EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY NEWSLETTER
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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
International Women’s Day takes place on 8th March and there are a number of related events of interest to Strathclyde staff and students taking place right throughout the month. These include:
- 4th March: An Evening With: Women in Industry organised by the student led Bright Futures Society
- 6th March: The start of the Better Balance Pre-Accelerator for Strathclyde Women entrepreneurship programme
- 7th March: The Strathclyde Women in Leadership Awards dinner organised by the student led Strathclyde Women in Leadership Network
- 7th March: “Las sinsombrero: The women who dared”, talk by Dr. Beatriz Caballero Rodriguez, Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Studies at the University of Strathclyde. 7pm in the Livingston Tower building, Room 401.
- 8th March: Girl Up Strathclyde’s Words for Woman’s Day
- 8th March: #Balanceforbetter in the legal profession panel event, hosted by the University of Strathclyde Law Clinic, 2-4pm, at University of Strathclyde, Collins Building.
- 20th March: Physics, we need to talk about… Science and Diversity at University of Strathclyde, John Anderson 325. Organised by Women at Strathclyde in Physics Group.
- 22nd March: Zero Tolerance's Violence Unseen exhibition and talks at the Scottish Universities Insight Institute at University of Strathclyde
- 27th March: Strathclyde Feminist Research Network seminar on Postfeminism(s): Retro- Nationalism, Nostalgia, and the Fourth Wave with Dr Nicola Rivers and Dr Kendra Briken
- 27th March: The Equate Student Network Conference and Awards. The conference is open to all women studying STEM and the built environment. The awards celebrate students and institutions who have gone above and beyond to support, mentor or promote women in STEM. (Deadline for nominations is 1st March).
- On display for the month of March the University Library has a new exhibition in its level 3 display cases about inspiring women in the history of the University. An explanatory post is in the Library blog: http://stratharchives.tumblr.com/post/183288283751/international-womens-day-2019-inspiring-women-at
If you are organising any events, please let the Equality and Diversity Office know!
