Events calendar

[PriOn1]

I would very much like to get more involved in women’s rights events and activism. Are there specific websites I can follow where I can find out where events are occurring and keep myself up to date please?

Hi OP - I was waiting to see if anyone had a useful reply to your question.

I think in the past women's groups did put together lists and so on, but like so much else they work more in isolation and rely on posting to social media platforms to advertise their events.

So can only suggest, if you are on facebook and / or twitter, that you "follow" women's groups so that then you will hear about what they are up to.

Also a lot of events are now online.

There is a list of some events happening this week and next, as part of the 16 Days of Activism Against Violence Against Women. But these are more specifically about groups and local organisations focusing on that. http://www.womensgrid.org.uk/?p=23301

And there is another calendar on the same web site, althought it looks like that as we get towards the end of the year, there aren't that many events coming up. http://www.womensgrid.org.uk/?p=576

Are you in the UK?

Grassroots activism and organising by it's nature is very diffused so it's not easy to always know what's going on. It will require a bit of effort on your part.

Sign up to email newsletters from various women's groups or follow on social media. Also sign up for updates from other activist groups like the ones for parents, schools or free speech. There's usually a bit of overlap as there is shared interest in how these issues can impact women and girls. Sometimes there will be in-person events organised, like the Let Women Speak gatherings. Start attending these and speak to other women. As you become a familiar face and get to know others, you will find out about more local events like street stalls. Go and help out etc and the more women you meet, the more you find out about what's going on in your area, any specific local campaigns and smaller groups.

Mainstream 'feminist' organisations are all captured by gender nonsense, but it's still worth signing up to their newsletters sometimes. You might come across some interesting event and talk to other attendees to suss out if they are also fed up with what's going on. Or if it's a webinar, ask some direct questions and watch the panic and discomfort on their faces as they try to ignore it 😂

There's also the Soroptimists groups that do more focused and direct actions, volunteering etc that help women in need.
https://sigbi.org/