How did people feel after watching this?

  • Empowered

    "Excellent and engaging - motivating to hear from different women in STEM."

  • Inspired

    "We felt inspired, it was freeing and empowering"

  • Motivating

    "Empowering, intriguing, informative, thinking of careers in the future."

Breaking barriers, building futures

Hosted by InnovateHer, this dynamic session explores the United Nations theme "For ALL women and girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment"

What's included?

  • Interactive Activities

    Engage in paired or group discussions on actions for gender equality and empowerment.

  • Inspiring Speakers

    Hear from young and inspiring speakers from writers to space role models!

  • Actionable Insights

    Take your inspiration to the next step by utilising the follow-up activities

  • Resources Pack

    Download the resource pack to get activities and discussion ideas that help students dive deeper into the IWD themes after watching the recording.

COMPETITION CLOSED

Deadline: 31st March 2025
International Women's Day Competition!

- Create a pledge wall that outlines your steps to improve gender equality.
or
- Build a collage, write a story, song, or anthem that shows a future you - with your hopes and dreams as the background where everyone is empowered.

How to enter:

Teachers, upload your students’ entries in one email and send them to [email protected] You will be entered into a prize draw by submitting your entries from your school email accounts.

Prizes up for grabs

- Winning entry will receive a £50 Amazon voucher (for the winner and their class to spend on resources shared for their class/classroom) + a box of goodies delivered to your school (including items linked to the event).

- There will be an additional prize draw for any teachers who have signed up for the event and turned up, the winning staff member will receive a Samsung Smartphone delivered to their school address.

Deadline for all entries:
31st March 2025

Guest speakers

Namya Joshi

Minecraft & Adobe Student Ambassador

Namya is a Grade XII student at Sat Paul Mittal School. 

Namya's favourite quote is: "Stay true to yourself, yet always open to learn, Work hard and never give up your dreams, even if nobody else believes".

Manjeet Mann

Actress, playwright, screenwriter and director. 

Manjeet is the founder of Run The World - an organization that works with women and girls from marginalised backgrounds and helps to empower them through sport and storytelling.

Why does Manjeet do this? 

"When I was a teenager, I felt quite powerless - like I didn't have a voice. So now as an adult, I have made it my mission to empower young girls and women anyway I can" 

Hannah Spangle

NASA KSC Pathways Intern 

Hannah is  currently working at the NASA Kennedy Space Center as a Pathways Intern doing thermal analysis in the Launch Services Program. 

Hannah's favourite bit of advice is: "The hardest thing that you can do is take that first step, but take it from me, you're going to love the end result"

Course curriculum

    1. Before we begin...

    1. Watch the recording

    1. Download the IWD's Resources Pack

    1. What did you think of this event?

    2. What's next?

About this course

  • Free
  • 5 lessons
  • 0.5 hours of video content