Report on Events for International Women's Day 2020

Once again, the EGA Institute for Women's Health is marking International Women's Day with a series of special events

6th February: Lunch Hour Lecture: Tech to improve lives - the Contraception Choices website

This talk will explore women’s views and experiences of contraception, showcasing the Contraception Choices website which was designed at UCL in collaboration with young women - www.contraceptionchoices.org.

Please register for this event: Lunch Hour Lecture: Tech to improve lives - the Contraception Choices website

3rd March: Fertility Roundtable Discussion: Do you want kids in the future?

The average age of a woman at the birth of her first child is increasing globally and is over 30 in many countries. But female fertility declines with age, significantly so after age 35.
So what should women know if they are planning to have kids in the future?

Please register for this event: Fertility Roundtable Discussion: Do you want kids in the future?

9th March: Play: Shades of our Lives by Black Women Let Loose

Those who attended were privilege to watch an inspiring and powerful production from the cast of Black Women Let Loose (BWLL), a theatre company based in Bristol. Their play entitled ‘Shades of our Lives’, highlighted the experiences of women of African and Caribbean descents through theatre, with a combination of spoken word, dance and music.

Lacara Barnes-Rowe, from UCL Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team chaired a Q&A session following the play with BWLL. This was an informal way of finding out more about the production, the actor's process and some issues from the show such as identity, belonging, racism and black women's voices. They tackled interesting questions about how the show came about, exploring some of the themes raised and the idea of black women telling their own narratives and why this was important for them to do this.

10th March: Lunchtime Session: Call the midwife! Call the nurse! An international celebration

The World Health Organisation has declared 2020 the first International yearof the Nurse and the Midwife, and it also marks the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth. Presentations from midwives, nurses and students at UCLH – from research to clinical practice - will show how the challenges facing Midwifery and Nursing have changed over the last century, and how their work continues to impact the lives of women around the world.

Please register for this event: Lunchtime Session: Call the midwife! Call the nurse! An international celebration