International Women's Day 2023 at Loughborough University

#EmbraceEquity

Loughborough is proud of its inclusive culture that celebrates diversity and aims to ensure gender equality in all its activities. International Women’s Day (IWD) celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women and marks a call to action for accelerating women’s equality.

White background with blue and purple splatters on it. The text in the top left says 'International Women's Day' and in the bottom left it says '#EmbraceEquity'

Events

Each day of the week-long events programme will focus on a specific theme linked to IWD’s 2023 overarching theme, #EmbraceEquity. We can actively help create a gender equal world by calling out gender bias, discrimination, and stereotyping. Collectively, we all #EmbraceEquity

Loughborough Stories

We want to showcase our women staff, students, academics, and researchers stories to highlight the fantastic accomplishments they have made, and how they #EmbraceEquity.

Reading list

Dr Ksenia Chmutina, with the help of friends and colleagues, has compiled a reading list sharing fiction and non-fiction reads about women. Covering themes of motherhood, resilience, romance, feminism, success, class and race to name a few, there’s something for everyone to enjoy and learn from.

International Women's Day Reading List