Members of Churchill's Catering Team — Rebecca Cresswell, Elona Gjegja, Sarah Crawley and Jill Hay (pictured) are raising money for Breast Cancer Care, Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust and Ovarian Cancer Action by taking part in Women V Cancer Ride the Night — the largest women-only cycling event in the UK.

This International Women's Day, Churchill Fellow, Professor Alison Finch celebrates the Swiss-French thinker Germaine de Staël. (1766–1817), who was at the heart of intellectual and literary life in revolutionary and Napoleonic France.

Churchill College has always been at the vanguard of pushing for progress with regards to gender parity. This International Women's Day we celebrate our female members and remind ourselves to keep pushing for gender parity.

Master Professor Athene Donald discusses how to fix gender equality in the sciences.

Sophie Durrant (U16), is the current holder of Churchill’s first Amazon Women in Innovation Bursary. An annual bursary of £5000 per year to support up to three female students for the duration of their undergraduate degree course at Churchill College.

This year marks not only the 100th anniversary of women receiving the vote but also Churchill College’s highest ever intake of female undergraduate engineers. To commemorate these successes, Churchill College Engineering Society is running a panel discussion, followed by drinks reception and formal dinner on the 8 March: International Women’s Day during this Year of Engineering.

Why have more than eighty-five countries already had female prime ministers or presidents but the United States has not? Møller Institute Visiting Leadership Scholar — Professor Paula Monopoli discusses her theory that design choices by the Founders made it less likely that a woman would ascend to the presidency.

Last month Churchill Master, Professor Dame Athene Donald, was invited by the Royal Society to give a TedX talk at their TedX Whitehall event.