On the occasion of International Women’s Day, scheduled for Sunday, March 8, the Municipality of Pisa has organized a calendar of initiatives that will take place throughout the month of March and the following weeks.
The series of events, organized by the City Council for Equal Opportunities and the Department for Equal Opportunities, will consist of a number of appointments continuing until Wednesday, April 22, including conferences, exhibitions, book presentations, guided tours, meetings, and performances.
MARCH
Thursday, March 5, 5:00 pm
Meeting “I’ll Buy You a Coffee. Stories of Women and Disability”
Day Center “L’Amico è”, via dei Sepolcri 4, Pisa
Organized by ANMIC Pisa Association
Thursday, March 5, 7:00 pm
Opening of the exhibition “Lights and Shadows in the Female World” by painter Lucia Ronchieri
Foyer of Teatro Verdi, via Palestro 40, Pisa
Organized by Teatro Verdi, Department for Equal Opportunities, City Council for Equal Opportunities
Friday, March 6, 10:30 am
Gift of blooming mimosa to female inmates and to the women of the Don Bosco Institute
District Prison, via S. Giovanni Bosco 43, Pisa
Organized by Department for Equal Opportunities
Friday, March 6, 12:00 pm and 12:45 pm
Gift of mimosa to municipal employees
12:00 pm: Sala Baleari, Palazzo Gambacorti, piazza XX Settembre, Pisa
12:45 pm: Sesta Porta, via Cesare Battisti, Pisa
Organized by Department for Equal Opportunities
Friday, March 6, 3:00–6:00 pm
Conference “Lymphedema Day” on the occasion of World Lymphedema Day
Palazzo della Sapienza, via Curtatone e Montanara 15, Pisa
Organized by AOUP - Pisa University Hospital
Friday, March 6, 5:00 pm
Conference “Growing Up Free. Children in Prison: A Reality to Change”
Assembly Hall, ANMIG headquarters, via Romiti 2, Pisa
Organized by Periphèria Association
Saturday, March 7, 5:30 pm
Presentation of the book “Women’s Stories: The Voice of Many” by Nuccia Benvenuto
SMSBiblio, municipal library, via San Michele degli Scalzi 178, Pisa
Organized by Inner Wheel Club of Pisa in collaboration with Centro culturale calabrese Ausonia
Sunday, March 8, 6:30 pm
“Women’s Day Celebration”
San Michele degli Scalzi Exhibition Center, viale delle Piagge, Pisa
Organized by Comitato Le Piagge
Tuesday, March 10, 5:30 pm
Presentation of the book “Vespiste and Motorcyclists, Women with an Extra Gear” by Paola Scarsi
Carta e Cartone, via del Castelletto 10, Pisa
Organized by Vespa Club Pisa
Friday, March 13, 5:00 pm
Meeting “Women and Love between Dante and Shakespeare”
Sala delle Baleari, Palazzo Gambacorti, piazza XX Settembre, Pisa
Organized by Associazione Millecolori
Tuesday, March 17, 6:30 pm
Meeting “Diet and Cellular Nutrition in Women: A Journey through the Ages”
Sala Cammelli Hotel Duomo, via Santa Maria 94, Pisa
Organized by AMMI Association - Women for Health
Wednesday, March 18, 9:15 pm
Conference “Breast Cancer Prevention: Where Are We Now?”
San Ranieri Hotel, via Mazzei 2, Pisa
Organized by Soroptmist Club of Pisa
Thursday, March 19, 4:00 pm
Literary Salon “Women’s Voices: Creative Writing as a Form of Resilience”
Conference Room, Stazione Leopolda, piazza Guerrazzi, Pisa
Organized by Centro San Marco, in collaboration with Accademia dei Disuniti
Sunday, March 22, 11:00 am
Guided tour by Professor M. Paglianti “The Belle Époque, Women Raise Their Gaze”
Palazzo Blu, Lungarno Gambacorti 9, Pisa - Reservations: 328 4166565 (limited places available)
Organized by Associazione Rinascita Pisana
Wednesday, March 25, 5:00 pm
Event “Female Iconography at the Cagianelli Center: Variations between Symbolism and Liberty”
Centro Cagianelli per il ’900, viale delle Cascine 8, Pisa
Organized by Inner Wheel Club of Pisa, in collaboration with Centro Cagianelli per il ’900
Thursday, March 26, 4:00–6:00 pm
Presentation of the book “All the Deadly Sins Are Female” by Maria Grazia Colombari
Sala Regia of Palazzo Gambacorti, piazza XX Settembre, Pisa
Organized by Fidapa BPW Italy, Pisa section
Friday, March 27, time to be defined
Presentation of the book “Hortensia and the Others” by Maria Grazia Colombari
Sala Baleari of Palazzo Gambacorti, piazza XX Settembre, Pisa
Organized by Equal Opportunities Committee, Pisa Bar Association
Saturday, March 28, 4:00 pm
Meeting “Women in the Gospels”
Main Hall, Convent of San Torpè, Largo del Parlascio 20, Pisa
Organized by Associazione Valori e Tradizione
Sunday, March 29, 10:00 am–7:00 pm
“Awareness Booth on Foster Care”
Pisa Market, Lungarno Pacinotti, Pisa
Organized by Famiglia Aperta APS
APRIL
Saturday, April 11, 10:00 am–1:00 pm
Conference “Without Consent It Is Rape”
Parco delle Concette, via di Concette, Pisa
(in case of rain: Circolo ARCI Alberone, via S. Agostino 199, Pisa)
Organized by Una città in comune
Saturday, April 18, 10:00 am–1:00 pm
“The Pisan Oncology Association Meets the City Council for Equal Opportunities”
Sala Baleari of Palazzo Gambacorti, piazza XX Settembre, Pisa
Organized by City Council for Equal Opportunities of the Municipality of Pisa, in collaboration with Associazione Oncologica Pisana
Wednesday, April 22, 4:30 pm
Conference “Women in Balance: Preventing, Knowing, Caring”
Hall of the Chamber of Commerce, piazza V. Emanuele II, Pisa
Organized by AMMI Association - Women for Health
Dates to be defined
Associazione Grazia Deledda
On the occasion of the centenary of the Nobel Prize awarded to Grazia Deledda:
Presentation of the ISRAE Bulletin dedicated to the critical edition of Cosima and Elias Portolu
“Dinner with Grazia”: culinary journey and readings from Deledda’s novels
Screening of the film Quasi Grazia (2025), in collaboration with Cinema Arsenale
