a Kite for Women's Rights - International Women's Week Launch
Details: Vice-Provost Linda Hogan will be launching International Women's Week 2012 in Front Square. We will be celebrating Fly a Kite for Women's Rights in Afghanistan in collaboration with DU Amnesty. International Women's week is an opportunity to participate in a global event for rights and equality. Come and join us to fly a kite for women's rights - kites will be provided.
Why Kite flying? The popular pastime of kite flying in Afghanistan was banned under the Taleban rule. Since then, kite flying has once again become popular; yet while women and girls can make kites, they still do not have the freedom to fly them. The kite symbolises the discrimination that still confronts women and girls in Afghanistan for more information see www.amnesty.org
Organizer: DU Amnesty and the College Equality Office
Venue: Front Square
Time:1pm.
All welcome
Contact: equality@tcd.ie; amnesty@csc.tcd.ie
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Women's Studies Today
Details: Two twenty minute papers plus questions, read by current postgraduate researchers, highlighting the continued relevance of gender and women's studies to society and the academic community. The papers highlight current social and academic preoccupations and explore themes of femininity, sexuality and gender therein.
Organizer: GSU
Venue: Room 21, Museum Building, TCD.
Time: 6pm
No booking necessary
Contact:Martin McAndrew, graduate students' union,
Vicepresident@GSU.TCD.ie
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Siren Magazine Launch Party
Details: Siren magazine is a student magazine focusing on gender-equality issues and celebrating International Women's Day. It is funded in part by the Equality Fund and will be having a reception on March 5th in order to mark its publication. All are welcome.
Organizer: Jean Anne Sutton and Fiona Hyde with the support of the Equality Fund.
Venue: The Atrium
Time: 7.30pm
All welcome
Contact:suttonj@tcd.ie
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TUESDAY 6th
Building Bridges: A Celebration of Traveller Culture with the VDP Traveller Women's Group
The Traveller Women's Group is a new programme that has been set up with the Vincent de Paul Society (VDP) this year. It involves volunteers supporting a women's group in a range of activities including computers, literacy training, and back-to-education initiatives. In the past few weeks, the group has really gained momentum, and we would like to recognise all the great work done by the women during International Women's Week. A lunchtime event will be held in the GMB resource room, which will involve a talk on Traveller culture, and showcasing some crafts and photos. The event is open to everyone, and anyone interested in learning more about the culture, or the work we do with the group are strongly encouraged to attend. Tea/coffee and sandwiches will be provided.
Organizer: VDP Traveller Women's Group
Venue: GMB resource room
Time: 12 o'clock
Contact: Áine Travers, traveram@tcd.ie
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Free Self-Defense class with Judo club
Details:In association with Judo Club we are giving free self-defence classes to help women learn some basic pointers to defend themselves against physical and sexual assault. There will be two classes during the week, one using Judo techniques and the other Ju-Jitsu.
Organizer: DUGES and Judo Club
Dates:March 6th and March 8th.
Venue: Ancillary Hall A, Sports Centre
Time:Tuesday 2pm, Thursday 2pm.
Contact: duges@csc.tcd.ie
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'For one more hour with you' (Un'ora sola ti vorrei)
Film screening
Details: This film, made in 2002, charts director Alina Marazzi's attempt to reconstruct the early life of her mother, who is now dead, through piecing together home videos and other pieces of evidence from her mother's early years. Touching on the themes of mother-daughter relationships, female solidarity and the significance of gender in Italian society, the film offers a thought-provoking reflection on the power and limitations of story-making. The screening will be preceded by an introductory talk by Emer Delaney (Department of Italian and Centre for Gender and Women's Studies).
Organizer: Italian Society, TCD.
Venue: MacNeill Theatre, Hamilton building, TCD.
Time: 6 pm.
All welcome
Contact:italiansoc@csc.tcd.ie
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Feminism in Literature Talk
Details: A talk on the representations of gender and feminism in popular literature. Speakers include Anna Carey, a journalist and regular contributor to The Irish Times and the Anti-Room blog, and Nora Pelizzari, a Ph.D student in English Literature. There will be time for a Q and A session, with a reception to follow.
Organizer: DUGES
Venue: Edmund Burke Theatre, Arts Building, TCD.
Time:7-9pm.
All welcome
Contact:duges@csc.tcd.ie
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Women in the Irish Free State 1922-1937 talk
Details: This lecture will be given by Dr. Maryann Valiulis, a noted scholar and Director of the Centre for Gender and Women's Studies in Trinity. Aside from her work as a lecturer, Dr. Valiulis has written widely on Irish history, including a biography on Richard Mulcahy, 'Portrait of a Revolutionary', which was awared the 1993 American Conference of Irish Studies, James S Donnelly Prize for Best Book in History & Social Sciences.
Organizer: DU History Society
Venue: Room 5033, Arts Building, TCD.
Time: 7pm
Contact: James Kelly, kellyj28@tcd.ie
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WEDNESDAY 7th
Bram Stoker Paper Readings: Deconstructing Patriarchal Linguistic Mechanisms for Hegemonic Maintenance
The Bram Stoker Paper-reading Society will be presenting a paper for International Women's Week.Can the words and phrases we use give us an indication as to our attitudes towards gender? But more importantly does the language we use in every day culture actively influence our behaviour and perception towards gender? Seamus Beirne attempts to deconstruct linguistic practices that are very often viewed as natural or innocent and display that their effects are further reaching then we might first think. Organizer: The Phil
Venue: The Phil Conversation Room, GMB
Time: 1-2pm
Contact: Phil Steward, steward@tcdphil.com
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Shadows and Lights: women in Irish Visual Culture
Panel discussion
Details: This panel discussion will explore women's role in Irish visual culture. The discussion will be chaired by Dr Angela Griffith,Art
History, TCD, and panellists include: performance artist Amanda Coogan, art historian Isabella Evangelista, Professor of Visual Computing Carol O'Sullivan and Architect Ruth O'Herlihy. This event aims to create new levels of awareness of women’s contributions to Irish visual culture and will ideally provide dynamic platforms for further exploration and debate.
Organizer: TCD Department of History of Art and TCD Equality Office
Venue: Emmet Theatre, Arts Building, TCD.
Time: 7-9 pm
All welcome
Contact: equality@tcd.ie, griffiam@tcd.ie.
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Bringing gender into the story of the Irish economic, banking and fiscal crisis
Details: Dr Mary Murphy (NUIM) will talk about making the links between women’s political inequality and Irish responses to this economic and fiscal crisis. This talk draws attention to power and discourse, to media and the public narrative of crisis as well as the gendered nature of the the policy responses and the distributional consequences and outcomes of Irish responses to crisis. Government had and has clear choices but continues to choose policies that exacerbate gender inequality and wider inequality in Ireland. Mary P. Murphy B.A., PhD (DCU) is a lecturer in Irish Politics and Society in the Department of Sociology, National University of Ireland Maynooth.
Organizer: TCD Department of Sociology
Venue: JM Singe Lecture Theatre, Arts Building
Time: 7-9pm
Contact: Ronit Lentin, rlentin@tcd.ie
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What can we learn from Edith Stein's philosophy of woman?
Details: Talk given by Mette Lebech, a Philosophy Professor at NUI Maynooth. This talk will dwell on the Edith Stein’s philosophical thinking. Stein was a phenomenologist and disciple of Edmund Husserl.
She is also renowned for converting to Catholicism, entering a Carmelite Monastery, and being killed in Auschwitz. She is a Catholic saint. All are welcome.
Organizer: D.U. Laurentian Society
Venue: Graduate Students’ Union Common Room (house 7), TCD.
Time: 8.00 pm
Contact: laurentian@csc.tcd.ie
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THURSDAY 8th
Trinity FM 'Women on Air'
Details: On 8th of March, International Women's Day, Trinity FM will be be holding an all-day 'women on air' campaign seeking greater representation of women's voices on radio.
Organizer: Trinity FM
Venue: none
Time: All day
Contact:
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Cancer Soc Pink Ribbon
Details: For International Women's Day TCD Cancer Soc are planning to form a giant pink ribbon in Front Square formed with the help of many volunteers in pink t-shirts. All the proceeds will go straight to the Irish Cancer Society, helping to support people affected by cancer and to provide invaluable respite for them.
Organizer: TCD Cancer Soc
Venue: Front Square
Time: 12 o'clock
All welcome
Contact: Fiodna Horan Murphy horanmuf@tcd.ie.
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Step into Her Shoes
Details: The Men of Trinity College will literally be taking a walk in women's shoes around campus to raise awareness against sexual violence and for women's rights. Funds will be raised for Amnesty International. Male participants welcomed!
Organizer: DU Amnesty
Venue: Starts at Front Arch, TCD.
Time:2 pm
All welcome
Contact: amnesty@csc.tcd.ie; smccaul@tcd.ie
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Free Self-Defence Class with Judo Club 2pm
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Speaking about sexual violence
Details: This event will include voices from the various organisations that work to prevent sexual assault and work to support survivors of sexual assault in the country. The discussion will be chaired by Senator Ivana Bacik and include speakers Cliona Saidlear, RCNI (Rape Crisis Network of Ireland), amongst others.There is still a lot of silence and ignorance around this issue and so it is more vital than ever to raise awareness. We feel this will be a very important discussion that will allow participants to break the silence surrounding sexual assault. The talk will be followed by a Q&A session from those present and general discussion.
Organizer: SU and The Hist.
Venue: GMB
Time:6-8pm
All welcome
Contact:Ursula Ni Choill auditor@thehist.com
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Inspiring Futures – Empowerment through Education
Trinity College Dublin will celebrate International Women’s Day with a public lecture, hosted by Concern Worldwide and the Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI), with speaker Jenny Hobbs, Education Adviser, Concern Worldwide. The lecture will be chaired by Dr. Maryann Valiulis, Director of the Centre for Gender and Women’s Studies, TCD. Concern’s Education Adviser will present evidence of the relationship between education and improvements in equality, health, livelihoods and security. She will also discuss the barriers to education such as School Related Gender Based Violence, extreme poverty, conflict and low quality of education provision that serve to marginalise girls and vulnerable children. Using examples from Concern’s experience, the complexities of education programmes to empower girls and inspire futures will be described, along with the successes that emerge from gender responsive, holistic education interventions.
Time: 6-7pm
Venue: IIIS Seminar Room, 6th Floor, Arts Building, TCD.
Website: http://www.concern.net/womenofconcern
Contact: susie.elliott@concern.net,
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A Mother's Role in World Peace - talk by Cindy Sheehan
Details: Cindy Sheehan is coming to Ireland to highlight the Irish campaign to free the Cuban Five. In her role as Peace Mom, she will address DU Amnesty International.
In October 2011 Amnesty International publicly called for a review of the case of the Cuban Five. Cindy Sheehan bonded with the mothers of the Cuban Five because they have also been deprived of the physical presence of their sons through acts of aggression and war.Her fundamental motive in visiting Ireland is to highlight her role and that of the mothers of the Cuban Five in trying to bring about wold peace.
Organizer: DU Amnesty
Venue: Synge Theatre, Arts Building, TCD.
Time: 8pm.
All welcome
Contact: amnesty@csc.tcd.ie; smccaul@tcd.ie
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International Women's Week 2011
Monday 7th- Friday 11th March
Programme of Events International Women's Week 7-11 March 2011
Wednesday 2nd March
Monday 7th
Tuesday 8th
Wednesday 9th
Thursday 10th
Friday 11th
All Week - Free fitness classes
All week - competition
Further information on International Women's Day
International Women's Day past events
Gallery
To get started...
WEDNESDAY 2rd March
Table Quiz for International Women's Week
Details: Table Quiz in aid of AkiDwa (African Women's Network) and Ruhama.
Organizer: Centre for Gender and Women's Studies.
Venue: Brogan's Bar - Dame Street, Dublin 2 (beside The Olympia!)
Time: 8 pm.
Contact: cgws@tcd.ie, leanne197921@yahoo.co.uk
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MONDAY 7th
Poetry @CGWS
Details: CGWS invite you to join renowned Italian poet and PhD student Anna Lombardo for a talk on Women and Poetry.
Organizer: Centre for Gender and Women’s Studies.
Location: Seminar Room, CGWS, 20 Westland Row, TCD. (Access via the Hamilton Building).
Time: 1-2 pm
Contact: cgws@tcd.ie
Film screening: Vogliamo anche le rose
Details: Showing of a film, Vogliamo anche le rose, introduced by Emer Delany. This film is a testament to the resolve of women of the ’60s and ’70s sexual revolution and feminist movement in Italy. Director Alina Marazzi takes viewers on a journey through archival footage, advertisements, and colorful images juxtaposed with the true-life struggles and first person narrations of three diverse Italian women. Organizer: Brenda Donohue
Venue: McNeill Theatre, Hamilton Building.
Time: 7pm
Contact: bdonohu@tcd.ie
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TUESDAY 8th
Graduate Students' Union - Coffee Morning in support of Women's Aid
Details: The Graduate Students' Union would like to invite students, staff and friends to come and enjoy a morning treat in their beautiful Common Room in House 7. They shall be collecting donations (big and small) to support the organisation Women's Aid. Any discourse on feminist issues is strongly welcomed!
Organizer: Graduate Students Union Location: GSU Common Room, House 6
Time: 10.30 am
Contact: president@gsu.tcd.ie
Healthy Eating, Exercise and Well Being Talk
Details: Mark McGuaran will give a free talk to women on International Women’s Day Tuesday 8th March from 12.30- 1.30pm in our Board Room. The talk is entitled 'Nutrition Works' which will include topics such as the stress of modern living, the low fat movement and the case for an alkalising diet. Bookings can be made in advance by contacting reception at ext 1812 or email sport@tcd.ie . You are welcome to bring your lunch with you. Tea and coffee will be provided.
Organizer: Sports Centre
Location: Sports Centre
Time: 12.30- 1.30 pm
Contact: kirbycl@tcd.ie
Avatar: Spaying Eve
Details: Screening of Avatar, introduced by Dr. Mary Condren (TBC) and discussion led by Elske Rahill (MPhil student 2009/10) based on her work entitled ‘Avatar: Spaying Eve’.
Organizer: Centre for Gender and Women's Studies
Location: Neill/Hoey Lecture Theatre, Long Room Hub, TCD.
Time: 1-5 pm
Contact: cgws@tcd.ie
DU Amnesty Lantern launch
Details:DU Amnesty International will be releasing 50 pink lanterns into the sky, all of them commemorating female human rights activists from around the world. Many of these will be released by prominent female members of staff from around the college.
Location: Cricket pitch, TCD.
Time: 2 pm.
Contact: anjumj@tcd.ie
Launch of UN Women with Tayyibah Taylor
Details: Talk with Tayyibah Taylor, US author and women's rights activist, Mahid Sefidvash, Chair of UN Women and Dr Roja Fazaeli, Trinity College Dublin, for the official launch of UN Women. Staff and students are welcome to attend.
Organizer: Roja Fazaeli, School of Religions and Theology, Dublin University Gender Equality Society, US Embassy and UN Women (formerly UNIFEM).
Location: Graduate Memorial Building (GMB).
Time: 7 pm.
Contact: fazaelr@tcd.ie
RSVP: T 01 6689308
Keith Farnane 'Sex Traffic: How much is that woman in the window?'
Details:This Tuesday is the 100th International Women’s Day. To celebrate this TCDSU & Trinity Ents, in conjunction with Amnesty International are putting on a FREE comedy gig in the Synge Theatre on Tuesday at 8pm. Keith Farnan’s show is entitled “Sex Traffic: How much is that woman in the window?” and sold out at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival last year.
Organizer: TCDSU, Trinity Ents & DU Amnesty International.
Location:Synge Theatre, Arts Building, TCD.
Time: 8 pm.
contact:welfare@tcdsu.org
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WEDNESDAY 9th
Glór na mBan i dTraidisiún na nGael / Women’s Voices in the Gaelic Tradition
Details: The College Equality Office and Irish Language Office invite you to participate in a special bilingual event to celebrate women’s voices in the Gaelic tradition as part of International Women’s Day and Lá na Gaeilge celebrations. Glór na mBan will bring together poetry and song in the Gaelic tradition featuring poet Celia de Fréine and singers Naisrín and Zahrah Elsafty. The Elsaftys will sing songs reflecting their Irish and Arabic heritage. Come and join us by the fireside in Dining Hall for a unique cultural event. Booking required.
Organizer: Equality Office and Irish Language Office
Location: Dining Hall.
Time: 6 - 8 pm, Wednesday 9th March 2011
Contact information: equality@tcd.ie; gaeloifig@tcd.ie
Glór na mBan i dTraidisiún na nGael
Tugann an Oifig Chomhionannais agus Oifig na Gaeilge i gColáiste na Tríonóide cuireadh duit páirt a ghlacadh in imeacht speisialta dátheangach le guthanna ban sa traidisiún Gaelach a cheiliúradh mar chuid de Lá Idirnáisiúnta na mBan agus Seachtain na Gaeilge. Tabharfaidh “Glór na mBan” filíocht agus amhránaíocht le chéile, leis an bhfile Celia de Fréine agus na hamhránaithe Naisrín agus Zahrah Elsafty. Beidh Celia ag léamh óna saothar i nGaeilge agus i mBéarla, agus beidh na deirfiúracha Elsafty ag casadh amhrán a thugann léargas ar a n-oidhreacht Ghaelach agus Arabach araon. Bígí linn cois tine sa Phroinnteach le haghaidh imeacht cultúrtha den scoth.
Eagraí: An Oifig Chomhionannais agus Oifig na Gaeilge
Ionad: An Proinnteach
Am: 6-8in, Dé Céadaoin 9 Márta 2011
Teagmháil: equality@tcd.ie; gaeloifig@tcd.ie
A Night of Prose Reading
Details: From the success of last year's prose event, The Irish Writer's Centre are delighted to host the Night of Women's Prose in conjunction with IWD 2011. The night will offer an eclectic array of women's writing with themes of lust, violence, motherhood and the ever changing face of life in Ireland. The night is a celebration of woman's voice in Ireland. The night's proceeds will go to Aki DWA - African Women's Network of Ireland- who will be reading an excerpt from 'Herstory'. The event is open admission, with the night's raffle sponsored by Orla Kiely.
Organizer: Centre for Gender and Women's Studies and The Irish Writers’ Centre.
Location: Irish Writers’ Centre, Parnell Square, Dublin 1.
Time: 7.30 pm
Contact: cgws@tcd.ie; cooneyeileen@gmail.com
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THURSDAY 10th
Women’s Movements in Western Europe
Details: A panel discussion on women's movements in Western Europe from the 1970s to today. Ireland, Germany and Spain will be represented and compared by our speakers. Second wave feminism and its evolution under different cultural perspectives will notably be looked at. Speakers : Madeline Hawke (Irish Feminist Network), Wiebke Frieß and Janina Johannsen (Centre for Gender Studies in Hamburg, Germany, and authors of the magazine KRASS - Kritische Assoziationen), Dr. Catherine M. O'Leary (NUI Maynooth, Department of Spanish). Chaired by Dr Kathleen McTiernan (CGWS)
Organizer: DUGES (Dublin University Gender Equality Society).
Location: Robert Emmet Theatre (Rm 2037), Arts Building.
Time: 6-8 pm.
Contact: duges@csc.tcd.ie
Graduate Students' Union - Film Night
Details: The Graduate Students' Union welcome all students, staff and friends to a film night in the Synge Theatre on Thursday evening. They will be showing either 'The Piano' or 'Caramel' and the audience can vote for their preference. The evening will include a lively and thought provoking introduction from PhD Candidate; Ciara Barrett from The Department of Film Studies
Organizer: Graduate Students Union
Location: Synge Theatre, Arts Building Time: 7-10 pm
Contact: president@gsu.tcd.ie
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FRIDAY 11TH
Screening of the film "Water" by Deepa Mehta
Details: Deepa Mehta's film tells the life of Chuyia, an eight-year old widow, in an Indian ashram in the late 1930s (2005).
Organizer: DUGES (Dublin University Gender Equality Society).
Location: Room 2041B, Arts Building
Time: 6 pm
Contact: duges@csc.tcd.ie
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ALL WEEK IN THE TRINITY COLLEGE SPORTS CENTRE
Free fitness classes
Details: The following classes available to women during the week, these will be free to our members and non members of the Sports Centre will pay half price €5 instead of €10 on a range of classes.
Organizer: Sports Centre
Location: Sports Centre
Contact: kirbycl@tcd.ie
Free class schedule:
Monday
Sizzling Circuits 1- 2pm
Hydrotone (subject to availability) 6.15- 7pm
Tuesday
Studio Cycling 1- 1.45pm
Complete Core 5.15- 6.15
Wednesday
Deep Water Fit (subject to availability) 6.30- 7.15pm
Thursday
Irish Dancerise 1- 2pm
Friday
Power Pump 6.15- 7.15pm
About the classes:
Sizzling Circuits: This is a great circuit training class using the stat of the art Keiser equipment. It also involves plyometric and core elements.
Hydro Tone: Based in the shallow end of the pool; this is a great class for those looking to tone and increase fitness. It is also an ideal environment for those recovering from muscle or joint injuries. Studio Cycling: Enjoy a journey over long and winding hills, steady flats and steeper inclines to push you to improve your aerobic fitness and muscular endurance.
Complete Core: This class will see you through a series of core exercises involving the use of fitballs, foam roller and pilates. Fantastic, fun and effective!
Deep Water Fit: This is a unique deep water training session that combines cardio and resistance training. While suspended in deep water you will tone muscle and burn fat. Buoyancy belts provided, you must be comfortable in the deep end.
Irish Dancerise: Learn the steps of Irish dance in an aerobic style class while getting an excellent cardio workout. Let yourself go to lively jigs all the while strengthening and toning your body.
Power Pump: This is an amazing way to train; the pre- choreographed barbell class, set to music will tone and “pump” your whole body.
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Competition
Throughout International Women’s Week we will be running a free draw in the Sports Centre, just answer a simple question.
Contact: Sports centre reception desk
Prizes
1st prize 4 x free One 2 One personal training sessions with one of our qualified Fitness Instructors
2nd prize 5 free class vouchers to use on any of our “Pay As You Go” classes
3rd prize Goody bag including a free Fitness Appointment.
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International Women's Week 2010
Monday 8th- Friday 12th March
Programme of Events International Women's Week 8-12 March 2010
Wednesday 3rd March
Monday 8th
Tuesday 9th
Wednesday 10th
Thursday 11th
Friday 12th
All Week
Further information on International Women's Day
International Women's Day past events
To get started...
WEDNESDAY 3rd March
International Women's Day Table Quiz
Details: In aid of Ruhama and Women's Aid
Organiser: MPhil Students - CGWS
Venue: Brogan's Bar - Dame Street, Dublin 2
Time: 7pm
Contact: cgws@tcd.ie
MONDAY 8TH
Coffee morning Haiti appeal/ Opening of Plan Ireland exhibition.
Details: To celebrate International Women’s Day (8th of March) the Mature Student Office and the Trinity Access Programmes are hosting a coffee morning to raise much needed funds for Haiti. This will take place in the Sports Centre foyer from 10 am to 1 pm. In addition to raising funds for Haiti the coffee morning will serve to launch a photographic exhibition by Plan Ireland entitled “Because I am a Girl” focussing on images of girls and women in developing countries around the world. The exhibition will run from the 8th to the 12th of March.
Organizer: Mature Students Officer/TAP.
Location: Sports Centre.
Time: 10-1pm
Contact: byrnec17@tcd.ie
Launch of International Women’s Week 2010
Details: Launch the programme of activities for IWW 2010 - all welcome.
Location: Sports Centre
Time: 11am
Contact: equality@tcd.ie
Afternoon Tea @CGWS
Details: CGWS invite you to celebrate International Women’s Day with them. All welcome.
Organizer: Centre for Gender and Women’s Studies.
Location: Seminar Room, CGWS, 20 Westland Row, TCD. Access via Hamilton Building.
Time: 4pm-6pm
Contact: cgws@tcd.ie
Feminism and Popular Culture
Details: A panel discussion and Q&A on the role of women in contemporary popular culture. Speakers will be focusing particularly on the subversive nature of the Twilight series and the impact and popularity of “chick lit” and whether it can be considered a feminist genre. Speakers: Sonja Tiernan (CGWS), Mary Bridgeman (CGWS), Paula Campbell (Poolbeg)
Organizer: DUGES.
Venue: Ed Burke Theatre, Arts Building.
Time: 7:30 pm
Contact: valiulic@tcd.ie
‘Call for Solidarity: Iran, Women and Rights’
Speakers: Maryam Hosseinkhah and Roja Fazaeli.
Details: places are limited so please book in advance by e-mailing fazaelr@tcd.ie
Organizer: School of Religions and Theology.
Venue: Weingreen Museum.
Time: 6-7pm.
Contact: fazaelr@tcd.ie
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TUESDAY 9th
Who Cares? Attitudes to Family-related Leave in Irish Organisations
Speakers: Prof. Eileen Drew and Ms. Anna Watters
Details: Prof. Eileen Drew and Anna Watters will discuss their recent research findings on attitudes to paternity and other family-related leave by employees in Irish organisations
Organizer: Prof. Eileen Drew/Equality Officer
Venue: Rm 009 Aras an Phiairsaigh
Time: 1-2pm
Contact: edrew@tcd.ie
Take Back the Night @ Trinity
Details: Mach and Vigil in Trinity College Campus with talks from the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, Amnesty International, One in Four. For further information log on to http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=284636116821&ref=ts
Organiser: MPhil Students – Centre for Gender and Women’s Studies
Venue: Front Square, Trinity College, Dublin 2
Time: 7 - 9pm
Contact: cgws@tcd.ie
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WEDNESDAY 10th
Women artists in the College Art Collections
Details: Dr Angela Griffith, Department of the History of Art & Architecture,
will discuss 20th century works by women artists displayed in the East Dining Hall.
Organizer: Curator of the College Art Collections
Venue: East Dining Hall (meet Dining Hall foyer)
Time: 5pm
Contact: equality@tcd.ie
A Celebration of Women Writers - Prose Reading.
Details: An evening of prose reading from unpublished women writers.
Organiser: MPhil Students - CGWS
Venue: Irish Writers Centre, Parnell Square, Dublin 1.
Time: 7.30pm
Contact: cgws@tcd.ie
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THURSDAY 11th
Nutrition and Fitness
Details: Talk on nutrition and fitness provided by a Sports Centre instructor. Booking at reception is advisable. Welcome to bring lunch along to talk.
Organiser: Sports Centre
Location: Ancillary Hall Sports Centre.
Time: 1-2pm
contact: kirbycl@tcd.ie
Stop Violence Against Women
Details: Talks by Sarah Benson from Women's Aid and Geraldine Rowley from Ruhama. Chaired by Marguerite Woods, School of Social Work & Social Policy.
Reception to follow.
Organiser: MPhil Students – Centre for Gender and Women’s Studies
Venue: The Synge Theatre, Arts Block, TCD.
Time: 7 - 9pm
Contact: cgws@tcd.ie
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FRIDAY 12TH
Questioning Stereotypes in the Digital Arts -CANCELLED
Details: Questioning Stereotypes in Digital Arts is a concert and showcase of musical, audiovisual and performance works created by the female students (current and past) and staff from the Music & Media Technologies Course. This showcase is made possible by funding from the Equality Fund and the Music and Media Technologies program. The program is run jointly by the School of Drama, Film and Music and the School of Engineering. For more information on the course, please visit: www.mee.tcd.ie/mmt
Organizer: Music and Media Technologies/ Equality Fund
Venue: Arts Technology Research Lab (ATRL), Trinity Technology and Enterprise Campus, Pearse St, Dublin 2
Time: 8pm.
Contact: Places are limited, please contact meaneys@tcd.ie by Wed 10 March to book a place.
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ALL WEEK
‘Because I am a Girl’ Plan Ireland Exhibition.
Location: Sports Centre
Details: Photographic exhibition by Plan Ireland entitled “Because I am a Girl” focussing on images of girls and women in developing countries around the world. Plan Ireland www.plan.ie
Time: 5th- 11th March
Contact: info@plan.ie
Sports activities
Location: Sports Centre
Details: the Sports Centre is providing a number of fitness classes free of charge to women, that any member or non-member can book at reception as usual - booking in advance is advisable to avoid disappointment.
During the week there will be no joining fee for any TCD Staff who would like to join the sports centre, this is a saving of €70. Annual Staff Membership is €280. We will also have a number of group inductions (women only), free of charge, to for anyone interested in using the gym during the week, ask at reception for more details. We hope you get a chance to enjoy our programme and look forward to attending some of the other activities during International Womens Week.
Activities
Monday 8th Deep Water Fit 1- 1.45pm In the Swimming pool, you do not need to be a good swimmer as you will have a buoyance belt but you will need to be comfortable in the deep end of the pool
Tuesday 9th Fitball Corework 5.30- 6.15pm Using a fitball this class will concentrate on core strength, abdomen, back, hips and pelvis
Wednesday 10th Fitball Coreworks 1-1.45pm
Deep Water Fit 6.30- 7.15pm As above.
Thursday 11th Aurora Cycle 7.30- 8am. Early morning Spin class.
Friday 12th Studio Cycling 1- 1.45pm Spin Class
For further details contact kirbycl@tcd.ie
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