Women's Week

Several organizations have events for this year's International Women's Day (8 March) and the following week. These are all listed in the Events Calendar (page 5 onwards) but to give you a taster:

Pankhurst Centre

This is the former home of the Suffragettes' Emily Pankhurst and will be holding a day on "Women and Violence" with workshops, displays, exhibitions on March 8 and joining in the Reclaim the Night march (see below) as well as presentations on activism (9/3) and female genital mutilation (11/3) during the week.

Students' Unions

Women's Week at Manchester University looks to be an exciting and inspirational event, with a diverse programme of workshops, discussions, performances, exhibitions and speakers. One of the highlights will be a benefit production of Eve Ensler's award winning show, the "Vagina Monologues" - 600 people are expected to attend and all the ticket sales go to local women's charities.

There is also a Reclaim the Night march to show no women should be forced to live in fear. Despite the serious message and the fact the route passes the areas where there have been recent attacks, there will be a carnival atmosphere with samba, fire displays, juggling and lantern parades, all learnt at the free workshops earlier in the week. It is also hoped that this week will enable more interaction with all local women and groups, providing a space to be united in both celebrating women's achievements internationally whilst focusing practically on the plans and campaigns for the year ahead.

Kate Kirkpatrick, Women's Officer, University of Manchester Union (0161 275 2939, womens@umu.man.ac.uk)

Down the road at the Met there is an all day event on Monday 8 with a day of activities in the Geoffrey Manton Building and the Students' Union. Geoffrey Manton will hold a number of stalls from breast awareness to Greater Manchester Police, Women's football to coMMUni. Come along to celebrate International Women's day. Self defence classes will be held throughout the day at the Students' Union with an evening of live music.

City Council

The council have many events planned (see http://www.manchester.gov.uk/bestvalue/equality/women/eventsdiary.htm for a more comprehensive list than we've been able to provide here), kicking off with a launch event on Sunday 7 in the Town Hall. The council are also very keen for feedback on their support so pop along to their consultation session on Thursday 18 March, from 12 noon to 2.45 pm at the Mechanics Institute (including a free lunch!)

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