Events

January

• 24: Gender and Feminism Reading Group: Black Feminism (University of Bristol)
• 29:  Workshop: Celebrating Suffrage Lantern Workshop at Bristol University Students Union

February

• 6: Event: Celebrating Suffrage - Lantern parade and City Hall Reception
• 21: Gender and Feminism Reading Group: Queer Theory and Sexuality (University of Bristol)

March

• 3: Celebrating International Women’s Day – A day of workshops, music, debates and more at Bristol City Hall, organised by Bristol Women's Voice.
• 8: International Women’s Day
• 8: Senseless outrages against property: the Bristol Suffragettes – A talk by Lucienne Boyce for Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives
• 21: Gender and Feminism Reading Group: Transnational and decolonial feminism. (University of Bristol)
• 23: Women in Law launch event with diversity champion Funke Abimbola - A talk by the Bristol University Women in Law Society with Funke Abimbola MBE about her leadership journey

May:

• 18: Global Challenges in Securing Reproductive Rights and the Empowerment of Women and Girls (University of Bristol) - An interdisciplinary workshop bringing together experts within and outside Bristol University from Law, International Development, Education, Anthropology, Policy, and Health, as well as UN, NHRI and think tank representatives, to share and contextualise various approaches to implementation of reproductive rights and empowerment of women and girls.
• 24: Furthering Women’s Democracy in a UK Brexit Environment (University of Bristol) - A symposium led by academics from the University of Bristol, the University of the West of England and the University of Bath under the auspices of PolicyBristol. This event brings together researchers, activists, voluntary organisations and unions, public sector specialists and policy makers from different nations and regions seeking to influence policy around gender equality, anti-discrimination and women’s rights.

June

• 13: A Walk with the Bristol Suffragettes – Led by Lucienne Boyce (author of The Bristol Suffragettes)
• 30: Votes for Women at MShed – A day of film screenings, performances, talks, walks, children’s craft activities and opportunities to meet local women’s history experts.

July

• 28 – 30: Upfest: Women & Walls - Europe’s largest, free, street art & graffiti festival plans to commission four female Street Artists to mark the centenary with work exploring and celebrating the Suffrage Movement.

October

• 10 – 16: Local Democracy Week. Actors dressed as Bristol suffragettes will be out and about in the city to engage people in conversation about the importance of women gaining the vote and why it is important for modern day women to use their vote to raise women’s policies up the political agenda.
• 29: Make More Noise: Suffragettes in Silent Film – A film screening highlighting the suffragette’s struggle.