Here you can find the links to details of all the events, activities, talks and more taking place as part of International Women’s Day at Queen Mary and Women's History Month.
We will be adding to and updating our listings throughout the month, so check back here to see what’s happening.
Time: 13:00 – 14:00
Date: Monday, 4th March 2024
Location: Online, sign up via Careers Hub
Speakers:
Four Black-heritage panelists who have taken ‘alternative’ journeys in their careers. This is part of our amazing and diverse programme of events to celebrate International Women's Week.
Time: 15:30 – 17:00
Location: Senior Common Room, Arts 2 Floor 4
Speakers: Setareh Bozorgy
The Women’s Cafe invites back a former Queen Mary alum, Setareh Bozorgy, for a second Wellbeing Session! This session will be held during reading week, and we invite students to attend during your break to focus on journalling, poetry and our own creativities. This session will be part of Careers & Enterprises’ International Women’s Day schedule, and we hope to see our Women’s Cafe community members - whether old or new - there!
There will be a range of refreshments, including fruits, cakes and drinks – all free of charge and in beautiful surroundings!
Time: 17:50
Date: Tuesday, 5th March 2024
Location: Genesis Cinema (93-95 Mile End Rd, London, E1 4UJ).
To mark International Women's Day, Genesis Cinema are screening Brazilian director Anna Muylaert's acclaimed film, The Second Mother (2015). The film focuses on protagonist Val, a live-in domestic worker who has been employed by a wealthy family in São Paulo for the last 13 years. When Val's estranged daughter Jéssica comes to stay at Val's employers' home in order to take a university entrance exam, relationships become strained and tensions begin to emerge.
The screening will be followed by a panel discussion and Q&A with Professor Lúcia Sá (University of Manchester) and Dr Rachel Randall (QMUL). For more details and to reserve your tickets, please go to the booking page
This screenings is supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and form part of the AHRC Research, Development and Engagement Fellowship: Affective and Immaterial Labour in Latin(x) American Culture. These events celebrate the work of Latin American women directors by showing films that explore issues related to paid and unpaid reproductive labour.
Time: 18:00 – 20:00
Location: iQ East, 0.15
Are you a woman with a passion for entrepreneurship and business? Come along to our event!
At this meetup we:
Women often face unique obstacles in business like fundraising disparities, credibility issues, and work-life balance.
No matter where you are in your entrepreneurial journey, this meetup is your opportunity to join a community that allows for an open discussion of these` challenges.
Join our WhatsApp group HERE
Time: 12:00 – 13:30
Date: Wednesday, 6th March 2024
Location: Blomeley Rooms, Student Union
We have invited a panel of inspiring women with research backgrounds talk about their career journeys so far and how they have overcome challenges to start professional careers and reach career success. Our female speakers are from a range of backgrounds and professions including academia and STEM roles in a range of sectors. Our speakers will be sharing advice and insights on managing the day to day, and strategies for surviving and thriving in traditionally male-dominated sectors. We will also get an insight into how to juggle the demands of career and family.
Time: 15:00 – 17:00
Careers and Enterprise are delighted to be partnering with Burns Sheehan on a special recording of The Start-Up Diaries. Hosted by Burns Sheehan’s very own Chris McGowan and Livvie Holt, The Start-Up Diaries podcast brings you insightful discussions with forward thinking Founders & Business Leaders growing some of the most exciting tech start-ups & scale-ups in the UK.
Designed especially for a live audience of Queen Mary students, join us as we interview two female founders on their journey in business.
Attending this event will give you:
And, there’s more... Queen Mary start-up founders will be networking to showcase their businesses and products, providing you with even more opportunity to share insight and experiences, as well as success stories!
Date: Thursday, 7th March 2024
Location: Online, via MS Teams Click here
To mark International Women’s Week, the Careers and Enterprise team are hosting a virtual Women in Industry panel, an event which will bring together women across the industries of STEM, finance, and consulting in an hour-long discussion. Our inspiring panelists would like to share the achievements and challenges they’ve experienced in their career, giving insights into their roles and sectors.
The event will start with a 45 minute guided discussion, followed by a 15 minute Q&A where we welcome any attendees to ask any questions they may have to our panel members. Panel includes STEM Women.
Time: 18:00
Location: QM Social
Join Queen Mary Venues for a special movie night celebration in honour of International Women's Day! This event will be held at QM Social, a cosy venue perfect for enjoying a movie. Grab some popcorn, sit back, and enjoy an evening of entertainment and celebration. For more details and to reserve your tickets, please go to Eventbrite.
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Date: Friday, 8th March 2024
Location: Online, via MS Teams
Speakers: Kavita Jaidev, Ella Moncrieffe and Anastasia Malama
Leadership is often conceptualised in terms of line management, promotion, hierarchy and authority. In this panel discussion, we hear from women at Queen Mary who actively lead beyond their roles to ensure that the Student Experience Directorate is a more equitable place to work. We will be discussing what leadership is, how they have become leaders in their own right, and how the Directorate can support gender equality and diversity in the future. We hope you can join us.
Time: 12:00 - 14:20
Location: Online, via Zoom Click here (Please note that you will not be able to register for this webinar in advance and be reminded by Zoom. Therefore, please save the link in your diary) .
Speakers: Ms. Ioana Stupariu, LLM, Chief of Staff & Head of Legal at Genomate Health, Mr. Firdausi Firdaus, SH (Law&Technology), LLM (Computer&Communications Law), PhD Candidate in ICT Law (UB) (CCLS QMUL Alumnus), Ms. Joyce Zheng, LLM, Privacy Counsel at Intel Corporation (CCLS QMUL Alumna), Ms. Stephanie K Brennadiva S.Si., S.Pd., MISDF Chief Inspector Police at Indonesian National Police and Ms. Marshiella Pandji, MPA, Public Policy and Government Relations at Tik Tok Indonesia
Organised by the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS) Indonesia and China Chapters Committees to assess the adequacy of laws, regulations, and ethics in the facilitation of Women's Rights. In particular in the AI, Internet and Media sectors. We will discuss different areas of law and other relevant disciplinary ways to assess criticisms of what has been done so far to facilitate better treatment of women in the current digital era. We will also look at offering solutions on what should and could be done where changes are required.
Audience: Anyone who is interested in AI (Artificial Intelligence), Privacy & Data protection law, Internet/Cyber-Media law & policy, Women's Rights
To mark International Women's Day, Genesis Cinema are screening Mexican director Lila Avilés's first feature, The Chambermaid (2018). The film follows protagonist Eve as she winds her way around an upscale Mexico City hotel, cleaning the rooms on the twenty-first floor. The film charts Eve's struggles to balance the demands of her job with her caring responsibilities and her desire for a promotion.
It will be followed by a panel discussion and Q&A with Dr Mara Polgovsky (Birkbeck) and Dr Rachel Randall (QMUL). For more details and to reserve your tickets, please go to the booking page.
Time: The webinar is pre-recorded and available on demand to be viewed at a time convenient to you.
Every year on 8 March, we celebrate International Women's Day. This year, our theme is #InspireInclusion. We collectively contribute to shaping a more harmonious world when we inspire others to understand and value women's inclusion. When women are inspired to be included, there is a sense of belonging, relevance and empowerment.
Visit the Workplace Options website and log in with the username 'queenmary' and password 'employee' to access the webinar which will be uploaded to the site on Wednesday 8 March 2024.
Participants will benefit by:
Time: from 14:00
Date: Friday 8th March 2024
Location: BLOC, Arts One Building, QMUL, 327 Mile End Rd, Bethnal Green, London E1 4NS, UK
This event includes a panel discussion on Women’s cinema and women filmmakers from contemporary China followed by a screening of Egg and Stone (dir. Huang Ji, 2012) followed by a discussion with Director Huang Ji in conversation with Kiki Tianqi Yu (writer, filmmaker, and curator and Senior Lecturer in Film at Queen Mary University of London)
More information and links to register here.
Date: Thursday, 14th March 2024
Location: Online, via MS Teams (Register for this event here)
Speaker: Dr Camillia Kong is the Principal Investigator of the Reproducing Borders project, Fellow of the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Law. Her expertise lies at the intersection between law, philosophy, and ethics, particularly in exploring the relational and phenomenological dimensions of selfhood and agency within health, disorder, and disability.
Recent research has reported a startling maternal mortality rates among women from ethnic minority backgrounds compared to White women. Structural frameworks around migration status further impact the accessibility and eligibility of free NHS care, intensifying the barriers to equitable healthcare for ethnic minority women. Not only does uncertainty about legal status deter migrant women from accessing care to which they are entitled, but ambiguous legal migration is often racialised, such that those from an ethnic minority background may be presumed to be ineligible for care without verification.
Her talk will provide an overview of AHRC-funded project, Reproducing Borders and Bordering Reproduction: Access to Care for Women from Ethnic Minority and Migrant Groups which runs from 2024-2027, where our interdisciplinary programme of work will interrogate the complex intersections between legal and racial prejudice, which are documented to produce barriers to healthcare across the whole of a reproductive life course.
Register for this event here.
Time: 12:00 – 13:00
Date: Monday 11th March 2024
Location: 7th Floor Common Room, Graduate Centre, Queen Mary University of London, 328 Mile End Road London E1 4NS
A Queen Mary University of London lunch-time seminar, part of International Women’s Day. Brought to you in association with PQ magazine.
Female accountants continue to face a number of challenges in the finance profession. We have put together a panel of speakerswho will share their experiences and insights into what it is really like for women working in accountancy in 2024.
Our speakers
(There will be time to grab sandwich before we start)
Register here.
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Date: Thursday, 21st March 2024
Location: Online, via MS Teams (register for this event here)
Speaker: Yvonne Tajok, Cornerstone Coaching
Do you find yourself dealing with life's challenges and hoping for ways to turn them into wins? If so, this workshop is for you. You’ll get a better understanding of what it means to be resilient and develop your own personal toolkit to help you cultivate resilience. The session will look at the thought patterns that inform the stories we tell ourselves, how we can choose our responses to turn challenges into opportunities and get better outcomes. The session will be interactive and fun, making use of breakout rooms, group exercises and reflection.
About the speaker
Yvonne Tajok is a Leadership Coach, Mentor and Facilitator, helping women leaders gain the confidence and clarity to carve out a fulfilling career they can be proud of, without sacrificing their work-life balance. She works with individuals and businesses to deliver 1:1 coaching and group workshops. Yvonne is an Association for Coaching (AC) accredited coach and has helped her clients succeed in leadership and management, entrepreneurship, career transition and personal development. Yvonne has 14 years of financial management experience in the higher education sector, in Australia and in the UK, having worked at Griffith University, Queensland University of Technology, Middlesex University, UCL and London Business School.