UPCOMING VOTE100 EVENTS
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March 2018
The Drama of the Suffrage Movement at People’s History Museum
The Drama of the Suffrage Movement at People’s History Museum, City Centre, 10 March 2018, from £5.00 - 10.00 - Find Out More The suffrage movement of the early twentieth century was always theatrical. Women took over public spaces to deliver speeches, take part in processions and pageants, wave banners and perform from the new suffrage plays. Public performances were essential to the campaign, and after years of protest and parliamentary lobbying, women over the age of 30 eventually won…
Find out more »April 2018
Generating Routes for Women’s Leadership (GROWL): A Toolkit To Address Your Gender Pay Gap
Addressing the U.K.'s gender pay gap is complex but vital. Join the Sylvia Pankhurst Gender and Diversity Research Centre for the launch of the 'Generating Routes for Women's Leadership' (GROWL) toolkit that will enable you to engage with research evidence and best practice, in a lively network, to address your gender pay gap. GROWL offers six free 'Evidence-Led Enquiry Tools' to help you reflect on your context and address barriers specific to your organisation. We've also built an emerging 'Ideas…
Find out more »September 2018
The Inspire Summit – Women in the Built Environment Conference
The one day conference and exhibition returns to Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall on the 25th September. The focus for the 2018 summit is how we attract and retain women in the construction and related industries, with tangible takeaways for industry participants who want to increase their gender diversity. TRACK 1: With the 'Inspire Industry Change' conference track, delegates can expect a comprehensive business case for why the industry needs to change and expert presentations on what needs to be done and how we can achieve gender…
Find out more »MMU Suffrage Symposium: a convivial discussion in words and music
As part of our 2018 programme to celebrate the centenary of the partial enfranchisement of women, the Sylvia Pankhurst Gender and Diversity Research Centre is happy to host this exciting event. Scholars, activists, students and friends of the Centre will come together to share knowledge on the struggle for women’s suffrage. The day will feature presentations from women working on the suffrage movement with the opportunity for plenty of audience participation and debate. Acclaimed Manchester singer-songwriter, Claire Mooney, will also perform her…
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Press Red Conference – Turn the Silence Off
Press Red’s flagship conference will this year be held at Lighthouse Church in central Manchester. Following on from its resounding success in 2017, this year’s event will be an amazing day aimed at inspiring you to join us in our fight against the violence and abuse suffered by women and girls across the world. With leaders in their fields sharing their experiences, as well as the opportunity to connect with many organisations already working in this area, this conference is…
Find out more »October 2018
FiLiA Conference 2018
Calling all feminist campaigners, activists, artists, academics and revolutionaries. Calling all women! We are the daughters of the women who came before us; women who fought for our children, our bodies, ourselves. Their legacy challenges us to keep fighting for the liberation of all women and girls today. The FiLiA 2018 conference brings together sisters taking down patriarchy, fighting injustices across the world, fighting violence towards women, pay disparity, discrimination against refugees, racism, classism. No topic is taboo. All are…
Find out more »November 2018
More than just the Pankhursts – the wider suffrage movement
A one-day conference examining the broad range of campaigns to extend the right to vote which have been virtually ignored in this centenary year. Tickets including lunch and teas/coffees price £18 (£10 concessions i.e. full-time students, unemployed and retired people) + booking fee will be available via this page shortly - please come back and check!
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