It’s a day that’s origins are believed to date back to 1911, when only eight countries afforded women the right to vote, earn equal pay for equal work, and have say over their reproductive rights.
It has since become an occasion in which females recognise how far they have come towards gender equality and also imagine a world in which they are free from bias, sterotypes and discrimination.
Designed as a date to celebrate women’s achievements, it also raises awareness about how far equality has yet to come.
Already, several events have been conducted, including the Got Your Back Sista luncheon while many others will take place throughout the Hunter this month, marking International Women’s Day (IWD) 2023.
Here are a few dates that are designed to encourage the amazing women of Newcastle and its surrounds to celebrate all that it means to be a woman.
International Women’s Day throughout the Hunter:
Tuesday 7 March
- 7am: Women in Law Breakfast 2023 (Newcastle NEX)
- From 9.30am: Hunter Women’s Centre IWD Events
- Noon-1pm: Empowering Women and Girls in the Circular Community (online)
Wednesday 8 March
- 7.15am: Zonta IWD Breakfast (Brown Sugar, Warners Bay)
- 9.30am-11am: Women’s Inspire (LIVEfree Hub, Adamstown)
- 9.30am-11.30am: Lord Mayor’s International Women’s Day Morning Tea (Newcastle City Hall)
- From 9.30am: Hunter Women’s Centre IWD Events
- 10am: Cessnock’s Hidden Herstories (Cessnock City Library)
- 11.30am: Newcastle Women’s DVCAS High Tea (NWDVCAS)
- Noon-3pm: Embrace Equity International Women’s Day (Kahibah Sports Club)
- Noon-4pm: HunterNet 2023 IWD Luncheon (Merewether Surfhouse)
- Noon-4pm: IWD Panel and UNSA Expo (Park on the Hill, University of Newcastle)
- 5pm: Hunter Business Women’s Network IWD Event (Newcastle NEX)
- 5.30pm: IWD Artist in Residence Launch (Brough House, Maitland)
- 6.45pm: Clare Bowditch and Georgie Winchester (Warners Bay Theatre, Lake Macquarie)
Thursday 9 March
- Noon-2pm: USNA IWD Expo (NuSpace, University of Newcastle)
Saturday 11 March
- 1pm-3pm: Lake Mac Women in Sport Expo (Charlestown Square)
- 2.30pm: Sleapy’s Foundation IWD High Tea (Souths Merewether)
- 6pm: Launch – Mistress Exhibition (Blackstone Gallery)
Sunday 12 March
- 9.30am: Women’s Inspire (LIVEfree Hub, Adamstown)
Saturday 25 March
- 4pm: BASS-IC (Lass O’Gowrie Hotel, Wickham)
Friday 31 March
- 12.30pm-3.30pm: Gen Collective 2023 International Women’s Day Luncheon (Merewether Surfhouse)
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