International Women's Day

Single women struggle more to pay their energy bills than single men. Find out more about the impact of the recent cost-of-living crisis, Society.

[Follow the event online](https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreaming/inter-parliamentary-meeting-on-international-women-s-day-2023-gender-aspects-of-energy-poverty_20230301-0900-COMMITTEE-FEMM). [Ukraine3 days ago](https://www.eureporter.co/world/ukraine/2023/02/27/one-year-of-ukrainian-resistance-president-von-der-leyen-underlines-the-eus-unwavering-commitment-and-solidarity-with-ukraine-and-its-people/) [Ukraine2 days ago](https://www.eureporter.co/world/ukraine/2023/02/28/ukraine-one-year-on/) [Latvia3 days ago](https://www.eureporter.co/world/latvia/2023/02/27/commission-presents-opinion-on-latvias-updated-draft-budgetary-plan-for-2023/) [Disasters2 days ago](https://www.eureporter.co/world/disasters/earthquake/2023/02/28/syria-eu-organizes-airlifts-with-humanitarian-aid-to-earthquake-survivors/) The positions taken in these articles are not necessarily those of EU Reporter. [Russia5 days ago](https://www.eureporter.co/world/russia/2023/02/25/wagner-group-council-adds-11-individuals-and-7-entities-to-eu-sanctions-lists/) [Eurofound data](https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/sites/default/files/ef_publication/field_ef_document/ef22077en.pdf) from 2022 shows that single mothers and other single women are more likely have difficulties paying their energy bills than single men. The fund should finance concrete measures to address energy and mobility poverty, both in the short and longer term. The cost-of-living crisis is having a negative impact on women's economic and social inclusion, health and fundamental rights. The [gender pay gap in the EU](https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/society/20200227STO73519/gender-pay-gap-in-europe-facts-and-figures-infographic) was still at 13% in 2020 and has only changed minimally over the last decade. Single women struggle more to pay their energy bills than single men.

Open water swimming coach Chrissie O'Brien is invited women to join the annual sea dip at the Carlingford Sailing Club slipway at 10am. This year there will be ...

This year there will be pre-dip yoga while Hot House Saunas will be bringing their portable sauna so that swimmers can warm up after their dip. There will also be some tasty snacks but swimmers are advised to bring their own warm drinks, as well as warm clothes, footwear, beanies to change into after their swim.

Enjoy fish fries, dance the night away at mother/son and father/daughter dances, celebrate International Women's Day, experience the art of Iowa and more ...

A luncheon will be held on Monday, March 13 at the Woodward Social Center. Join Hometown Heritage at the Carnegie Library Museum for a Traditional Irish Afternoon Tea on Monday, March 27. on Friday, March 17. Tickets are limited, so come get yours at the Carnegie Library or Perry Public Library today. The “Conversations with” event will be held at the Carnegie Library Museum from 5 to 7 p.m. A free-will offering will be taken to help support the Woodward Social Center. The Woodward-Granger Dance Team Spring Show will be held at 7 p.m. For more information, contact Candi at the Carnegie Library at 515-465-7713 or email [email protected]. You will receive a short training to identify the development or behavior of a specific bird. The Knights of Columbus Fish Fry will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Food will be available for a free-will donation with all proceeds to benefit the Adel After Prom. The Knights of Columbus will host Lenten fish fries on Fridays through March 31.

2022 was a massive year for women's football, with record-breaking transfers, attendances, and global television viewing figures at an all-time high.

So for the women's game to develop more and more around this region is very important." Football in the region is gaining popularity, especially after the signing of global icon Cristiano Ronaldo to Al-Nassr. In comparison, the first £1 million men's transfer was way back in 1979. "I hate the fact that there are so many girls around the world who don't have that opportunity to have that access to school. She credits Denmark for educating her and went on to represent her adopted country at the international level of the sport. They played each other at Wembley at the end of last year, and that was a close encounter.

The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) invites you to an online roundtable “Linking Innovation, Technology, and Forests to Gender Equality”, 7 March, ...

The framework is a major step in achieving FSC’s Global Strategy 2021-2026 and demonstrates our belief that diversity and gender equality are essential for the co-creation of relevant forest stewardship solutions and achieving our 2050 vision of resilient forests sustaining life on earth. In 2022, we published a Green Paper titled [Benchmarking the Global State of Gender and Forests](https://fsc.org/sites/default/files/2022-03/Final%20Green%20paper%20on%20gender%20issues%20in%20forests%20PDF.pdf), which was authored by an external expert on diversity, gender, and social inclusion, Dr. Beyond certification, we elaborated, based on intense consultations with staff and membership, in 2021 a baseline report titled [Diversity and Gender in FSC](https://fsc.org/sites/default/files/2022-03/Diversity%20and%20Gender%20in%20FSC_Baseline-Report%20-%20PDF%20update.pdf), which looked at both the FSC system and in certified forests. [DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality](https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/announcement/2022/12/international-womens-day-2023-digitall-innovation-and-technology-for-gender-equality).” This roundtable discussion will spotlight women leaders in the forest and environmental sectors, both within FSC and externally. [online roundtable](https://fsc-int.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqceurpj4sG9N4An-90Jo1NFUuoGkYeS7L) “Linking Innovation, Technology, and Forests to Gender Equality”, 7 March, 3-4:30 pm CET. We encourage you to join the session; please [register here](https://fsc-int.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqceurpj4sG9N4An-90Jo1NFUuoGkYeS7L).