International Women’s Day: Talks & Discussion on Female Wisdom, Science & Folklore

Name: International Women’s Day: Talks & Discussion on Female Wisdom, Science & Folklore
Start: 2026-03-08T12:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-03-08T19:00:00+00:00
Location: A Portuguese Love Affair

Schedule

Sun Mar 08 2026 at 12:00 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

A Portuguese Love Affair | London, EN

TICKETS: https://dandelion.events/e/f0i09/
Across cultures and throughout history, women have been healers, storytellers, herbalists, scientists, creators and custodians of knowledge. Much of this wisdom has been displaced or erased, framed as superstition or rebellion.
This International Women’s Day, we bring these threads back into light, inviting guests to explore womanhood in its fullness. While the content centres on women’s experiences, this event is open to everyone: all genders are welcome to learn, listen, honour, and engage with these universal themes of heritage, healing and empowerment.
We’ll move from African histories to European herbal traditions, from feminist science to embodied cyclical wisdom. Through this journey, we acknowledge the complexity and multiplicity of being a woman today.
We will open and close the day with a short practice to connect you to the collective space and to your inner feminine power. Whether you identify as male, female, non-binary, or other, we all possess creative potential energy associated with the feminine archetype. After the talks, you’ll have the option to stay at the venue for a group dinner, and connect with like-minded others.
Throughout the day there will be an open art space. Here, you can come and express and contribute to a collective art piece.
By the end of the day, our hope is for every attendee to feel more connected to their origins, more informed about their bodies, more curious about the unseen, and more equipped to reclaim the knowledge that has always belonged to us.
PROGRAMME
(please note that timings might be subject to change)
2pm: Doors open
2.30pm: Event starts
2.45/3.30pm: “Women, Africa & the Power of Heritage” by Akua Ofosuhene
3.30/4.15pm: “Witchcraft, Healing & Women’s Herbal Traditions” by Fiona Heckels @ Seed Sistas
4.14/4.45pm: Herbal tea break & sharing
4.45/5.30pm: “Women in Science: Rewriting the Narrative” by Grace Blest-Hopley @ Hystelica
5.30/6.15pm: Guest to be confirmed
6.15pm: Yoga Nidra to close the afternoon
7pm: Optional Dinner & Chill
9.30: Event finishes
THE VENUE
We will be meeting at the cosy Love Affairs Basement (Basement of A Portuguese Love Affair, 324 Hackney Rd, London E2 7AX).
Love Affair Basement is a vibrant sanctuary for creativity and community. The space is queer friendly and supports artists, women, trans and queer young people. The Basement was born out of a Portuguese Love Affair, a deli on Hackney Road, and serves delicious Portuguese sweet and savoury food.