York Human Rights City Network is pleased to support the work of York International Women’s Week in a variety of ways.
York International Women’s Week (YIWW) marks International Women’s Day (8th March) with a community event organised by local people, with growing links to women’s organisations in other parts of the world.
Each autumn a local coordinating group of volunteers decide on a theme, publicise a Call for Events, and create a programme from the submitted events. YIWW welcomes a diversity of events, while at the core is a belief in the human rights and dignity of all. Through the programme YIWW aims to highlight political and cultural concerns by opening up space for women to gather together for fun, creativity, knowledge, and support.
There are three core guidelines: events are open to all self-identified women, or self-identified women and non-binary people (although most events are open to people of all genders or none); disability and economic accessibility of events must be addressed by organisers; events must be not-for-profit.
International Women’s Day has been marked in York for many decades, while York International Women’s Week has existed in various forms since 2008. Many, many people help to bring the programme to fruition through funding, organising, publicising, and taking part in events, and thus linking our small city to the thousands of IWD activities throughout the world.
Find out more at York International Women’s Week
