Women of the World Festival

Women of the World Festival (WOW ) is a UK based festival that celebrates the achievements of women and girls as well as looking at the obstacles they face across the world.

The festival was founded in 2010 by Jude Kelly and contains arts and science programmes. It takes place around International Women's Day in early March. It sponsors lectures, debates and performance on a range of themes and topics. Its principal venue is the South Bank Centre in London, where it was founded. There are satellite venues at other locations, notably Cambridge UK, Hong Kong, Ethiopia, Australia, Iceland, New York, Sydney and Egypt. [1][2] [3]

From 2015 Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall become its president.[4] Also in 2015 the BBC streamed much of its content.[5]

References

  1. ↑ WOW-Cambridge Festival WoW Cambridge 2014.
  2. ↑ WOW Women Of The World Cambridge accessed March 2015
  3. ↑ What’s WOW all about? Founder Jude Kelly explains South Bank Centre website, accessed March 2015
  4. ↑ Jobson, Robert (16 February 2015). "Camilla to be president of Women of the World festival". London Evening Standard, Royal Editor. Retrieved March 2015.
  5. ↑ WOW - Women of the World Festival BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, March 2015