Conference 2023 poster

In-person programme


T I C K E T S
Last chance to by tickets is 12pm 31st October! 
Tickets will not be available to purchase on the door.

F R I D A Y 
3 R D  N O V E M B E R 

Victoria Hall

11.00 - 18.00

Campaign bootcamp

Inox

Open from 19.00

Open mic

 Opening night drinks, plus feminist pub quiz.


S A T U R D A Y

4 T H  N O V E M B E R 

 The Diamond

09:00 –18:30

Who cares? (it’s women) 

With Chair Lucy Webster, Silvia Galandini (Oxfam), Sophia Moreau and author Lynne Segal

How Do We Solve a Problem Like Policing?

With Dr Koshka Duff (University of Nottingham), Chantelle Lunt (Founder, Merseyside Alliance for Racial Equality) and Mandu Reid (WE)

Leader's Speech

Women’s Equality Party Leader Mandu Reid, co-founder Sandi Toksvig, and President Catherine Mayer

Pathologising Womanhood

Dr Hannah Barham-Brown, Prof Pragya Agarwal (author of Hysterical), Melanie Sykes (author of Illuminated)

 

GDP: Gender Doesn’t Pay

with Chair Tabitha Morton (UN Women UK), Dominic Caddick (New Economics Foundation), Anam Parvaz (Oxfam), and Mary-Ann Stephenson (Women’s Budget Group)

Preview screening: Another Body

We are honoured to be able to exclusively screen this documentary ahead of its general release, with an introduction by WE President Catherine Mayer


Workshops 

09:00 –18:30

So you want to be a change maker? 

First steps in activism 

‘Bodies Under Siege’: the Present Threat to Reproductive Rights

Join journalists Sian Norris and Maya Oppenheim

The Art of Resistance – crafting for change

Led by members of Sheffield-based Solace Women’s Group

The Power of Activism

With Marvina Eseoghene Newton, Chantelle Lunt and Phoebe Plummer

All Change: finding your place in activism

with Mandy Ayres and Rachel Rowland

Feminist Invoicing

 With Monika Radojevic

 

Self-organising space

09:00 –18:30


Comedy Night

19.30 – 21.30

Sandi Toksvig's Mirth Control

Join Sandi Toksvig and her special guests Laura Smyth, Pauline Eyre and Pravanaya Pillay at St George’s Church, Sheffield S1 4DP at 7.30pm on Saturday 4th November.

Get your ticket today and prepare for a night that will leave you in stitches!

Tickets £25, sold separately to Conference

University Arms 

Join us and your fellow delegates at the official WEP conference bar - the University Arms, Sheffield.


S U N D A Y
5 T H  N O V E M B E R 

09:00 –18:30

The Diamond

The Week in Patriarchy 

Sunday headlines review

Party Business 

Get party business ready and read the motions up for debate ahead of time >>

⏱️ Check back here for the full agenda ⏱️