International Women's Day

International Women's Day lecture series at The University of Edinburgh.

International Women's Day (IWD) (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women's equality.

The University celebrates International Women's Day (IWD) by hosting a series of annual lectures given by inspiring women speakers of international reputation.

IWD 2025 has the theme 'Accelerate Action'. We'll post more details here in due course about the events happening at the University of Edinburgh to celebrate this day. #AccelerateAction

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International Women's Day

You can watch videos of previous lectures at the following links (in MediaHopper):

Amina Shah Lecture 2024 

Anne Glover Lecture 2019 

Anne Richards Lecture 2018 

Catherine Calderwood Lecture 2017 

Anneila Sargent Lecture 2015