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Published: Tuesday, November 26, 2024
National Women’s Council and Women’s Aid Federation NI launch new report examining the issue of domestic violence across the island 26 November Today (26 November) the National Women’s Council (NWC) and Women’s Aid...
Published: Thursday, June 09, 2011
A discussion will take place next week in the Seanad regarding the FGM Bill at Committee Stage and Remaining Stages.The discussion will take place next Wednesday, 15th June, from 11.45 - 1.00.Dr. James Reilly, Minister for Health and Children will...
Published: Tuesday, June 07, 2011
This thought-provoking short film from Scottish Rape Centre highlights the heinous but sadly widely accepted concept that women who dress in a certain manner are inviting sexual attacks. Looking at it from a no-nonsense approach, it examines the idea that...
Published: Thursday, June 02, 2011
Say No To Ageism Week 2011 takes place from May 30th to June 3rd. The week provides an opportunity to remind us of the consequences of ageism in service provision and encourages us to renew our commitment to combating ageism in...
Where are women at in Europe and how can we engage more effectively with the EU? Meet MEPs Bairbre de Brún, Diane Dodds and Marian Harkin Find out more about current EU gender equality strategies, the European Women's Lobby...
One Family Links: enabling connectionsLaunch and opening by Minister for Children & Youth Affairs Frances Fitzgerald TD at 10.30am sharpDate: Thursday 9 June 2011 Time: 10.15 am until 6pmVenue: Coach House, Dublin CastleDo you want to participate in a networking day for people...
Akina Dada wa Africa (AkiDwA) is an NGO began by African women which seeks to promote equality and justice for migrant women living in Ireland.Please see the following information on a call for papers Conference, an invitation to tender...
Susan McKay, CEO of the National Women's Council of Ireland, has written a letter to all female politicians calling on them to lend their support to Justice for Magdelenes.Click here to read the article published in the Examiner in...
Ruhama is a national voluntary organisation based in Dublin that works with women affected by prostitution including victims of sex trafficking. We offer a range of confidential and non judgemental services including outreach, advocacy, education and development and counselling.We...
2nd June 2011Click here to read the article published in the Examiner in response to the letter.Dear Deputy,Last year, I wrote to all women TDs, Senators and Councillors seeking support for the campaign for justice for women who...
2 June 2011Susan McKay, CEO of the National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI), is writing to all women TDs, Senators, and Local Councillors encouraging them to support Justice of Magdalene's (JFM) proposed "Restorative Justice and Reparations Scheme" for all survivors of...
Published: Monday, May 30, 2011
By Henry Samuel in ParisTuesday May 31 2011FRANCE'S male politicians are becoming increasingly anxious about their futures after one female minister warned that half of the country's male MPs were potentially "in trouble" due to their treatment of women.Still reeling...
A man who raped a babysitter nearly 30 years ago has succeeded in having his 11-year sentence reduced on appeal. John Regan (62), Cloonfad, Ballyhaunis, Co Mayo, was jailed for 11 years in April 2008 after a Central Criminal Court jury found him guilty...
Published: Sunday, May 29, 2011
The National Women's Council of Ireland applauds the government's decision to tackle our appalling record on women's representation in the Houses of Oireachtas. The announcement that political parties are to lose half of their state funding unless at least 30% of...
A group of Polish women have launched a petition to protest against the announcement by Ewa Kopacz, Polish Minister for Health, that the government may make gynaecological and breast screenings compulsory for working women.Compulsory smear tests and other intimate,...
Published: Tuesday, May 24, 2011
AROUND 12 WOMEN a day travelled from Ireland to England and Wales last year to have terminations, new figures have revealed.The statistics, published today by the UK's Department of Health, show that women giving Irish addresses accounted for a majority...
By Harriet WalkerThe morning after the office party is normally too hideous to bear, but it passes at least, once you creep out of your colleague's bed and spend all day with your head in the toilet.But for German...
Published: Monday, May 23, 2011
In 1898, British journalist Arnold Bennett - who would go on to become a celebrated novelist - published a guide for women journalists.The second chapter of his pamphlet, which is still available to download free online, is entitled 'Imperfections of...
Political parties are going to have to start choosing a lot more female candidates if they want to retain the current €14m a year subsidy from the taxpayer.In what was described by one senior source as "a radical step",...
Published: Sunday, May 22, 2011
Strengthening the JLC System is the way forwardSlashing the incomes of the lowest-paid workers will not help to create jobsThe Coalition to Protect the Low Paid is calling on the Minister for Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation, Richard Bruton, TD, to...
Michelle Bachelet, head of UN Women, was in Turkey last week attending the Summit of Least Developed Countries (LDCs).She met with the Turkish President Abdullah Gül to talk about the lack of political representation for women and said...
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