The ground-breaking Yes Festival arrives in the NW from 13th-16th June with a stellar, all-female line-up.
St Columb's Hall will host Five NOW talks & discussions considering women’s relationship with power in contemporary society, the role of media today, and a possible way forward in a world beset by crises and threats.
1. Thurs 13th June | 8.30pm: In Women & Leadership a panel, chaired by Martina Devlin, discuss the qualities that women bring to leadership in the contemporary world.
Tickets: https://bit.ly/3wEp3SB
2. Fri 14th June | 7.30pm: In Women & Power, current political figures, including Baroness Shami Chakrabarti, Caoilfhionn Gallagher and Susan McKay discuss women’s relationship to power in the contemporary world and what needs to change to give voice to those who currently feel voiceless.
Tickets: https://bit.ly/4alwSuq
3. Sat 15th June | 3pm: In Women & Climate Justice Mary Robinson talks of her deep involvement for years in the struggle to secure global justice for those people vulnerable to the impacts of climate change who are usually forgotten.
Tickets: https://bit.ly/4bCxqNt
4. Sat 15th June | 7.30pm: In Women & Resistance, Denise Chaila, Sorcha Fennell and Ailbne Smyth explore how to confront misogyny, physical violence and domestic abuse, all of which are appallingly prevalent in women’s lives today
Tickets: https://bit.ly/3WJByqG
5. Sun 16th June | 12.15pm: In Women & Media, reporters Orla Guerin, Marion McKeone and Miriam O’Callaghan consider the particular challenges they face in covering global news stories.
Tickets: https://bit.ly/3ymhGzQ
YES takes place in Derry~Londonderry and north Donegal from 13-16 June. It is the culmination of ULYSSES European Odyssey, an unprecedented international project supported with funding through Creative Europe that since 2022 has seen partners in 18 cities across Europe take Joyce’s novel as the starting point to explore contemporary issues, from migration to the environment and disability to global data.