Women of the World Festival 2023: Dates, who are the guests including ex Love Island star Megan Barton Hanson?

Women of the World has announced the first guests for their 2023 London festival. The festival is set to return to the Southbank Centre to mark International Women’s Day, supported by The WOW Foundation’s Global Founding Partner, Bloomberg.

It’s the 13th edition of the festival, which celebrates women, girls and non-binary people from over three days in March next year. The festival is set to feature talks from some big names, such as former Love Island stars.

WOW has announced the day pass programme for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Each day features a different line-up, offering audiences the chance to choose from dozens of events in multiple spaces and venues.

Each panel will be diverse and talk about a range of different topics. Topics will range from conversationsabout true crime and deepfakes to baby loss and a history of Bengali activism.

WOW has also confirmed that they will also speak about current topics. These include climate change, housing, childcare, financial crisis and misogyny in 2023 with all of them being very pressing issues right now in the world.

When is the Women of the World festival?

The Women of the World festival will take place from March 10 - 12, 2023 at the Southbank Centre in London which is just a short walk from Waterloo Underground station.

What is the lineup?

Friday, March 10

• Jude Kelly CBE
• Julia Gillard
• Laura Bates
• Elif Shafak
• Josephine Kamara
• Shani Dhanda
• Megan Barton-Hanson
• Dr Charlotte Cooper
• Stephanie Yeboah
• Phoebe Patey-Ferguson
• Sanah Ahsan
• Lucy Johnstone
• Gilli Watson
• Jennie Agg 
• Miranda Ward
• Shahed Ezaydi

Saturday, March 11

• Fatima Rajina
• Shabna Begum
• Farzana Khan
• Raisa Hassan
• Kieran Yates 
• Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff
• Mary Robinson 
• Pat Mitchell
• Gina Atinuke Knight.
• Emma-Louise Boynton
• Kathy Burke
• Dapo Adeola
• Hannah Lee 
• Maame Blue

Sunday, March 12

• Shahroo Izadi 
• Jude Kelly (WOW founder)
• Sali Hughes
• Mariana Katzarova 
• Tetiana Sokolova
• Svetlana Gannushkina
• Jenni Savin
• Octavia Bright
• Ebinehita Iyere 
• Alice Sherwood 
• Shobna Gulati 
• Tolá Okogwu
• Emma Carroll 
• Lauren Child