International Women’s Day takes place on Sunday 8 March 2020.

Now a worldwide celebration, there are many events taking place and here are just three of our top choices of what is going on in Edinburgh.

  • The Real Mary King’s Close International Women’s Day Tour
  • Warriston’s Close, 2 High Street, Sunday 8 March 2020
  • 11.00am, 2.00pm and 5.45pm
  • £16.50 per person for 1 hour
  • Learn about the women of the closes from Mary Queen of Scots to Mary King.
  • Capital Theatres International Women’s Day Take over
  • Festival Theatre, 13/29 Nicolson Street, Sunday 8 March 2020
  • 1.00pm – 5.00pm
  • Free (£1.50 booking fee)
  • Enjoy an afternoon of free food, music, performances and workshops.
  • WanderWomen: Women’s Day Bonfire & Swim
  • Portobello Beach, 1 Promenade, Sunday 8 March 2020
  • 5.00pm – 7.00pm
  • Free
  • Brace yourself for a sea swim and beach bonfire. Bring food and drink to share as well as firewood if possible.
Women stands in traditional Scottish dress
International Women’s Day ©The Real Mary King’s Close.
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In Scotland I attended Dunfermline High School from 2010 to 2016 and Edinburgh Napier University from 2016 to 2020, emerging with two Advanced Higher and five Higher qualifications from the former and graduating with an undergraduate bachelor of arts honours degree in journalism from the latter. After two years away from further education due to the coronavirus pandemic, I'm going to be studying the MFA Photography course at York St John University in England from 2022 to 2024. I've achieved The Duke of Edinburgh’s (Bronze) Award and received grade five level certification for electronic keyboard from Trinity College London. In my spare time, I enjoy reading, writing, watching television series, listening to music and going to the cinema as well as catching up with friends, travelling by railway and hostelling overnight and overindulging in food and drinks in a pub or restaurant then having to go to the gym to burn it all off again.

By studying journalism and photography, my aim of practicing photojournalism professionally will hopefully be once step closer. Both are partial artforms requiring the rest of the work to be undertaken by the audience, the specialism of photojournalism, however, providing each of its two parts with greater context. Exploring photographic techniques (aerial, timelapse, editing) through a variety of journalistic styles (features, poetry, songwriting) will allow me to develop my portfolio, hone my camera skillset and narrow my focus further in anticipation of working life. Without a global pandemic to deal with this time. Fingers crossed.

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In Scotland I attended Dunfermline High School from 2010 to 2016 and Edinburgh Napier University from 2016 to 2020, emerging with two Advanced Higher and five Higher qualifications from the former and graduating with an undergraduate bachelor of arts honours degree in journalism from the latter. After two years away from further education due to the coronavirus pandemic, I'm going to be studying the MFA Photography course at York St John University in England from 2022 to 2024. I've achieved The Duke of Edinburgh’s (Bronze) Award and received grade five level certification for electronic keyboard from Trinity College London. In my spare time, I enjoy reading, writing, watching television series, listening to music and going to the cinema as well as catching up with friends, travelling by railway and hostelling overnight and overindulging in food and drinks in a pub or restaurant then having to go to the gym to burn it all off again.By studying journalism and photography, my aim of practicing photojournalism professionally will hopefully be once step closer. Both are partial artforms requiring the rest of the work to be undertaken by the audience, the specialism of photojournalism, however, providing each of its two parts with greater context. Exploring photographic techniques (aerial, timelapse, editing) through a variety of journalistic styles (features, poetry, songwriting) will allow me to develop my portfolio, hone my camera skillset and narrow my focus further in anticipation of working life. Without a global pandemic to deal with this time. Fingers crossed.