International Women's Day 2019

WOMEN RISING // FOLKESTONE'S INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2019
VARIOUS LOCATIONS

Always wanted to play your part in International Women's day but don't seem to know how?

From 26 Feb -10 Mar 2019, Folkestone will celebrate both through and beyond #girlpower. Folkestone Women's Forum, Women UnLTD, Folkestone Quarterhouse, and Folkestone Fringe present a programme of events to mark International Women's Day 2019. From films, talks, workshops, an exhibition, to a female beat disco and pop-up cafe- this programme will truly highlight the diverse spectrum of intersectional practice and thinking towards what it means for women to rise.


Women Rising Festival celebrating International Women’s Day is co-curated by Folkestone’s Women’s Forum, Leah Thorn, Women UnLTD, and supported by Folkestone Quarterhouse, & Folkestone Fringe. Folkestone’s Women’s Forum hosts events, workshops & speakers for Folkestone & its communities. Women UnLTD does similar and is run from Birmingham by women in the creative and marketing industry. Folkestone Quarterhouse is the hub to Creative Folkestone, as well as a major event space and venue for our town. We do these festivals to enrich the cultural calendar of our town, bring people together, and connect Folkestone with the wider world. 

WHAT'S ON

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27 February 2019

ARTS OF REBELLION, ACTS OF LIBERATION: AN EXHIBITION OF WOMEN'S ART
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4 March 2019

FOLKESTONE'S WOMEN'S FORUM / WOMEN OF FOLKESTONE
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6 March 2019

CATHERINE HOFFMAN / THE GYNIE HUB
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6 March 2019

WOMEN OVER 50 FILM FESTIVAL (PG) / BREAKING THE AGE BARRIER
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7 March 2019

SISTERTALK / BLACK WOMEN AND WHITE WOMEN IN CONVERSATION
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8 March 2019

RACHEL MARS / OUR CARNEL HEARTS
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9 March 2019

PRINT CULTURE: DIY ZINE MAKING
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9 March 2019

DAUGHTERS OF INDUSTRY POP UP SHOP
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9 March 2019

WE CAN CROCHET IT / COLLABORATIVE BANNER MAKING
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9 March 2019

AIDA SILVESTRI / UNSTERILE CLINIC
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9 March 2019

GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN! DISCO FOR -16
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9 March 2019

BEING VISIBLE, BEING VOCAL
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9 March 2019

POLAROID PORTRAIT STUDIO
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9 March 2019

WRITING AND READING KISS-ASS WOMEN CHARACTERS
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9 March 2019

SISTERTALK / WHAT FEMINISM MEANS TO US
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9 March 2019

A FEMALE BEAT
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10 March 2019

CUSTOM FOLKESTONE FEMINIST FOOD POP-UP CAFE
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10 March 2019

POSITIVE BADGE MAKING WORKSHOP
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10 March 2019

EMBRACE / DOCUMENTARY
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10 March 2019

LAURA DODSWORTH / WOMANHOOD
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10 March 2019

EMMA REES / WHO BROKE FEMINISM?
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10 March 2019

CATHERINE HOFFMANN / CYSTER-ACT
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10 March 2019

EMMA REES / VULVANOMICS
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