Celebrating International Women's Day

Glasgow Caledonian's annual celebration of International Women's Day (IWD) is a visible part of our commitment to advancing gender equality. We mark this important day by hosting activities through the support of our Athena Swan and Aurora Women's Introduction to Leadership programmes.

The theme of this year's International Women's day is #InspireInclusion, which promotes a "gender equal world, free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination". You can find out more about this year's campaign on the IWD website.

Common good podcasts

As part of International Women's Day 2023, the Common Good Podcast hosted two interviews with female members of the GCU community.

Tabitha Nyariki, Race Equality Charter Project Officer, talks about why she chose to study at GCU, her experiences in student politics and what International Women's Day means to her.

Glasgow Caledonian University · International Women's Day 2023 || An interview with Tabitha Nyariki

Dr Yvonne Demspey, Senior Lecturer in Biological and Biomedical Sciences, looks over her career, from her undergraduate degree to working at Glasgow Caledonian University. She discusses the challenges of academia and her experiences on the Aurora Programme.

Glasgow Caledonian University · International Women's Day 2023 || An interview with Dr Yvonne Dempsie

Past IWD events at Glasgow Caledonian

GCU students for IWD 2022

GCU students support the 2022 International Women's Day campaign with their break the bias pose.