International Women’s Day, held annually on 8th March, is an international day of celebration where thousands of events are held throughout the world to inspire women and celebrate their achievements. Dublin City Council will celebrate the contribution of women to the civic life of Dublin City with a programme of events throughout March 2010.

Events

 

Dublin Book Festival - 6th – 8th March, City Hall

The Festival will mark International Women’s Day on Monday 8th March with the following special events:

• 1.30pm Poetry reading with contributions from Joan McBreen, Catherine Phil MacCarthy and Louise C. Callaghan
• 2.30pm Launch of Nuala O’Faolain’s A More Complex Truth: Selected Writings (New Island)
• 3.00pm Up for Discussion: The Legacies of Feminism with Margaret MacCurtain, Susan McKay, Ivana Bacik and Catríona Crowe
• 4.30pm Be Inspired Fiction with Claire Keegan and Molly McCloskey

For More Information: http://www.dublinbookfestival.com
 

Let’s Walk & Talk - Irish Women of War & Peace: 1900-1923

Join historian, Pat Liddy and learn about many of the women who left their mark on this period of great tumult and change in Irish history. And even meet some of these characters en route!

• Sunday, 7th March at 12noon. Meet at the Fusiliers Arch, Stephens Green, Dublin 2

The walk will conclude at Liberty Hall at 1.45pm.

 

Dauntless and Daring – Women of the Gael

Glynis Casson and Anne Marie O’Farrell entertain us with stories of five incredibly brave and feisty Irish Women.
We hear about the devious Gormlaith, who became High Queen of Ireland three times, the wild adventurous pirate Anne Bonny, as well as the stories of Lola Montez, Elizabeth O’Farrell and Delia Murphy.

• Sunday 7th March at 2.30pm Liberty Hall

This is a free event with admission on a first come, first served basis

 

Competition for Transition Year Students

Transition Year students in schools across Dublin City are invited to enter pieces of work on the meaning of International Women’s Day. Students may wish to highlight women’s achievements in Ireland and across the world in politics, society and community, arts and culture, science or business. Students may also wish to explore what they see as gender inequality, for example women’s access to decision-making, violence against women, the higher poverty rates and lower pay experienced by women.

The format for competition entry is open and flexible. Students can submit entries in the form of image, text, video or other media. This competition is an opportunity for students to really get creative with their ideas.

The closing date for entry to the competition is Monday 29th March 2010.

Dublin City Council will award prizes to the school with the best individual or group entries. The prizes are as follows:

• First Prize: €750
• Second Prize: €500
• Third Prize: €250

 For further information please contact Helen O’Leary at 222 6704 or Helen.oleary@dublincity.ie

Events in Dublin City Libraries

Knowing Dublin Workshops at the Central Library

The Central Library, ILAC Centre, will host Knowing Dublin workshops during the week of March 8th-12th. These workshops are for secondary school children and will focus particularly on the role of women in Irish politics.
For information contact 01 6744843.

Girl Guides – It’s not just campfires you know!

With Clare Brophy, Development Officer with The Catholic Guides of Ireland and Diane Dixon, Centenary Committee of The Irish Girl Guides
From a small movement 100 years ago to 10 million members worldwide in 145 countries, Girl Guiding is now a global organisation. Focusing on the development of girls and young women, guiding offers opportunities for all. Find out more about guiding in Ireland and around the world. 

• Monday 8th March at 1.00pm Central Library, ILAC Centre Tel: 01 8734333

Equality and Access: A Campaigning Life - Sylvia Meehan  (introduced by Mary Cullen)

From equal pay and childcare provision to ageism and medical cards for over seventies, Sylvia Meehan has never stopped campaigning. She was recently presented with a ‘People of the Year Award 2009’ by Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland, ‘for giving a voice to those who might otherwise be forgotten’.

• Monday 8th March at 6.30pm Cabra Library Tel:  01 8691414  

 

Anna Manahan Remembered

A talk on the life and career of the award-winning actress by theatre director Michael Scott
Anna Manahan was one of Ireland’s most gifted actors of the twentieth century, with a sixty-year career on stage and screen.
Michael will talk about Anna and her contribution to Irish theatre, as well as screening footage featuring intimate backstage interviews with Anna, and extracts of her on stage in various productions. 

• Wednesday 10th March at 1.00pm Central Library, ILAC Centre  Tel: 01 8734333

Nationalism, unionism and votes for women - The Irish Women’s Franchise League: 1908 – 1922 - With Mary Cullen

Mary Cullen is a former Senior Lecturer in Modern History at NUI Maynooth, and currently a Research Associate at the Centre for Gender and Women’s Studies TCD. She has published widely in Irish women’s history and especially the history of Irish feminism

• Wednesday 10th March at 7.00pm Terenure Library Tel: 01 4907035
  

 

Bananas On The Breadboard - Stories from the markets area Dublin

A new DVD celebrating life and traditions in the markets area of Dublin, directed and edited by filmmaker Joe Lee. Produced by Fidelma Bonass (HSE Development Worker), Danny Pender (Markets Area Resident) and Joe Lee (Film Maker)

• Monday 8th March at 11.00am Charleville Mall Library  Tel: 01 8749619
  
• Wednesday 10th March at 11.00am Kevin Street Library   Tel: 01 4753794
  
• Wednesday 10th March at 6.30pm Dolphin’s Barn Library   Tel: 01 4540681
  
• Thursday 11th March at 1.00pm Central Library, ILAC Centre  Tel: 01 8734333

 

Community Events

Human Rights Community Workshop

Presented as part of the Telling Women’s Stories Programme

This programme has been organised by The Ballymun Women's Resource Centre in partnership with the Ballymun Drop in Well Family Resource Centre, CAFTA and Young Ballymun.

This Community Workshop will mark International Women's Day and will showcase artwork and women's stories that have been produced as part of the Programme.

• Monday 8th March  10.00am – 1.00pm in the Axis Centre Ballymun.

For further information please contact the Ballymun Women's Resource Centre on 01-8421731 or Niamh Reilly, Community Officer, Ballymun on 01-2225725.

 

‘Forgotten Women – Tuggers, Clickers, Bag Ladies & Mothers’- join Michael Keogh for a chat about Tenement Women

• Date:  Tuesday, 2nd March
  Time: 11-12.30pm
  Venue: Thorndale Court, Collins Avenue, Dublin 9
• Date:  Thursday, 4th March
  Time: 3-4.30pm
  Venue: Heskin Court, Elm Park, Merrion Road, Dublin 4
• Date:  Monday, 8th March
  Time: 2-3.30pm
  Venue: Brookville Court, North Road, Finglas, Dublin 11
• Date:  Wednesday, 10th March
  Time: 3-4.30pm
  Venue: St. Anne’s Court, All Saints Road, Raheny, Dublin 5

Holistic & Wellness Session

• Venue: Spellman Centre, Irishtown Road, Dublin 4
  Date:  Sunday, 7th March
  Time: 12-4pm
  Contact: Bobby 01-2227370
• Venue: Ringsend and Irishtown Community Centre, Thorncastle Street, Ringsend, Dublin 4
  Date:  Sunday, 7th March
  Time: 12-4pm
  Contact: Bobby 01-2227370

 

Introduction to Circuit Training and free trial of gymnasium

• Venue: Irishtown Stadium, Irishtown, Dublin 4
  Date:  Monday, 8th March
  Time: 11-1pm
  Contact: Bobby 01-2227370

 

Introduction to and tour of Irishtown Health Centre

• Venue: Irishtown Primary Care Centre, Irishtown Road, Dublin 4
  Date:  Monday, 8th March
  Time: 1.30-4pm
  Contact: Bobby 01-2227370

 

Women’s Health & Well-Being Fair which will include Women’s Health Checks & Information re: A.W.A.R.E., Bodywhys and Healthy Eating

• Venue: The Shopping Area, Ballyfermot Road, Ballyfermot, Dublin 20
  Date:  Monday, 8th March
  Time: 10-1.30pm
  Contact: Mary 086-8150365/Helen 086-8150968

 

A celebration of women’s lives and experiences in the North Central Area. 

Guest speakers will include Denise Cassidy (renowned local artist) and Susan French (local community activist and founder of the Friendly Call Service).  Information stands on Women's Issues, Back to Education, Equal Rights for Women will also be on display in the venue.

• Venue: Donnycarney Social Services Centre, Malahide Road, Dublin 5.
  Date:  Monday, 8th March
  Time: 1-3pm
  Contact: Antoinette 087-6428049

 

Women’s Health & Well-Being Fair, which will include Women’s Health Checks & Healthy Eating

• Venue: Shopping Area at 97 Cabra Road, Cabra, Dublin 7
  Date:  Tuesday, 9th March
  Time: 10-4pm
  Contact: Paul 087-6125520

Exhibitions:

‘After you bought me’

Súil Eile are pleased to invite you to attend : ‘After you bought me’: An exhibition of photographs and text by young tribal women exploring the causes and effects of human trafficking

Coinciding with International Women’s Day 2010, Súil Eile presents an exhibition of photographs taken by young tribal women during a participatory photographic project in Orissa, east India in December 2008 and January 2009. Rural Orissa, along with other areas in the ‘tribal belt’, is an area with a high number of cases of human trafficking. The images and stories explore perspectives and experiences of the women around human trafficking and issues faced by women in tribal communities in this region.
The images are the result of a collaboration between the Irish based Súil Eile project and Indian NGO Pragati.
The photographers are all women who have experienced trafficking and labour abuse. The material produced was initially used to create awareness of trafficking in the local villages as well as to help counter the stigmaexperienced by victims of trafficking on returning to their own communities.
 
Running from: March 8 - March 31 2010
Venue: Irish Aid Volunteering and Information Centre, 27-31 Upper O’Connell Street, Dublin 1.
Opening hours: Monday -Friday 1am-5pm, Thursday late until 8pm. Saturday 10am-3pm. Free of charge

 For more information visit: www.suileileparticipatoryphotography.blogspot.com

 

Anna Manahan Remembered

Leading Irish actress, Anna Manahan, who died on International Women’s Day 2009, is being honoured by a special exhibition to commemorate her life-long contribution to Irish Theatre. Curated by Dublin City Archives, Anna Manahan Remembered consists of a series of striking photographs, which reflect on Anna’s stage and screen career, which spanned over 60 years. The exhibition recalls her extraordinary talent, her many achievements, and her personal warmth, both on and off stage. It includes images from her Tony Award winning role in the Druid production of The Beauty Queen of Leenane, and intimate footage of Anna talking about her relationship with the theatre.

The exhibition will be on display in the Central Library, ILAC Centre, during March. Tel: 01 8734333

 

In The Sprit of Adventure

A Photographic History of the Catholic Guides of Ireland. As an all female organisation founded in 1928, this visual presentation provides a unique insight into the activities of the girls and young women members from the early years of the Irish Free State to the present day. The exhibition will be on display in Ballymun Library during March. Tel: 01 8421890

All of these events are free of charge.