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International Women's Day in South Wales: Latest updates

It’s International Women’s today, and throughout Cardiff there are a host of events to celebrate.
We’ll be attending the Women’s Strike, and exploring the challenges women in Wales face today.
Stay with us here through the day, for full update coverage.
 

4pm-Our reporter Sian Price attended #Balance for Better event organised by UNISON and Velindre University NHS Trust

The day long event at Coleg y Cymoedd in Nantgarw was attended by various women’s charities and organisations.
It included a panel of guest speakers who were challenging the narrative of women in Wales, as well as workshops and stalls with various organisations calling for gender parity in Wales.
 

The morning’s panel at the #BalanceforBetter event

 
Some of the attendees at the #BalanceforBetter event

 

3pm- Our reporter Megan Davies, joins Welsh AM Leanne Wood at Trinity Church Cardiff.

She wishes a happy women’s day, to women all around the world.
The event encouraged female refuges, to raise their voices in the community and to become involved in local politics.


 
 
 

1pm – Sophie Howe, Future Generation Commissioner for Wales introduces paid leave for domestic abuse victims.

Venice Fielding from Women’s aid Cardiff said the policy was needed.

12am –  Things haven’t improved much for women in the last 40 years.

Tina Reece, Head of Engagement at Women’s Aid says things aren’t much better for women today than forty years ago.