International Women's Day 2026 Liverpool events

A host of events are set to take place in Liverpool to mark International Women’s Day (IWD) which takes place on March 8.

The theme for the 2026 is Give to Gain – a call to help forge equality for women and girls and free them from bias, stereotypes and discrimination through ‘abundant giving’ of time, support and opportunity. The organisers' message is that “when women thrive, we all rise”.

This Thursday, March 5, The Guide Liverpool and Metquarter will host a special panel talk and Q&A with two inspirational mother-and-daughter duos and film screening of ‘feminist themed’ movie Barbie.

The 6pm event takes place at the Everyman Cinema. Tickets (which include water and popcorn) HERE.

On Friday, March 6, LIPA and International Women’s Day presents A Conversation with Cathy Tyson in the college’s Paul McCartney Auditorium.

Tyson says: “International Women’s Day is a Chance for me to celebrate and think about women around the world who are trailblazers. And a reflection of what is still needed to be achieved all over the world.”

The event takes place at 7pm. Tickets HERE.

Then on Sunday, March 8, join the Liverpool Sisterhood in an International Women’s Day march taking place from St Luke’s Bombed Out Church at 2pm.

Meanwhile Sort Sol Theatre presents Elizabeth Huskisson’s ‘fast paced and ferocious’ Where Have All Our Women Gone? at the Unity Theatre on Friday, March 13.

The ‘darkly comic’ one-woman play is billed as a state of the nation political commentary that interrogates the epidemic of male violence against women and girls.

It is being presented in partnership with charity Everyone’s Invited and will be followed by a post-show Q&A. Tickets HERE.

Top: Elizabeth Huskisson in Where Have All Our Women Gone?