Check out these must-do events where you can celebrate womanhood in all its multi-faceted glory
International Women's Day takes place this year on Saturday, March 8, and the 2025 theme is For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment – it's all about celebrating women's achievements, raising awareness about discrimination, and taking action to drive gender parity, as we move towards a gender-equal world free of bias, stereotypes and discrimination.
The annual day of solidarity and activism has become a rallying point for people around the world to unite, celebrate and brainstorm solutions to the ever-mutating challenges we face.
Feminism takes many forms, and each female-identifying person should feel like they can celebrate IWD in a way that truly explores their experience. To that end, we’ve selected a range of different ways to experience International Women's Day in Sydney this year.
For an inspirational Saturday, head to Parramatta Town Hall for the City of Parramatta’s 'Empower Her' event. Running from 11am until 4pm, this free-to-attend event will feature a women-led indoor market, a series of interactive entrepreneurship workshops, a range of family-friendly activities (from henna painting to arts and crafts), a 360-degree photo booth and live entertainment all day long. You can learn more over here.
Enmore Road's gorgeous wine bar Famelia is hosting International Women’s March, featuring a month-long line-up celebrating women and delicious wine. Owner Amelia Birch said the goal is “to make space for real connection, real learning and actual change.” From a wine-fuelled ceramics night to an in-depth tasting with bread and olives, sake-making classes, and one big party, Famelia is where it’s at this March. Find out more here.
Female cinephiles (and Francophiles), this one’s for you. This International Women’s Day, the Alliance Française French Film Festival is screening a series of female-made French movies that put women’s stories at the forefront. The special screenings will take place across the country, with the Sydney edition popping up at Leichardt’s Palace Cinemas Norton Street at 11am on the big day. You can learn more and book over here.
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