On Monday 8 March International Women’s Day (IWD) will be marked in the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health with Dr Nicole Brown speaking on her research on experience of disabled, chronically ill and/or neurodivergent members of higher education staff.

In this keynote titled, “It’s all in your head”: The experience of disabled women in higher education’, Nicole will draw on her research with academics with fibromyalgia.

Nicole will be joined by Dr Hema Radhakrishnan, Associate Dean for Social Responsibility and Vikki Goddard, University Professional Services Lead for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Faculty Director of Operations, FBMH for a Q&A session.

The talk will be live-streamed at 12:30 pm on the Faculty’s Facebook page. You do not need a Facebook account to attend the event. Please register in advance.

This year’s IWD theme #ChooseToChallenge focuses on how collectively, we can all help create an inclusive world by choosing:

• to challenge and call out gender bias and inequity
• to seek out and celebrate women’s achievements

You can show your solidarity in #ChooseToChallenge by taking a photo of yourself raising your hand high to pledge your support. Why not tag @FBMH_SR in your photos on Twitter?

This special event is open to everyone.

If you have any queries about this event please contact srbmh@manchester.ac.uk.