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Aer Lingus marks International Womens Day by offering Priority Boarding to all women departing on UK and European flights from Dublin, Cork, Shannon, Knock and Belfast.
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Aer Lingus marks International Womens Day by offering Priority Boarding to all women departing on UK and European flights from Dublin, Cork, Shannon, Knock and Belfast.
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Belfast Lord Mayor Nuala McAllister with councillors Deirdre Hargey and Aileen Graham celebrate International Women's Day.
Land activists from Boeung Chhuk community offer prayers to Buddhist monks to mark International Women's Day on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, March 8, 2018. The community people took part in the International Women's Day celebration, coincided with the 10th anniversary of their forced eviction. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon during a visit to Tribe Porty, in Portobello, Edinburgh, where she met women from the Tribe Women Social Enterprise School ahead of International Women's Day. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Wednesday March 7, 2018. See PA story SCOTLAND Women. Photo credit should read: Jane Barlow/PA Wire
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Pakistani drivers with the women-only Paxi taxi company pose for photograph alongside Pink Taxis during a launching ceremony in Islamabad on March 8, 2018, on International Women's Day. / AFP PHOTO / AAMIR QURESHIAAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images
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TOPSHOT - Bangladeshi women holding placards take part in a rally to mark International Women's Day in Dhaka on March 8, 2018. Thousands of Bangladeshi women, non-governmental organisations and rights groups activists took to the streets demanding safer lives for women in the country as well as an improvement in their social conditions. / AFP PHOTO / Munir UZ ZAMANMUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP/Getty Images
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![TOPSHOT - CORRECTION - Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during the International Women's Day ceremony at the Myanmar International Convention Center 2 in Naypyidaw on February 8, 2018.
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TOPSHOT - South Korean demonstrators hold banners during a rally to mark International Women's Day as part of the country's #MeToo movement in Seoul on March 8, 2018. The #MeToo movement has gradually gained ground in South Korea, which remains socially conservative and patriarchal in many respects despite its economic and technological advances. / AFP PHOTO / Jung Yeon-jeJUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images
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Chinese women run with a ball on a snow covered field in Shenyang in China's northeastern Liaoning province during International Women's Day on March 8, 2018. International Women's Day is celebrated on March 8 every year and commemorates the movement for women's rights. / AFP PHOTO / - / China OUT-/AFP/Getty Images
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TOPSHOT - Members of Kenya Girl Guides take photos after attending ceremony of the International Women's day at Kawangware in Nairobi, Kenya, on March 8, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Yasuyoshi CHIBAYASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle take part in an International Women's Day event at Millennium Point in Birmingham, to encourage young women to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) subjects. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Thursday March 8, 2018. See PA story ROYAL Harry. Photo credit should read: Ian Vogler/Daily Mirror/PA Wire
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Two women hug as they attend a protest during a one day strike to defend women's rights on International Women's Day in San Sebastian, on March 8, 2018. Spain celebrated International Women's Day today with an unprecedented general strike in defence of their rights that saw hundreds of trains cancelled and countless protests scheduled throughout the day. / AFP PHOTO / ANDER GILLENEAANDER GILLENEA/AFP/Getty Images
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More than 50 events are taking place in Northern Ireland this week as we celebrate the largest ever International Women's Day.
Celebrated on March 8, Northern Ireland will see a range of exhibitions, seminars, festivals, music, and film from March 1-14.
Among the highlights this year will be the annual IWD March and Rally in Belfast with the theme No Woman Left Behind.
This takes place on Saturday, March 10 from Writer’s Square to Belfast City Hall with a range of speakers addressing the crowd.
Elsewhere, a Successful Women - Leading into the Future seminar will take place at the Ulster Folk Museum in Cultra on Thursday, March 8 from 1.45pm.
This event will be hosted by UTV political jourmalist Tracey Magee with speakers including political commentator Deirdre Heenan, MLA and Chair of the Women's Caucus Paula Bradley and sports journalist Laure James.
An Culturlann on the Falls Road, Belfast will be celebrating the experience of Falls and Shankill women in peace building with Celebrating Women’s Achievements on Thursday, March 8.
Meanwhile, PS2 Art Studio will be presenting Still - an exhibition of female artists - from 7.30pm-9pm.
Derry-born singer Sarah McGuinness will be performing a free gig online in celebration of International Women's Day.
As she prepares to release her debut album Unbroken, the Emmy nominated musician will host a live global webcast on Thursday at 8pm.
To recognise the global event, the National Trust is celebrating Women and Power, their year-long programme commemorating the historic milestone of the centenary of the passing of the Representation of the People Act, which granted some women the right to vote in British parliamentary elections for the first time.
Women and Power events, exhibitions, on-site tours and creative commissions will take place at places with links to both sides of the suffrage movement. The Trust has also invited a number of contemporary thinkers and artists to reflect on the significance of the centenary of women’s suffrage.
A number of National Trust places across Northern Ireland have unique stories to tell about the people involved in the fight for women’s suffrage. They include:
- Mount Stewart, County Down, where Edith, Lady Londonderry was an ardent suffragist and political campaigner, whose pro-suffrage behaviour caused her mother-in-law to label her ‘a young hound running riot’.
- Castle Ward, County Down, where Mary Ward worked as a naturalist, astronomer, microscopist, author and artist.
- Giant’s Causeway, North Coast, where local women entrepreneurs helped put the Giant’s Causeway on the map.
- Florence Court, County Fermanagh, where the Cole family women shaped and influenced this special place to be what it is today.
Other International Women's Day highlights include:
- Derry writer Felicity McCall will be hosting a reading of her work plus giving a talk at Derry Central Library on Foyle Street Thursday night, March 7 from 7pm.
- Reimagining Peace: Conversations with LGB&T Women at University of Ulster, Belfast campus from 1pm-2pm.
- Femme Fatale, 4th annual International Women’s Day Show at Sandinos in Derry will feature over 20 music acts from 9pm. Tickets £5.
- Sunflower Bar in Belfast hosts Market for Choice from 1pm - 5pm
- Aer Lingus will mark International Women’s Day today by offering Priority Boarding to all women departing on UK and European flights from Dublin, Cork, Shannon, Knock and Belfast.
For a full list of International Women's Day events in Northern Ireland, visit the events page.
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