International Women's Day Event 2025

We are delighted to share that we will be celebrating International Women's Day 2025 with a fantastic event at our Dublin Main Campus on Friday, 7th March, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM.

This year's International Women's Day theme is "Accelerate Action," highlighting the urgent need to take swift and decisive steps toward achieving gender equality. With this in mind, we will be welcoming guest speakers Dr Juliet Homan Bressan, Jane McGowan BL, and Jen Cummins TD to deliver talks about their experience as Professional Women in the Workplace and how we can #AccelerateAction going forward. Complimentary coffee, tea, and pastries will be served from 10:30 am, while our three guest speakers will give their talks at 11:00 am.

Our chosen charity this year is Women’s Aid, a registered charity in Ireland who are dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls while addressing and preventing the impact of domestic violence and abuse. 

• Click here  to donate to the Women's Aid fundraising page.
• Click here  to register for the event on Friday, 7th March.

Below is a short biography of each speaker to give you an insight into who we will welcome on the day.

Dr Juliet Homan Bressan

Dr. Juliet Homan Bressan co-founded Doctors for Choice and is the Managing Partner at Temple Bar Medical Centre in Dublin. A qualified Occupational Health Physician and graduate of the National University of Ireland, she holds multiple postgraduate qualifications and specialises in women’s health, contraception, occupational health, and sexual health. Dr. Bressan is also an Irish novelist, best known for her works Snow White Turtle Doves, Entanglement, and Dead Wicked, and has co-authored books on women’s health, including one on menopause. 

Jane McGowan BL

Jane McGowan BL is a leading lecturer in Griffith College Faculty of Law, teaching classes on Criminal Law, Evidence, and Miscarriages of Justice.  In 2012, she was called to the Bar of Ireland and called to the Bar of Northern Ireland in 2019.  She is a senior supervising lawyer with the Irish Innocence Project. Jane has worked with the Irish Innocence Project since its inception – first as a caseworker, then as a supervising lawyer.  

Jen Cummins TD

Jen Cummins is the Social Democrat TD for Dublin South-Central. She is the spokesperson for Education and Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. Prior to beginning her career as a TD, Jen worked as a youth worker and in youth arts.