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Join us for a fascinating programme of lectures, talks and discussions.
"Exporting" Gender Equality: Postcolonial Feminist Reflections
The Z Factor: An Intercultural Journey
Cycling to Suffrage: The Bicycle and Women's Rights
Octavia Hill Centenary
Letting Off Steam: Working Class Girls' Leisure in Inter-war London
Surrogate Mothers; Sisters, Wives
"Exporting" Gender Equality: Postcolonial Feminist Reflections
Wednesday 18 April, 6.30pm (90 mins) *SOLD OUT*
£6 / £5 concessions
Western effort to promote gender equality in the developing world is accelerating. Organisations such as the World Bank, the UN and the UK’s Department for International Development are prioritising the empowerment of women and girls. However, experience in countries such as Afghanistan has raised questions regarding the consequences of Western interventions. This event brings together several academics to discuss the possible effects of current interventions on gender equality and on the relationship between the West and the developing world.
Speakers include Professor Andrea Cornwall, University of Sussex; Professor Rosalind Gill, King’s College London, Dr Kalpana Wilson, London School of Economics; Dr. Elaheh Rostami-Povey, SOAS; and Dr Ofra Koffman, King’s College London.
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The Z Factor: An Intercultural Journey
Wednesday 23 May
6pm, Free
Join Baroness Jan Royall, former leader of the House of Lords, to celebrate the life and work of Zerbanoo Gifford; leading human rights campaigner, author and founder Director of the ASHA Centre. Zerbanoo is a patron of numerous charities and was International Woman of the Year 2006. The event is part of a touring exhibition (at the Library until 26th May) which represents a personal journey and visual autobiography of Zerbanoo, born in India of Zoroastrian ancestry who came to Britain as a child. The exhibition will show the many aspects of Zerbanoo's fascinating life and achievements, along with the extraordinary and inspiration people with whom she has worked.
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Cycling to Suffrage: The Bicycle and Women's Rights, 1890-1914
Thursday 14 June, 7pm (70 mins)
£8 / £6 concessions
Dr. Sheila Hanlon discusses her research for the display and highlights some major issues in the gender politics of cycling past and present. Illustrated with materials from The Women’s Library collection, this talk considers the place of the bicycle in women’s lives for leisure, transportation, sport and activism with a focus on suffrage era Britain.
Supporter event: If you a Patron of The Women's Library please email supporters@thewomenslibrary.ac.uk to reserve your complimentary ticket to this event.
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Octavia Hill Centenary
Wednesday 20 June, 7pm (80 mins)
£8 / £6 concessions
To mark the centenary of Octavia Hill’s death, join this special talk by Gillian Darley to celebrate the leading pioneer of social housing, and founder of the National Trust. Gillian Darley’s biography first published in 1990, has been revised for 2012. It provides a fascinating account of Octavia’s life, and an insight into the influential principles that guided her approach to improving housing for the poor, as well as the many causes she worked for and championed.
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Letting Off Steam: Working Class Girls' Leisure in Inter-war London
Thursday 5 July, 7pm (60 minutes)
£7 / £6 concessions
In the inter-war period was it all work and no play for working class girls? Drawing upon oral testimony and contemporary reports, the ways in which girls made instrumental use of work to gain access to leisure during the inter-war years will be explored by Dr Katherine Milcoy.
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LITERATURE
Surrogate Mothers; Sisters, Wives
Thursday 12 July, 7pm (90 mins)
£8 / 6 concs
Is a true mother the woman who gives birth, or the one who provides the nurturing? How far will a mother go to ensure her child’s survival? And what prompts a mother to abandon her offspring? Laura Wilkinson’s BloodMining and Rachel Connor’s Sisterwives conjure a world in which the traditional nuclear family and women’s roles are questioned, and where ethical and spiritual beliefs are put to the test. Laura and Rachel talk about their debut works and the journey to publication.
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