{"id":35516,"date":"2018-12-01T10:35:35","date_gmt":"2018-12-01T10:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=35516"},"modified":"2018-12-01T10:35:35","modified_gmt":"2018-12-01T10:35:35","slug":"women-world-caerdydd-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/women-world-caerdydd-2018","title":{"rendered":"Women of the World Caerdydd 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>&#8220;From Ely to St Mellons, Splott to Butetown we have been inspired and amazed by the badass women of our city.&#8221; &#8211; Rhiannon White and Charlotte Lewis<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35630\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35630\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/women-world-caerdydd-2018\/attachment\/womens-march-d-c-some-rights-reserved-2\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35630\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35630\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Womens-March-D.C-some-rights-reserved-1-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"A range of women march toward the camera wearing pink hats and carrying signs\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35630\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35630\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Womens-March-D.C-some-rights-reserved-1-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"A range of women march toward the camera wearing pink hats and carrying signs\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Women participate in the January 2017 Women&#8217;s March in Washington, D.C. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mobili\/\">\u00a9Mobilus in Mobile<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mobili\/32707682242\/in\/photolist-RQgqpU-RfKEmP-RhxsDo-Rpj5Ys-23ifAmj-RhFDHv-Ri4AjJ-RwTkTJ-23AmWeE-Qcg6Ev-Q9WVhq-RkHED6-RfKERX-RSVLmQ-RfKDoM-RfKwvP-QhM2Nc-S2RnoQ-RoY2kL-R2tJKR-QaMiQW-RDmjBF-FxJKKS-QbC633-Rr1T5u-27L1Am4-RgeJDw-Q9VcwU-JMa3ar-RuBEBz-WbjjMs-298WNGk-Rd6BQq-23AwxrW-Qcg6Kk-22ypXGA-22kF82r-SguDkR-RoJkH1-Qe7Hqp-26o6s59-23BPuDG-FDhyrf-E43CuK-Ri4dMf-RfBwTP-23JmsGs-23EfKSq-VYRW6Q-E2b4xi\">Women&#8217;s March on Washington<\/a> licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/\">CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeTooMVMT\">#MeToo<\/a> to\u00a0the so-called \u201cYear of the Woman,\u201d 2018 has been what some experts are calling a banner year for women, but such a focus on global movements sometimes detracts from the local impacts a single woman can make.<\/p>\n<p>Women\u2019s movements aren\u2019t a new thing, from the suffragette movements to the Women\u2019s March in 2017, not to mention numerous individual movements, such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewowfoundation.com\/\">Women of the World Festivals<\/a> (WOW).<\/p>\n<p>Cardiff\u2019s own WOW Festival, held at the Chapter Arts Centre the weekend of 24 November, spanned two days and included topics from\u00a0natural\u00a0hair to toxic masculinity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Its been an incredible journey and from the beginning has been drawn by the energy of women and girls from Cardiff,&#8221; said Charlotte Lewis and Rhiannon White, the programmers for the WOW Cardiff festival.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/women-world-caerdydd-2018\/attachment\/wow-logo\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35629\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-35629\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/WOW-Logo-625x353.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"353\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-35629\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/WOW-Logo-625x353.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"353\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This year, WOW Cardiff hosted talks and panels from both local and national speakers, touching on topics ranging from menopause, hosted by BBC Wale\u2019s correspondent Lucy Owens, to women\u2019s involvement in miner\u2019s strikes, a panel with former MP Sian James and\u00a0AM Leanne Wood.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the topics focused on international issues and their impact on women, such as the added burdens of homelessness as a woman and the language used to justify violence against women.<\/p>\n<p>There were messages of hope and support throughout though, from opportunities to have one-on-one mentoring sessions with local Cardiff women and workshops like &#8220;The Beautiful Art of Clowning&#8221; by Clare 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