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Bogside woman Mary Nelis pictured beside her portrait at Meenan Park on Monday last with Jayne Quigg, manager, Dove House Community Trust.
Partner organisations from across the Bogside, Bishop Street and Fountain neighbourhoods of the city came together on Monday afternoon to launch a packed International Women’s Day Programme at Meenan Square.
Partners include Triax Neighbourhood Management Team, Dove House, Hive Cancer Support Group and the Cathedral Youth Club.
The International Women’s Day programme kicked off at Meenan Square with an outdoor photographic exhibition ‘Celebrating Local Inspirational Women’.
The exhibition features photographic portraits by local photographer Jim McCafferty and artwork of inspirational women from the area both past and present.
Among the women celebrated are well-known residents and community workers Jeanette Warke, Eileen Allen, Kathleen Simpson, Mary Nelis, Martina Anderson and Tina McLaughlin. The city and district’s first citizen, Mayor Patricia Logue is also featured.
The launch of the exhibition brought floods of residents from the Bogside, Brandywell and Fountain into the Meenan Square area to view the exhibition which will run from 4th - 18th March 2024.
Other highlights of the IWD programme include a panel discussion on the menopause at Pilots Row Community Centre on Thursday March 7th and 'Remembering Roisin Barton' at the Maldron Hotel on Friday March 8th.
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY CELEBRATIONS BEGIN!. . . .The Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council, Patricia Logue pictured at the launch of Monday's exhibition with local residents enjoying sharing stories of inspirational women in their neighbourhood. (Photos: Jim McCafferty Photography)
This is part of Féile's Streets Alive project which is a good relations cultural initiative across the Bogside, Bishop Street and Fountain neighbourhoods and funded by The Executive Office's Urban Villages programme.
Keep an eye on Féile’s social media for more info on upcoming International Women’s Day events this week!
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