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The WOW Foundation announces the first ever worldwide online festival focused on women and girls, WOW Global 24, in response to the separation, deprivation and inequalities brought about and exacerbated by Covid-19. Black Lives Matter has increased WOW’s sense of urgency. Running across all time zones over 24 hours, the festival, produced by UK based... Continue Reading →
The WOW Foundation has today announced a partnership with BBC Arts, as part of its Culture in Quarantine initiative, to curate a brand new digital WOW festival online. This weekend, the WOWxBBC Festival - the first ever WOW - Women of the World Festival to take place online - will take over a number of... Continue Reading →
WOW - Women of the World 10th Anniversary Festival took place Friday 6th – Sunday 8th March at Southbank Centre. The festival celebrating women and girls featured a line-up of over 100 events featuring some of the world’s most exciting performers, activists and voices. The festival included a sold out Day Pass programme on Friday and Saturday featuring... Continue Reading →
WOW - Women of the World Festival is set to take place this week (Friday 6th – Sunday 8th March) at Southbank Centre for the 10th year in a row. The festival celebrating women and girls takes place across the International Women’s Day weekend with a line-up of over 25 ticketed events featuring some of... Continue Reading →
The WOW Foundation has today announced the full line up for the 2020 10th anniversary Festival in London. British Vogue will present "Forces for Change" with Editor-in-Chief Edward Enninful OBE. Forces for Change was launched in The September Issue of British Vogue guest edited by HRH The Duchess of Sussex. For this special WOW event,... Continue Reading →
The WOW Foundation has today announced Naomi Wolf, Shazia Mirza, Scarlett Curtis, Sandi Toksvig, Mary Robinson and more have joined its 10th anniversary festival line-up in London. WOW - Women of the World Festival runs from 6 to 8 March across International Women’s Day at Southbank Centre, London. The line-up released today includes a whole range of day pass and ticketed... Continue Reading →
Following a series of highly successful WOW - Women of the World Festivals around the world, The WOW Foundation has announced plans for more events across the UK in 2019 funded by Spirit of 2012. Following the first ever WOW - What Now? in London this March, this major gathering will take place in a... Continue Reading →
The WOW Foundation has announced initial programming for its 2020 10th anniversary WOW - Women of the World Festival in London, which runs from 6 to 8 March across Southbank Centre. Day passes for Friday and Saturday went on sale in July and the Festival have now added a selection of additional ticketed evening events... Continue Reading →
Join world-class speakers and inspirational activists for the biggest and bravest WOW - Women of the World Festival ever. Spearheading WOW’s global movement, founder Jude Kelly said: “Celebrate and contribute to 10 years of WOW whether you’ve been part of WOW’s journey since 2010 or it’s your first time. Dive into 2 unforgettable festival days... Continue Reading →
WOW – Women of the World – has announced two major events across International Women’s Day 2019 to address the state of gender equality today. On Friday 8 March in What Now? looks at the here and now. From politics to financial empowerment, from toxic masculinity to the intersection of sexism, racism and homophobia here... Continue Reading →
