‘From Menarche to Menopause’ – Celebrating International Women’s Day
Event Description
Join Bristol University, SWIDN and the Bristol Poverty Institute as we celebrate International Women’s Day on the 8th March. At this collaborative, online event ‘ From Menarche to Menopause’ we will hear from several expert speakers from the academic and not-for-profit community about their work and research related to menarche, menstruation, menopause and mental health worldwide. Hear about issues affecting women and girls and discuss what we can do as a community to tackle these issues.
Confirmed speakers so far;
Dr Melanie Channon – University of Bath Department of Social and Policy Sciences
Harriet Gordon-Brown – CHASE Africa
Dr Gemma Sharp –4M
Amy Peake- Loving Humanity
Chair; Dr Tigist Grieve – FSSL – ID, Bristol
Take this opportunity to learn from, connect with and share about your own work with others on this important day. Event attendees will receive links and resources following this call!
This event is free and open to SWIDN members, if you are not yet a member and would like to join please visit our website to register your user account.
Register for the Zoom call in advance here!
Tell others you are attending this event over on our Meetup page!
Cover photo by Karl Magnuson on Unsplash
Location
Online
Start date & time
March 8th, 2023 at 15:30
End date & time
March 8th, 2023 at 17:00
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