International Women’s Week, from 8-15 March will be marked with a vibrant and thought-provoking series of events this week by City of York Council’s libraries.

An event, ‘Find your words, Find your voice’ will take place on Wednesday 12 March from 10.30am-1pm at Dringhouses library. Join Pauline Kirk, novelist and editor, and Rose Drew, poet and editor, and enjoy developing the craft of writing and publicly sharing work. Tickets are £4 and include refreshments. They are available from dringhouses.library@york.gov.uk or phone (01904) 552674.

There will be a fascinating look at the ‘Aero Girls’ on Thursday 13 March 7- 8.30pm at the Rowntree Park Reading Café. People are invited to explore the mystery behind 20 enigmatic portraits used in Rowntree’s 1950s Aero chocolate adverts. There’s also a chance to meet the detectives behind the research project and curators of the York exhibition as they share their latest Aero Girls discoveries. Tickets at £5 available from http://www.feelinginspired.co.uk/ or by calling into any York library.

The final event will see Jestina Mukoko give a talk entitled ‘One Step Forward, Three Steps Back: Women in the Zimbabwe Elections 2013’. Jestina is a human rights defender awarded the US.State Department’s International Women of Courage Awards to women who have shown exceptional courage and leadership in advancing women’s rights. This is a free event and to book a place contact exploreyork@york.gov.uk or phone 01904 552828.