{"id":7166,"date":"2026-03-14T14:31:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T14:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/?p=7166"},"modified":"2026-03-30T14:40:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T13:40:51","slug":"how-did-soroptimists-celebrate-international-womens-day-in-medway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/2026\/03\/14\/how-did-soroptimists-celebrate-international-womens-day-in-medway\/","title":{"rendered":"How did Soroptimists Celebrate International Women\u2019s Day in Medway?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maya Bangar and Wanda Wright had done a great job putting our Medway and Maidstone Soroptimist display up for the International Women\u2019s Day (IWD) event at Victory Academy in Chatham on 14 March. It had a prime position so could easily be seen on arrival.<\/p>\n

The event had been organised by Medway Diversity Forum and Medway Public Health. The theme was \u2018Give to Gain\u2019. It was a well organised event with a range of speakers on various women\u2019s health issues plus some lively entertainment.<\/p>\n

Jane Barnes joined them later from Regional meeting and they each handed out membership cards with contact details to a number of people. Also handed over a supply of the \u2018Love me\u2026Love me not\u2019 cards to Oasis Domestic Abuse service and spoke with a Medway Voluntary Action (MVA) rep who had been commissioned by Public Health to raise awareness of various cancer conditions including cervical screening. A good networking afternoon celebrating women.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maya Bangar and Wanda Wright had done a great job putting our Medway and Maidstone…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":730,"featured_media":7168,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[696,693,690,691,692,695,694],"class_list":["post-7166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news","tag-cervical-screening","tag-give-to-gain","tag-medway-and-maidstone-soroptimist","tag-medway-diversity-forum","tag-medway-public-health","tag-womens-health-issues","tag-love-melove-me-not"],"yoast_head":"\nHow did Soroptimists Celebrate International Women\u2019s Day in Medway? | News | Blog | Events | SI Medway and Maidstone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Medway and Maidstone : Blog & News : How did Soroptimists Celebrate International Women\u2019s Day in Medway? : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Medway and Maidstone . Read more about How did Soroptimists Celebrate International Women\u2019s Day in Medway? .\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/2026\/03\/14\/how-did-soroptimists-celebrate-international-womens-day-in-medway\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How did Soroptimists Celebrate International Women\u2019s Day in Medway? | News | Blog | Events | SI Medway and Maidstone\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SI Medway and Maidstone : Blog & News : How did Soroptimists Celebrate International Women\u2019s Day in Medway? : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Medway and Maidstone . Read more about How did Soroptimists Celebrate International Women\u2019s Day in Medway? .\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/2026\/03\/14\/how-did-soroptimists-celebrate-international-womens-day-in-medway\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SI Medway and Maidstone\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-14T14:31:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-30T13:40:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2026\/03\/SIMM-IWD-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"janebarnes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"janebarnes\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/2026\/03\/14\/how-did-soroptimists-celebrate-international-womens-day-in-medway\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/2026\/03\/14\/how-did-soroptimists-celebrate-international-womens-day-in-medway\/\",\"name\":\"How did Soroptimists Celebrate International Women\u2019s Day in Medway? | News | Blog | Events | SI Medway and Maidstone\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/2026\/03\/14\/how-did-soroptimists-celebrate-international-womens-day-in-medway\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/2026\/03\/14\/how-did-soroptimists-celebrate-international-womens-day-in-medway\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2026\/03\/SIMM-IWD-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-14T14:31:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-30T13:40:51+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/#\/schema\/person\/f91e5af6c05ce0b6f6ec07c5617a9aae\"},\"description\":\"SI Medway and Maidstone : Blog & News : How did Soroptimists Celebrate International Women\u2019s Day in Medway? : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Medway and Maidstone . Read more about How did Soroptimists Celebrate International Women\u2019s Day in Medway? .\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/2026\/03\/14\/how-did-soroptimists-celebrate-international-womens-day-in-medway\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/2026\/03\/14\/how-did-soroptimists-celebrate-international-womens-day-in-medway\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/2026\/03\/14\/how-did-soroptimists-celebrate-international-womens-day-in-medway\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2026\/03\/SIMM-IWD-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2026\/03\/SIMM-IWD-1.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":720},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/2026\/03\/14\/how-did-soroptimists-celebrate-international-womens-day-in-medway\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How did Soroptimists Celebrate International Women\u2019s Day in Medway?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/\",\"name\":\"SI Medway and Maidstone\",\"description\":\"A Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland Club website\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/#\/schema\/person\/f91e5af6c05ce0b6f6ec07c5617a9aae\",\"name\":\"janebarnes\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/426ac7ce50e0efe48afc3e9b590d510079980fb5bb040ee5268040edcf84a46e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/426ac7ce50e0efe48afc3e9b590d510079980fb5bb040ee5268040edcf84a46e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"janebarnes\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/author\/janebarnes\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How did Soroptimists Celebrate International Women\u2019s Day in Medway? | News | Blog | Events | SI Medway and Maidstone","description":"SI Medway and Maidstone : Blog & News : How did Soroptimists Celebrate International Women\u2019s Day in Medway? : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Medway and Maidstone . Read more about How did Soroptimists Celebrate International Women\u2019s Day in Medway? .","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/2026\/03\/14\/how-did-soroptimists-celebrate-international-womens-day-in-medway\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How did Soroptimists Celebrate International Women\u2019s Day in Medway? | News | Blog | Events | SI Medway and Maidstone","og_description":"SI Medway and Maidstone : Blog & News : How did Soroptimists Celebrate International Women\u2019s Day in Medway? : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Medway and Maidstone . Read more about How did Soroptimists Celebrate International Women\u2019s Day in Medway? .","og_url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/2026\/03\/14\/how-did-soroptimists-celebrate-international-womens-day-in-medway\/","og_site_name":"SI Medway and Maidstone","article_published_time":"2026-03-14T14:31:18+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-03-30T13:40:51+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2026\/03\/SIMM-IWD-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"janebarnes","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"janebarnes","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/2026\/03\/14\/how-did-soroptimists-celebrate-international-womens-day-in-medway\/","url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/2026\/03\/14\/how-did-soroptimists-celebrate-international-womens-day-in-medway\/","name":"How did Soroptimists Celebrate International Women\u2019s Day in Medway? | News | Blog | Events | SI Medway and Maidstone","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/2026\/03\/14\/how-did-soroptimists-celebrate-international-womens-day-in-medway\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/2026\/03\/14\/how-did-soroptimists-celebrate-international-womens-day-in-medway\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2026\/03\/SIMM-IWD-1.jpg","datePublished":"2026-03-14T14:31:18+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-30T13:40:51+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/#\/schema\/person\/f91e5af6c05ce0b6f6ec07c5617a9aae"},"description":"SI Medway and Maidstone : Blog & News : How did Soroptimists Celebrate International Women\u2019s Day in Medway? : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Medway and Maidstone . Read more about How did Soroptimists Celebrate International Women\u2019s Day in Medway? .","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/2026\/03\/14\/how-did-soroptimists-celebrate-international-womens-day-in-medway\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/2026\/03\/14\/how-did-soroptimists-celebrate-international-womens-day-in-medway\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/2026\/03\/14\/how-did-soroptimists-celebrate-international-womens-day-in-medway\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2026\/03\/SIMM-IWD-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2026\/03\/SIMM-IWD-1.jpg","width":720,"height":720},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/2026\/03\/14\/how-did-soroptimists-celebrate-international-womens-day-in-medway\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How did Soroptimists Celebrate International Women\u2019s Day in Medway?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/","name":"SI Medway and Maidstone","description":"A Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland Club website","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/#\/schema\/person\/f91e5af6c05ce0b6f6ec07c5617a9aae","name":"janebarnes","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/426ac7ce50e0efe48afc3e9b590d510079980fb5bb040ee5268040edcf84a46e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/426ac7ce50e0efe48afc3e9b590d510079980fb5bb040ee5268040edcf84a46e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"janebarnes"},"url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/author\/janebarnes\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/730"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7166"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7169,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7166\/revisions\/7169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}