International Women's Day Celebration 2021

International Women's Day Celebration 2021

Join us on Saturday 6 March 2021 from 9:30am-12.30pm, as Doughty Street Chambers celebrates International Women’s Day (IWD). 

Every year, we bring together a diverse group of lawyers, judges, politicians, campaigners and academics to explore what more the law can do for women and girls.

This year, the event will transition to a global online conference format, via Zoom. We will be joined by two panels of esteemed speakers who will focus on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women’s rights from domestic and international perspectives.

In lieu of purchasing a ticket, this year we ask you to make a donation to Women’s Aid, a grassroots federation working to provide life-saving services in England to build a future where domestic abuse is not tolerated. Please donate to our fundraiser today!

Given these unprecedented and strange times, we anticipate that caring responsibilities, pet appearances and general homelife interruptions are likely to take place during the event. Please don’t let any concern on this front deter you from joining the webinar!

We look forward to seeing you there.

Follow our hashtag #DoughtyStWomen

Programme

9.30am-12.30pm, Saturday 6 March 2021.

9.30am:          Guest log-in

9.35am:          Opening: Caoilfhionn Gallagher QC

9.55am:          Panel 1 – Domestic impacts of COVID-19

                         Chair: Maya Sikand 

• Dr Zubaida Haque, Member of Independent SAGE and racial equality expert

• Joeli Brearley, Founder and CEO of Pregnant Then Screwed

• Rosie Lewis, Deputy Director of the Angelou Centre

• Polly Sweeney, Partner at Rook Irwin Sweeney and Co-Chair of the Law Society Mental Health and Disability Committee

10.45am:         Q&A for Panel 1

10.55am:         Poetry performance:

                          Hollie McNish, poet and author

11.10am:          Comfort break

11.15am:          Keynote address:

                           Mary Robinson, first woman President of Ireland, former

                           UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Chair of The Elders

11.30am:           Panel 2 – International impacts of COVID-19

                           Chair: Baroness Helena Kennedy QC

• Rana Rahimpour, Journalist and presenter, BBC World Service / BBC Persian

• Vrinda Grover, Lawyer, researcher and activist

• Ria Tabacco Mar, Director, Women’s Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union

12.15pm:          Q&A for Panel 2

12.25pm:          Closing remarks: Katie O’Byrne

12.30pm:          Close

Watch the recording below.