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Presence and Absence: International Women's Day 2016

The exhibition ‘Women at UCL: Presence and Absence’ was created to celebrate and recognise women at ÐÂÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûwho inspire those they work with. There was a fantastic response to the call for nominations, with over 200 submissions showing the real impact ÐÂÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûwomen have their colleagues.

The exhibition also contained a series of artworks titled 'Theirs to Ours' by London artistÌýKristinaÌýClackson-Bonnington.ÌýThe twelve mixed-media works, exploring the history of women at UCL,Ìýilluminate the institutional change that has taken place since the founding of ÐÂÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûin 1826 – from the initial decision to admit women in 1878, to the renegotiating of spaces and positions that is still taking place today.


VOTE 100: Celebrating ÐÂÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûwomen

The Representation of the People's Act, passed on 6 February 1918, extended the right to vote to women of a certain age and economic status. Ten months later, on 14 December 1918, 8.5 million women voted for the first time.Ìý

Forty years before this, ÐÂÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûbecame one of the first universities in England to admit women on equal terms with men.Ìý

In order to celebrate the passing of a hundred years of women winning the right to vote, ÐÂÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûhas organised events andÌýexhibitionsÌýall around campus highlighting the pioneering work of women at UCL.Ìý

"These events will give us an eye-opening insight into the barriers women have faced at ÐÂÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûand in the wider world, and how far they were able to achieve and learn from the past year. I'm delighted that ÐÂÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûis playing such an active role in celebrating this centenary year, and I think it will provoke a lot of debate about how far we have come and how far we still need to go."

- ÐÂÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûPresident & Provost Professor Michael Arthur

Find out more about the events throughout 2018Ìýtaking place and how you can get involved.


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