International Women's Day
Celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women
International Women’s Day 2025
International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day, celebrated every year on 8 March, also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. International Women’s Day (IWD) 2025 campaign theme is #AccelerateAction.
‘Focusing on the need to Accelerate Action emphasises the importance of taking swift and decisive steps to achieve gender equality. It calls for increased momentum and urgency in addressing the systemic barriers and biases that women face, both in personal and professional spheres.’
The aim of the IWD 2025 #AccelerateAction campaign is to collectively forge a more inclusive world for women.
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International Women's Day 2024 event
The University's Women's Network proudly celebrated International Women's Day 2024 with an event on Friday 8 March 2024.
This was a free event for staff and students of all genders to celebrate the theme #inspireinclusion and included inspiring internal and external guest speakers, a Q&A session, informal networking and a variety of optional workshops.
Staff and students were also invited to nominate a woman who inspired them (whether this is a colleague or student) and/or a male colleague or student who is an ally that supports and advocates for gender equality.
Gender Equality Toolkit
To celebrate International Women's Day the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Team, in collaboration with the Women's Network, has put together the Gender Equality Toolkit.
This toolkit comprises of a range of resources handpicked by our Women's Network to inform and entertain you, including films, documentaries, podcasts, books (both fiction and non-fiction), articles, websites and more.
Celebrating women's roles in the University and beyond
For International Women's Day 2020, we reflected on the stories, achievements and roles of women at the University.
