ILMI's International Women's Day Celebration, 8 Mar
ILMI's International Women's Day Celebration, 8 March! Register Now!
Calling All Disabled Women! You are invited to ILMI's International Women’s Day celebration taking place on Tuesday, 8 March 2022 at 7pm on Zoom. This year, along with organisations across the world, we will be exploring the International Women’s Day theme of #BreakTheBias. Imagine a gender equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination. A world that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive. A world where difference is valued and celebrated. Together we can forge women's equality. Collectively we can all #BreakTheBias To register for this event, email edelmcginley@ilmi.ie or audreywilson@ilmi.ie
Guest Speaker and Artist Line Up
Baroness Jane Campbell is considered to be one of the most powerful leaders of the Disability Movement in Britain. She came to the public’s attention when chairing the British Council of Disabled People from 1991-1995. During this period she was one of the prominent leaders of the campaign for disabled people’s antidiscrimination legislation, which culminated in the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. The first UK disability civil rights act, making it unlawful to discriminate against disabled people in connection with: employment, the provision of goods, facilities and services, the disposal or management of premises; to make provision about the employment of disabled people; and to establish a National Disability Council. Throughout her 40 - year career she has never ceased campaigning for the Rights of Disabled People in multiple areas (read full bio on this link https://ilmi.ie/ilmi-international-womens-day-celebration/ ).
Seònaid Ó Murchadha is a disability management professional with over 20 years' experience supporting organisations on all aspects of disability inclusion. She advocates and promotes the education and employment rights of disabled people, regularly contributing pieces for national media. She is on the ILMI board of directors and represents on employment issues at government level. She has worked in HR as well as with AHEAD on their WAM programme. Seònaid also managed the successful pilot initiative, Employer Disability Information, advising employers on the recruitment, management, and retention of disabled people. Seònaid recently started her own consultancy business to help organisations embrace disability and difference. She currently lectures at Maynooth University on Disability Studies and is a founding member and director of Amputee Disability Federation Ireland. She holds a BA in International Business & Languages from DCU. She is a proud disabled woman who enjoys challenging society’s ability bias.
Blessing Dada is a two time award-winning Black-Irish mental health writer, speaker, content creator and blogger. Blessing is an outspoken passionate activist on various social justice issues, especially on the intersectionality of mental health awareness. Accompanied with her own lived experiences with all things mental health, chronic illnesses and disability, she raises awareness of perspectives for Black & other ethnic minority communities in Ireland. She regularly speaks up on social media and in the media about mental health related issues and has been featured on The Selfie Show with Lust for Life, New York Times and Image Magazine. She is involved with numerous organizations such as SpunOut.ie and Seechange.ie and participates in various projects including podcasts and writing to spread awareness through empathy and education. Social Media: @blezzingdada
Cathy Reay is a writer, speaker and advisor focusing on disability justice, disabled empowerment, motherhood, sex and dating. She is a disabled queer woman and lives in the south east of England with her two children. Cathy has written for publications such as Metro, Glamour and Yahoo, and has spoken on panels and in a solo capacity for clients such as The Body Shop, Sunday Riley, London Kings College and Bath Spa University. She is currently putting a proposal together for her first book. She can be found on Instagram and Twitter at @cathyreaywrites.
Emilie Conway is an award-winning jazz singer, composer and lyricist. Her music is informed and complemented by her love of literature, poetry, sound and silence. She blends her own compositions, spoken word / poetry, with improvised or composed music and her interpretation of familiar and less familiar jazz standards. Emilie’s current projects centre around her quest to continuously develop as a vocal jazz artist through deepening her collaborative relationship with her long-standing musicians, Johnny Taylor, Dominic Mullan and Barry Donohue through careful choice of creatively challenging and innovative projects in inspiring contexts and settings.
To register email edelmcginley@ilmi.ie or audreywilson@ilmi.ie
