IWD 2026
The DOVER Urban Room
March 8th 2026 once again brought a gathering of inspirational women, all of whom live or work in Dover, to celebrate International Women’s day in the Urban room.
All brought a vegan dish to share and after the pleasure of all being together in a shared space, eating the shared feast, each found someone they had not met before and after ten minutes introduced who they had just met to the group.
This introducing each other, no one introducuing themselves, around a circle of 30 brought another level of knowing and revlation to who was in the room.
This is the third year that Petra Mathews Crow and Joanna Jones have organised a IWD event – each with a slightly different choreography and some of the same women but some women there for the first time. As we find different ways to expand the circle – one thing that is certain is that Dover will not run out of inspirational women !
How glorious to be in good company once again with the awesome, amazing and gifted women of Dover. And what an honour to be counted among their number!
Thanks so much for Sunday – it was so lovely! I’m so glad I could make it and look forward to next year’s do.
Thank you for a very good evening on Sunday. There was a lovely mix of great people and such a good spread. It was very good to have been invited.
A heartfelt ‘thank you’ for including me in Sunday evening’s celebration: what an incredible group of women! It was a lovely evening and I enjoyed every exchange, as well as the delicious offerings.
What a wonderful International Women’s Day event and what an amazing group of women! So interesting, funny and lovely lively, all this positive energy. Well done!
Thank you so much for organising such a lovely event – it was really nice meeting everyone.
What a delightful evening – thank you so much. I met some lovely people and had a great time. A brilliant spread as well.
Thank you for inviting me …what an honour! Such lovely women to get to know better in the future. I had a fabulous time.
Thank you so much for bringing together such a wonderfully eclectic and brilliant bunch of Dover ladies. It was very heartwarming
