Poems for international women's day 2026

​Release date: Sunday 8th March, 2026

Download Poems for IWD2026 (PDF file)

For International Women's Day 2026, download our free pamphlet showcasing women's voices from the island of Ireland and beyond.

Women in poetry open themselves to the world so they can connect with other women, encouraging them to be their authentic selves, and let them know that they are not alone at any point in their journey through womanhood. They use their words as a tool to raise awareness of the inequality that exists, and their unique voices as a to call to arms and to hold space for those women who lived in a time before collective changes were made. In this pamphlet, we celebrate all of those things and much more because when women come together they are limitless in what they have to say and what that can achieve.

Featuring Lesley-Anne Evans, Marion Clarke, Karen Mooney, Lynda Tavakoli, Trish Bennett, Mary E. Ringland, Cat Brogan, Fatma Alabbasi, Nessa O’Mahony, Laura O’Hare, Thérèse Kieran, Hannah Crothers, Debi Madden, Ruth Carr, Rachel Hedley, Rowan Evoe Madden, Siobhán McCafferty, Deirdre Cartmill, Helen Hastings, Emma McKervey, Jenny Cleland and Geraldine O’Kane.