This year’s International Women’s Day theme is #BreakTheBias, which challenges us to look at how we can build a gender equal world. The focus is on celebrating women's achievements and increasing visibility, while calling out inequality to help bring positive change.

We want to hear from you!

We’re inviting the Sussex community to recognise and celebrate women who #BreakTheBias. Share the names of the women who inspire you and a short reason why on our interactive board.

This is your opportunity to highlight the inspirational actions of women across the globe, in all walks of life who #BreakTheBias. Who will you celebrate today?

What’s happening at Sussex for #IWD2022

Don’t forget to book your place at our International Women’s Day events on 8 March and beyond:

• Sussex and Brighton Universities are co-hosting an online panel discussion and Q&A on #BreakTheBias (8 March, 9:30am – 11am)
  
  
• Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) and the Centre for Cultures of Reproduction, Technologies and Health (CORTH) are co-hosting an online book launch event (8 March, 1pm – 2pm): Childlessness in Bangladesh - Dr Papreen Nahar in conversation
  
  
• The School of Engineering and Informatics and the School of Life Sciences are co-hosting an online wellbeing event (8 March, 1pm – 2pm): Women’s health: Why do we suffer so much with our hormones?
  
  
• Organisational Development are offering a range of IWD events and resources including
• LinkedIn Learning courses:
  
• Fighting Gender Bias at Work is a 15-minute course that gives a brief overview of the different types of biases that impact women in the workplace. 
• Becoming a Male Ally at Work, is a slightly longer course which includes practical tips on how men can support female colleagues and improve gender equality in the workplace.
• Let’s Break the Stigma of the Menopause Q&A session (8 March, 1pm - 2pm)
• Women and Apprenticeships session (8 March, 12pm - 1pm)
• Why the Menopause Matters: Raising Awareness of the Menopause in the Workplace workshop (14 March, 10am - 12pm)
  
  
• School of Engineering and Informatics events for IWD:
• Staff have created a week-long exhibition of women in Engineering and Informatics to highlight the many contributions and achievements of women from around the world. This display will be on our digital display boards and outside the Chichester I Lecture Theatre until 9 March. Please go along and take a look.
• The team has created a webpage with the Career Timelines of their academic staff. These timelines illustrate the career progression of some of their faculty members showing their commitment to diversity and inclusion. View them here under IWD banner. 
  
  
• Join the Research Hive to watch the film Picture A Scientist! It’s infuriating, inspiring and mind-blowing all in the span of 1 hour and 43 minutes. Picture A Scientist is a documentary of leading female scientists discussing the inequalities they’ve faced as they write a new chapter in STEM for women. This film would be relevant for all researchers, including those not in STEM fields. This event starts at 7pm and is open to everyone, but will be streamed using using Teleparty which is restricted to Netflix subscribers. If you're interested and don't subscribe, please email us at researchhive@sussex.ac.uk. Sign up for the event

• There are also several events taking place for FemFest: 7 - 13 March 2022, Brighton's female, trans and non-binary led arts festival celebrating International Women's Day each year

School of Life Sciences podcasts

As part of their International Women's Day celebrations, the School of Life Sciences has created a series of podcasts with former Sussex scientists who have progressed onto a range of interesting science careers. Listen to the podcasts on the School of Life Sciences webpage.