International Women's Day 2015 events
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On Thursday 5th March SIPTU will host a discussion “Fair Trade, Trade Unions and the Involvement of Women in the Fair Trade System”
SIPTU Organiser and Irish Fair Trade board member Miriam Hamilton will give an eye witness account of the role of women producers in Nicaragua and Honduras.
Miriam will also talk about the ways in which consumer choices we make in Ireland can support our sisters in these countries.
All SIPTU members are welcome to attend the event which takes place in the Wellington Park Hotel from 1:45pm.
On Sunday 8th March the Irish Women Workers Union Commemorative Committee will host a special walking tour celebrating some of the many women who were important in the rebellious years from 1911 to 1916, notably during the 1913 Lockout and the 1916 Rising.
The tour will also remember the laundry women of the Irish Women Workers Union (IWWU), who successfully struck for a week's paid holiday. The tour starts at 11am at the DIT Aungier Street (the former Jacob's Biscuits factory). The tour should last about 2 hours and ends at Liberty Hall.
Places are limited, to secure a place, click here.
Further details on the tour are available on the event page here.
You can follow these and other International Women’s Day activities on twitter using the hashtags #SIPTUequality and #IWD15.
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