{"id":6859,"date":"2025-03-05T14:30:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T14:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/?p=6859"},"modified":"2025-05-23T13:49:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T13:49:10","slug":"march-2025-international-womens-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/2025\/03\/05\/march-2025-international-womens-day\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2025 &#8211; International Women&#8217;s Day &#8211; Women&#8217;s History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>International Women\u2019s Day \u2013 Saturday, 8 March 2025<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Celebrating Women, Celebrating Change<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today is <strong>International Women\u2019s Day<\/strong>, a time to come together, reflect, and celebrate the strength, resilience, and achievements of women everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>Our Club marked the occasion with a symbolic gathering on Bedser Bridge, joined by the Mayor of Woking, Louise Morales. We captured the moment with a group photo and engaged in thought-provoking conversations about women\u2019s lives \u2014 past and present, locally and globally.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the <strong>UN campaign<\/strong> reminds us of three powerful words: <strong>&#8220;rights, equality, and empowerment.&#8221;<\/strong> They are not just <em>ideals<\/em> for <strong>all<\/strong>, they are necessities.\u00a0 We\u2019ve come a long way, but many women across the world still lack the basics \u2014 education, safety, and a voice that\u2019s heard.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2025\/03\/IWD-Bridge-9_2025.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6872 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2025\/03\/IWD-Bridge-9_2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2025\/03\/IWD-Bridge-9_2025.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2025\/03\/IWD-Bridge-9_2025-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\">On International Women&#8217;s Day, women come together to call for the rights of women to be respected everywhere.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2025\/03\/What-women-want-and-need.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6864 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2025\/03\/What-women-want-and-need-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2025\/03\/What-women-want-and-need-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2025\/03\/What-women-want-and-need.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The consequences of a lack of respect for women can be devastating.\u00a0 We see examples everywhere in the world, but also very close to home.<\/p>\n<p>Donna, our March 2025 speaker, told us about the work of the Women\u2019s Support Centre in Surrey. \u00a0Many of the women who come to the Centre have not enjoyed \u2018rights, equality and empowerment\u2019 in their previous lives.\u00a0 The consequences can be serious: breakdown and crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The Centre does a great job in helping such women to recover and heal, to gain self-confidence and develop self- belief.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Priorities for action<\/h4>\n<p>In Woking town centre, the <strong>Liberal Democrats<\/strong> canvassed the public, asking :<\/p>\n<p><em>What is the most important thing the government should tackle to improve life for women and girls?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What is at the top of your list?<\/p>\n<h1>Women&#8217;s History Month<\/h1>\n<p>Surrey History Centre in Woking reminds us of the great work done by women in Surrey during World War I.<\/p>\n<p>One great example were the women who took up carpentry. Surrey History Centre says: &#8220;We celebrate the valiant wartime work of Surrey women on the Western Front through the discovery of an intriguing photograph.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read about Mr Tarrant&#8217;s Lady Carpenters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surreycc.gov.uk\/culture-and-leisure\/history-centre\/marvels\/mr-tarrants-lady-carpenters-women-at-work-in-ww1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International Women\u2019s Day \u2013 Saturday, 8 March 2025 Celebrating Women, Celebrating Change Today is International&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":167,"featured_media":6863,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[88],"class_list":["post-6859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-what-weve-been-up-to-recently","tag-women"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>March 2025 - International Women&#039;s Day - Women&#039;s History Month | News | Blog | Events | SI Woking and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Woking and District : Blog &amp; News : March 2025 - International Women&#039;s Day - Women&#039;s History Month : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Woking and District . 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