International Women's Rights Day 2024: female diversity in the spotlight in Toulouse!

It was in 1975 that the UN officially dedicated March 8 to women's rights. March 8, 2024 is approaching and with it its share of events dedicated to the women's cause. The pink city is not lacking in appeal and offers many eclectic events!

Women in science celebrated at the Quai des Savoirs

From March 4 to 10, the CNRS Occitanie Ouest, the Occitanie Press Club and the Maths on Stage and Women & Sciences unite at the Quai des Savoir around the theme “Women scientists are coming out of the shadows”. On March 8, the program expands further and offers workshops for schools, and even scientific speed dating! The opportunity to ask all your questions to the many CNRS researchers who came to share their experience.

Exhibition on the Matilda effect: the invisible contribution of women in science

Zoom on the one of the exhibitions imagined by the Quai des Savoirs dedicated to the representation of women in the scientific world. The Matilda effect refers to the “recurrent minimization of the contribution of women scientists to research”. Discover this exhibition from March 5 to 17 at the Saint-Jean media library, or during a meeting with the author Camille Van Belle, specialist in these issues , March 7 at Café Euclide. An exhibition of portraits of 8 women scientists with colossal but little-known discoveries…

Feminist Biennale in Occitanie: The recreational ones!

Shows, concerts, screenings. This is what awaits you for a month, from February 23 to March 23. The theme of this biennale? The celebration of feminine Creation and Resistance. A program illustrated in particular by the musical show “Résistantes! ". On March 8, the San Sura Hall in the Saint-Cyprien district will host a fanciful performance as well as a concert at the universe “nostalgic and mysterious”. The programming of this biennial is as creative as it is tender. You will also find an engaged painting exhibition, a feminist web TV screening, as well as concerts. The choice is wide! The goal ? Campaigning towards greater equality and diversity within artistic and cultural circles.

March 8, 2 p.m. Place du Capitole: Feminist strike for paid and domestic work

Meet at 2 p.m., Place du Capitole, to join the procession of this demonstration now traditional, which wishes to raise awareness about inequalities at work, access to health, retired… An event organized by the Union Syndicale Haute-Garonne Before the march, go to Café Associatif La Passerelle Negreneys, to create, in a good mood, artistic objects to proudly display in the Strike procession.

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Me(s) Femme(s): the Théâtre de Poche offers 30 shows over 1 month

From March 1 to 30, the Théâtre de Poche, in the Bonnefoy district, offers “Moi(s) Femme(s)”: 30 shows on the “theme of Women”! 24 artistic companies will take to the stage to offer the spectator slam, songs, committed pieces, humorous speeches… A program very rich in perspective, which will delight all audiences. The theater is also committed to the association “Féminité Sans Abri”, and will become a collection point for health products. hygiene and beauty.

Sport, inclusion and awareness: “Heading towards equality” festival aboard a barge!

Sport and inclusion will rhyme on the banks of Toulouse with the festival “Heading for equality”, offered from March 7 to 9 by the Crous Toulouse-Occitanie in partnership with Convivencia and Reso. The program ? A thirty events aboard a traveling barge along the canal during three days of celebration! To find: introductions to disabled sports and Paralympic sports, exhibitions, concerts, dance therapy, awareness stands, pilates, on-site catering...

Women Toulouse women in the spotlight on the walls of the metropolis

The city of Toulouse as well as 16 surrounding municipalities launch Equality Month from March 1st to 31st. More than sixty events will mark this major event. Notably the photographic exhibition “Inspiring women, remarkable women” which is expanding and offering 31 new portraits of inspiring Toulouse women, exhibited on the city's buildings but also within partner municipalities.

The Famous Women of Toulouse on a guided tour

After the festivities of March 8, the next day, take a walk - you in the heart of the pink city under the instructions of Angeline, tour guide to discover the stories of the women who left their mark on Toulouse. A walk offered by the Eclats d'Histoire association from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday March 9

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Grand M Media Library: a reading to raise awareness of the cause of women

On March 8, at 4:30 p.m., the texts of emblematic women will resonate within the Médiathèque Grand M. A reading that will accompany the stroll of the women of the Grand Mirail. An event proposed by the Lien Horizon danses association and several other neighborhood associations.