Women Students

This community is for any student that self-defines as a woman and those who’s gender identities include ‘woman’ some or all of the time. We aim to offer students the opportunity to meet likeminded people, make friends for life and enjoy events all whilst making a positive change across campus.

Women students talking with each other.

This community is for any student that self-defines as a woman and those who’s gender identities include ‘woman’ some or all of the time. We aim to offer students the opportunity to meet likeminded people, make friends for life and enjoy events all whilst making a positive change across campus.

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Community Engagement Lead

The Women's Student Community Engagement Lead is responsible for representing all students within the Women's Student Community. The Community Engagement Lead represents the Community at the Communities Executive and is a key stakeholder in International Women’s Day. They help to run activities and deliver campaigns on issues affecting the Women's Student Community.

This role is currently vacant. If you would like to apply, please click here

Activities

Every year we celebrate International Women’s Day, celebrating stories and achievements of fierce women throughout our history with the aim to go beyond the traditional themes and instead celebrating diversity and drawing inspiration from the women of the past to create real change in our present and future. If you would like to get involved in the planning or have an idea for International Women’s Day (8th March, 2024), please contact the Women Students Community Engagement Lead or email community.su@coventry.ac.uk.


Alternatively, if you have an idea for an event or activity you would like the community to host, we can offer funding and resource to support this. Please fill out this form with your idea, and we will be in touch.

Please check back here in the future for more information on previously run campaigns. If you have an idea for a future campaign, we would love to hear from you! Fill out this form, and we will be in touch to get your idea in motion.

Societies

You may be interested in our Gender Equality, Women in Engineering or Women in Design Societies. Find out more below:

Resources

  • The Women’s National Commission is the official and independent advisory body giving the views of women to the government of the United Kingdom. It is an umbrella organisation representing women and women’s organisations in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales to ensure women’s views are taken into account by the government and are heard in public debate.

  • Object challenges ‘Sex Object Culture’ – the objectification of women, particularly the normalising of the porn and sex industries, through lad’s mags or lap dancing.They are concerned by the harmful attitudes this promotes about women’s status and value and about women’s – and men’s – sexual identity. They campaign, lobby and provide a resource of information.

  • WISETI - A Cambridge University Initiative for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) was established in March 1999, a development of the Secretary General’s Women in Science Group set up in 1993, to consider strategies for increasing the representation of women in science in the University.

  • The Women’s Library is a cultural centre housing the most extensive collection of women’s history in the UK. Access is free and open to everyone.

  • The F-Word is an online magazine dedicated to talking about and sharing ideas on contemporary UK feminism.

  • Bitch Magazine - a feminist response to pop-culture, features critiques of TV, movies, magazines, advertising, and other elements of pop culture. It also interviews feminist pop culture makers, review new books and music, and lots more.

  • Women’s Aid is the key national charity working to end domestic violence against women and children. We support a network of over 500 domestic and sexual violence services across the UK.

  • Enterprising Women delivers measurable and highly cost-effective economic development through enabling women to start up in business, and achieve sustainability and growth, and increases reach and engagement of mainstream Business Link IDB.

  • WomenWatch – the UN internet gateway on the advancement and empowerment of women, WomenWatch is the central gateway to information and resources on the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women throughout the United Nations system.

  • “Women Won’t Wait” is an international coalition of organizations and networks working to promote women’s health and human rights in the struggle to address HIV and AIDS and end all forms of violence against women and girls.

  • Your Students Union offers free, independent, and confidential advice to all students. Find out more about Your Advice here.

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