The Municipality of Pisa, Department for Equal Opportunities, in cooperation with the City Council for Equal Opportunities has organised the 'March of Women' programme of initiatives. The programme includes numerous appointments and events that will continue from Friday 8 March until next Thursday 28 March. 

The programme of events includes film screenings, theatre performances, conferences on the topics of gender-based violence, restorative justice, disability and art, gender-based medicine, arts and crafts, female entrepreneurship and inclusive entrepreneurship.

The Councillor for Equal Opportunities, Fondazione Palazzo Blu and the Opera Primaziale del Domo offer free visits for the day of Friday 8 March to the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, the free ticket of the permanent exhibition of Palazzo Blu and the 50% discount for the visit of the exhibition "The Avant-garde" set up in Palazzo Blu.

PROGRAMME 

FRIDAY 8 MARCH

10 a.m. - Sala delle Baleari of Palazzo Gambacorti

• distribution of mimosas and greetings to employees; 

1.30 p.m. - Via Don Bosco 43 Prison House organised by the Equal Opportunities Department

• visit to the inmates and employees of the Don Bosco prison house

2 p.m.- 7 p.m. - Lanteri Cinema Caffè in collaboration with Equal Opportunities Committee of the Pisa Bar Association/Rotary Club of Pisa

• FEARLESS FORUM - Women who inspire change
• Round table and free screening of the documentary Geeta

4 p.m. - Museo della Grafica in collaboration with University of Pisa

• National premiere in English - staged reading Maryland by Lucy Kirkwoo. What fresh hell do you need. Before you are as angry as we are?

A chorus of contemporary Furies to shout "enough" to violence against women. Free admission Reservation required: boxoffice.maryland@gmail.com. A 30-minute performance by students from the University of Pisa to express the author's knee-jerk reaction to a series of feminicides that shocked the UK in 2021.

6.30 pm - Logge dei Banchi organised by Assessorato Pari Opportunità

• yellow lighting of the pediment
• distribution of mimosas to the women of the city and background music

SUNDAY 10 MARCH

11 a.m. - Palazzo Blu organised by Associazione Rinascita Pisana

• Marie Laurencin, relations between the French artist and the Avant-gardes

MONDAY 11 MARCH

4-6 p.m. -  Sala Convegni Grand Hotel Duomo in collaboration with FIDAPA/ BPW ITALY Sezione di Pisa/Assessorato Pari Opportunità

• Women and the sea. Women's empowerment in Steam subjects at the service of the marine environment

MARTEDI' 12 MARZO

8 p.m. - Hotel Duomo in collaboration with Ass. AMMI-Donne per la salute

• Conversation "Medicine is Woman, in reality and in the imagination" with Dr Zazo

WEDNESDAY 13 MARCH

5 p.m. - SMS Centre, Pisa Municipal Library 

• Women and Millecolours - Reading, poems and music dedicated to women

FRIDAY 15 MARCH

5 p.m. - Museo della Grafica with Assessorato Pari Opportunità and CNA Pisa

• Female entrepreneurial evolution: tradition embraces innovation

SATURDAY 16 MARCH

5-7.15 p.m. - Sala delle Baleari of Palazzo Gambacorti with Associazione Rinascita Pisana

• Presentation of the book: "Blind Love" by Salvatore Blasco

MONDAY 18 MARCH

9.30-12.30 - Aula Magna of Palazzo della Sapienza organised by University of Pisa/Assessorato Pari Opportunità

• Restorative justice and gender violence: a dangerous relationship?

10 a.m. - noon - Officine Garibaldi organised by Paim Group and Equal Opportunities Department

• Gender equality, respect for diversity and combating bullying: educating to prevent

5 p.m. - Sala Regia of Palazzo Gambacorti 

• "Rosalie Montmasson's contribution to the Unification of Italy" organised by Casa Editrice ETS

THURSDAY 21 MARCH

9.30 a.m. - Gipsoteca di Arte Antica, Piazza S.Paolo all'Orto 20

• SILENT VOICES, POWERFUL WORKS. Women, art and disability organised by ANMIC 

FRIDAY 22 MARCH

5.30 pm - Museo della Grafica in collaboration with Assessorato Pari Opportunità and FIDAPA

• Revolutionary stylists who emancipated women with the extraordinary participation of Rodrigo Basilicati Cardin, artistic director of Maison Cardin

For this occasion, a number of fashion items by Valentino, Chanel, YSL and Cardin will be on display from 22 to 31 March. 

MONDAY 25 MARCH

4 p.m. - Centro San Marco, Via Carlo Cattaneo 22

• For the Women at the Centre conference cycle: "Walking with Mr. Parkinson, stories of strong women".

TUESDAY, 26 MARCH

9 a.m. - Museo della Grafica 

• Meeting for school children organised by Inner Wheel and Equal Opportunities Department

5.30 p.m. - Museo della Grafica

• BIL: Gross Domestic Welfare. "Doing good is good for everyone: giving and giving to do the new frontier of wealth". Special participation by Luciana Delle Donne, founder of Officine Creative - Made in prigione and Prof. Carla Lunghi - UniCattolica di Milano

WEDNESDAY 27 MARCH 

11.00 a.m. - Viale delle Piagge 14

• bench regeneration by Inner Wheel Club Pisa/Assessorato Pari Opportunità

THURSDAY 28 MARCH

5.00 p.m. - Officine Garibaldi 

• Equal opportunities in prevention for the psychophysical well-being of men and women. Endometriosis and pre-conception medicine. Organised by the Assessorato Pari Opportunità and Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisan

SATURDAY 6 APRIL

4 p.m. - Hotel Duomo, Via Santa Maria 

• "OLTREMARE: Towards rebirth" with Silvia Landi and AMMI-Donne, Pisa section