10am Coffee in council house
10.15am Short talk by a local woman
11am Choice of Workshops. Details below
1pm Free Lunch … cold buffet in Lord Mayors suite
1.45pm Short talk by Margaret Rylatt, city Archaeologist
2pm Choice of Workshops. Details below
3.45pm Closing drama performed by local women

The Workshops..
Arts and creative workshops.. to beheld at Herbert Art gallery Workshop

Workshop 1. Prepare for the banquet, join a costumes artist to make medieval headware. 11am

Workshop 2. The Edible Women. Celebrate the creative and fun side of food, make giant jellies and cakes and eat the women you make. 2pm

Book for these workshops with Clayton Shaw telephone the Herbert Art Gallery 024 7683 1701
Other workshops to be held at main council house. 11am to 12.45pm

Workshop 3. “Turning Personal Tragedy & Experience into a Professional Way of Life to Help Others” Confidence Building and Public Speaking Skills. Speaker JUDY LEDGER Founder Baby Lifeline

Workshop 4. “Parenting Yourself” Historically and socially women in particular and encouraged to put their own needs to one side and look after others, this workshop explores this concept and looks at how you can parent yourself.

Workshop 5. Alternative Therapies. Experience Aromatherapy, Skincare, Remidial Massage, Indian Head Massage, with demonstrations and a chance to have a go.

Workshop 6. Video Workshop. If you’ve always fancied yourself as a bit of a Kate Adie, now’s your chance to have a go at being a roving reporter. Video workers from the Depot Studios will show you how to film and edit your own news report direct from the Women’s Conference using up-to-date digital technology. This is an opportunity to either show your stuff in front of the camera or learn what goes on behind the scenes. Either way, this will be a fun and challenging experience and perhaps the start of a brilliant careers!

11am to 12.45pm

Workshop 7. The art of public speaking

Workshop 8. “Sathyua Sai Practical Parenting Skills” (Women & Parenting)
The workshop session will cover:-
*Expectations
*Theoretical framework
*Problems
*Family
*Action plan
*Parents roles and responsibilities
*Learning 9 skills such as assertiveness, problem solving, communication, conflict resolution, discipline, acceptance, relationships, responsibility and confidence building
*Personal development exercises
*Learning and teaching values.

Workshop 9. Information Technology & Conferencing with women across the world. 

Learn how to get connected. The World Wide Web as a positive force for women.

Workshop 10. Video Workshop. 

A repeat of workshop 6.

The council House has full access for disabled people. The days events are free Displays by Community Education, City Libraries, Sathyaa Sai Baba Centre of Coventry, Amnesty International, Sports Development and “home produced flags” made to support the theme of International Women’s Days.

Guest visitors to include Judy Ledger from Baby Lifeline, Margaret Rylatt City Archaeologist and Jane Williams, a district nurse who for the last few year has made trips to Romania to work with local women and nurses to encourage and teach communication skills to enhance their bonding with disabled children.