Since 1911, annually on March 8th, the International Women’s Day (IWD) is marked to celebrate globally the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, raise awareness about women’s equality and fundraise for female-focused charities. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Significant activity is witnessed worldwide as groups come together to celebrate women’s achievements or rally for women’s equality.
According to the World Economic Forum, sadly none of us will see gender parity in our lifetimes, and nor likely will many of our children. Gender parity will not be attained for almost a century.
The focus of IWD in 2021 is about choice, the choice of challenging our thoughts and actions every day with the aim of creating, collectively, an inclusive world, a better world for all of us.
From challenge comes change, so let’s all choose to challenge.
Against this backdrop, Dialogue Café Network is organising a session to celebrate women´s achievements, raise awareness about women´s equality and support gender parity. Wth this purpose, women from all ages, sectors and cities involved will be invited to join this session, celebrate the IWD and address questions raised during the debate such as:
How will you help forge a gender equal world?
How better to raise awareness against bias and stereotypes?
According to your knowledge and experience how do you think the pandemic has affected the path for equality?
How are younger generations assuming the challenge of gender equality?
Share a woman’s achievement.
Share an example of small action we all can undertake for equality.
Share a motto for equality
PROGRAMME
Dialogue Cafe Belgrade (United Nations Associations of Serbia)
Sanja Petrovic, Lawyer
Dialogue Cafe Évora (Eugenio de Almeida Foundation/ADRAL)
Tânia Salgado, President of the Board of ADDHG – Association for the Defense of Human Rights of Guimarães
Alexandra Luís, Mulheres Sem Fronteiras
Laura Quitério, LGBTI, Leiria
Joana, Centre of Culture and Feminist Intervention
Dialogue Café Novi Sad (Youth Office)
Branislava Aradjan, President, Junior Chamber International , JCI Novi Sad
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For further information and registration: Dialogue Café Lisbon – Dalia Sendra (daliasendra@casadoregalo.pt), Dialogue Café Belgrade – Biljana Vukosavljevic (unaserbia@gmail.com), Dialogue Café Cidade de Praia – Indira Pires (ipires@institutopedropires.org.cv), Dialogue Café Évora – Margarida Oliveira/FEA (margarida.oliveira@fea.pt) & Ana Rita Valido/ADRAL (ana.valido@adral.pt), Dialogue Café Novi Sad – Stefan Radojcic (s.radojcic@pf.uns.ac.rs)