Loop, 2011

March 8, 2011

Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, Glasgow, G41 2PE

Curated by Jetson and Janssen

 

loop | sitandknitabit

100 Events for the 100th International Women's Day March 2011

100 million Stitches to represent 100 million Women

Why are we making a massive blanket?

To represent the 100 million women missing from today's global population

because of gender discrimination.

“In normal circumstances women out-number men but in countries where women have deeply unequal status they vanish.”

Amartya Sen Noble Prize Winning Economist

We intend loop to be empowering, provocative and educational. We wish to celebrate, look to women for solutions, stories and inspiration. Let’s open debate and engage in dialogue which contributes to a global movement for change.