Oxford International Womens Festival 2012
Friday 2nd – Sunday 11th March
High Flyers: an exhibition by African-Caribbean and African Kultural Heritage (ACKHI)
Fusion Arts, A Block, East Oxford Community Centre.
10 am – 5 pm daily. Free.
Friday 2nd March
What a Wonderful World: traditional creative activities
Slade and Headington Children’s Centre.
10 am – 1 pm. Free.
Janey Morris Walk in Oxford
Meet outside the Holywell Music Rooms.
2 – 3.30 pm. £6.50 (£1.50 admission plus £5 to OIWF). Booking essential.
Vagina Monologues
Old Fire Station, George Street.
7.30 – 9.15 pm. £5 (£3). Tickets here.
Saturday 3rd March
Women Working for a Fair Deal
St Columba’s United Reformed Church.
11.30 am – 2.30 pm Free.
Kuumba Nia Arts Presents a Theatre Double Bill
Susie Smith Room, The Old Music Hall.
1.30 pm and 7.30 pm. £5 (£3). Booking essential.
Tea Party with Oxford and District Labour Party
Venue to be confirmed.
Confidence and Body Image (workshop)
North Oxford Association Community Centre.
5 – 7 pm. £4.
La Misa Campesina: Nicaraguan Peasant Mass, and La Yuma: Nicaraguan film
Catholic Chaplaincy, Rose Place, St Aldates.
5.30 pm. Free.
Donations to the Oxford-Leon Association and Trust.
Vagina Monologues
Old Fire Station, George Street.
7.30 pm – 9.15 pm. £5 (£3). Tickets here.
Sunday 4th March
La Misa Campesina: Nicaraguan Peasant Mass
The Blackfriars’ Chapel, St Giles.
9.30 am Free.
Donations to the Oxford-Leon Association and Trust.
Spokeswomen Bike Ride
Meet at Martyrs’ Cross on Broad Street, opposite Balliol College.
11 am – 2 pm. Donations.
Going Beyond Differences: seeing what makes each person special.
Global Retreat Centre, Nuneham Courtenay.
2 – 5.30 pm. Free. Advanced booking essential.
My Home is Your Home: A Journey Around Syria. Reading about solo travel and travel writing.
5 Duke Street, off Botley Road.
Booking essential as places are limited to 8 per session.Two sessions: 2.30 – 4 pm and 7.30 – 9 pm. £10, includes light refreshments and a signed copy of the book.
Contact Mary Russell on 07780531517.
Monday 5th March
1st Annual OxFEST Symposium, “Can you have it all?”
The Linbury Room, Worcester College.
9.30 am – 5 pm. Free.
Register for your FREE Ticket here:
This full-day symposium, open to men AND women, will address the challenges that women face as they progress in their careers. Talks will focus on gender equality, work-life balance, policy making, women in entrepreneurship and academia, and modern leadership. Workshops will focus on ‘Assertiveness’, ‘Public Speaking’, and ‘Yoga at your Workplace’. Lunch, refreshments and drinks reception will be provided.
Aims:
- Educate the audience on current policies which aim to help bridge the gender gap
- Encourage women to progress in their careers through the stories of inspirational and prominent women in business and academia
- Prepare participants for the workforce by helping them develop valuable skills
- Raise the awareness that traditionally masculine roles in leadership are changing
Speakers:
- Dr Elizabeth Pollitzer, Organizer of European Gender Summit
- Prof Frances Ashcroft, 2012 Winner of Loreal Unesco Women in Science Award
- Prof Mary Evans, Author of “Killing Thinking” and “Jane Austen and the State”
- Prof Ottoline Leyser, Author of “Mothers in Science”
- Ms Trudy Coe, Head of the Equality and Diversity Unit, University of Oxford
Workshops:
- Assertiveness
- Public Speaking
- Yoga at Your Workplace
Diversity is ‘Everything’: exhibition and creative activities
East Oxford Community Centre.
11 am – 4 pm. Free.
Gulap Asian Women’s Group Celebration
Grandpont Children’s Centre.
1 – 3 pm. Free.
Tuesday 6th March
OIWF Networking Event
Cowley Road Methodist Church Centre.
4 - 7 pm. £1.50.
Reclaim the Moonlight: women’s evening river walk
Meet at Oxford Town Hall, finish Grove House, off Iffley Road.
6 – 8.30 pm. Free (donations to OSARCC). Please RSVP – booking essential.
This year for Oxford International Women’s Festival, a group of women have organised a walk by the river in the early evening to experince the freedom that is often denied to women because it seems dangerous. Meet at the Town hall at 6.00pm, walk up to Iffley Lock (about 40 minutes) and got to the Grovehouse at Iffley Turn to eat and talk togther. Children welcome, wheelchair accesible for most of the walk (please call to discuss arrangements).
Contact Clare on 07761702156 or email rtn.oxford@gmail.com to book a free place.
Wednesday 7th March
Janey Morris Walk in Oxford
Meet outside the Holywell Music Rooms.
10 – 11.30 am. £6.50 (£1.50 admission plus £5 to OIWF). Booking essential.
Family First, in photos and words
South Oxford Baptist Church Hall. 12 noon – 4 pm. Free (donations welcome).
For the second year running… Let’s Celebrate Women and Human Rights!
Cowley Road Methodist Church.
Main event: Drop in between 12 noon and 6 pm. Free.
Workshops: 2 – 4 pm. Free.
Amnesty Film Night: 7 – 10 pm. Suggested donation £2, unwaged free.
Poetry in the Parlour
Blackwells Book Shop in the Coffee Shop.
7 – 9 pm. £3.
Thursday 8th March
OIWF Main Event celebrating International Women’s Day
Oxford Town Hall.
3 – 9 pm. Entry fee will apply (concessions available).
You can all be Active Women
Blackbird Leys Leisure Centre.
10 am – 4 pm. Free.
Equality and Diversity: Gendering Education in the Academy
The Old Library, Lady Margaret Hall.
2 – 3.30 pm. Free.
Friday 9th March
Reel Women: screening by women filmmakers.
Film Oxford, 54 Catherine Street.
7.30 – 10 pm. Free.
Jibb Rishes Songologue, the vocal clown; with support from Fractofusus.
Old Fire Station Theatre, George Street. 8 – 10.30 pm. £10 (£8).
Ethical Fashion Symposium
O3 Gallery, Oxford Castle.
Please check website for times: www.o3gallery.co.uk. £5 (£4) per talk.
Saturday 10th March
Everybody needs some body: workshop
Grove House Rotunda.
11 am – 5 pm. £35 (£28).
Life in a Handbag: Seminars, Workshops and Meditation Sessions
Inner Space, 21 Broad Street.
2 – 5 pm. Free admission. Registration essential.
Kuumba Nia Arts Presents a Theatre Double Bill
East Oxford Community Centre.
7.30 pm. £5 (£3) Booking essential.
Gadzooks!!!!! Tis a Goddess!!!!
Polly’s Place, Grove House Rotunda.
7.30 – 11 pm. £8 (£5).
Ethical Fashion Symposium
O3 Gallery, Oxford Castle.
Please check website for times: www.o3gallery.co.uk. £5 (£4) per talk.
Sunday 11th March
Women’s History Workshop
Peace House, 19 Paradise Street OX1 1LD.
11.30 am – 4.30 pm. Free.
Poetry Workshop
Barracks Lane Community Garden.
12 noon – 4 pm. Free.
Queer Women of Oxford: walking tour
Meet at Magdalen Bridge, High Street.
2 – 4 pm. Donations to Oxford Pride.
Rebellious Queer Cabaret
Linacre College.
7 pm – 1 am. £5 (£3).
Ethical Fashion Symposium
O3 Gallery, Oxford Castle.
Please check website for times: www.o3gallery.co.uk. £5 (£4) per talk.
Monday 12th March
Women Writers Raise the Roof at Ruskin
Ruskin College, Walton Street.
7.30 – 9 pm. Free.
Tuesday 13th March
OIWF Finale at Red Box
Baby Bar Simple (upstairs).
8 – 11 pm. £6 (£4).