{"id":127,"date":"2015-03-11T14:31:59","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T14:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/?p=127"},"modified":"2015-03-12T14:19:13","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T14:19:13","slug":"international-womens-day-and-a-year-of-events-kent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/?p=127","title":{"rendered":"International Women\u2019s Day and a year of events at Kent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/files\/2015\/03\/EDA-international-womens-day.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-129\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/files\/2015\/03\/EDA-international-womens-day-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"EDA- international women's day\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/files\/2015\/03\/EDA-international-womens-day-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/files\/2015\/03\/EDA-international-womens-day-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>8<sup>th<\/sup> March is International Women\u2019s day, and this year the theme is \u2018Make It Happen\u2019. The theme and event aim to \u2018encourage effective action for advancing and recognising women\u2019. A goal shared by both the Athena SWAN Working Group (ASWG) and the 50<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary Project, \u2018Radical Women: 50 Years of Feminism at Kent\u2019. This year, the ASWG and Feminism Project, will be holding events to further the aim of advancing and recognising women.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>21<sup>st<\/sup> March- One day Symposium on Feminist Action at Kent (50<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary Feminism Project)<\/li>\n<li>7<sup>th<\/sup> May- Medway Athena SWAN Awareness Event<\/li>\n<li>27<sup>th<\/sup>-28<sup>th<\/sup> June- &#8216;Austerity, gender and household finances&#8217; conference (50th Anniversary Feminism Project)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The \u2018Radical Women\u2019 events will showcase ways that feminist academics at Kent have improved women\u2019s rights and wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p>The Athena SWAN Charter, aims to advance the representation of women in science, technology, engineering, medicine and mathematics. While the focus of the Charter is on the Sciences, the work of the Kent Athena SWAN Working Group is aimed at improving the working environment of all staff- both men and women.<\/p>\n<p>Engineering and Digital Arts recently submitted an application for an Athena SWAN Award, and today held a coffee morning to celebrate International Women\u2019s Day. Profits raised from the purchase of refreshments from J\u2019s Tea Bar on Friday 6<sup>th<\/sup> March are being donated to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.womensaid.org.uk\/page.asp?section=00010001000700050027&amp;sectionTitle=International+Women%27s+Day\">Women\u2019s Aid,<\/a> a national domestic violence charity that helps\u00a0up to\u00a0250,000\u00a0women and children\u00a0every year.<\/p>\n<p>Staff in EDA will also be \u2018Getting Their Purple On!\u2019\u00a0 Purple is the domestic violence awareness colour and was also one of the colours adopted in 1908 by the Women\u2019s Social and Political Union (WSPU) to symbolise the plight of the Suffragettes.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/?p=127&amp;t=International Women\u2019s Day and a year of events at Kent' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=International Women\u2019s Day and a year of events at Kent%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/?p=127' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/?p=127' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/?p=127&amp;title=International Women\u2019s Day and a year of events at Kent' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/?p=127&amp;title=International Women\u2019s Day and a year of events at Kent' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8th March is International Women\u2019s day, and this year the theme is \u2018Make It Happen\u2019. 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