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Published: Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Alliance of over 40 organisations reminds newly elected TDs of their election promises 18th December 2024 Under the slogan ‘All we want for Christmas is public childcare’, the campaign alliance, Together for Public, gathered outside Leinster House today (Wednesday, 18th...
Published: Thursday, June 10, 2010
The National Women's Council is delighted to announce our guest speakers for the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 18 June 2010.They are Ewa Jasiewicz and Freda Hughes, both of them feminists who are deeply engaged in the struggle for justice for...
Published: Monday, June 07, 2010
Presentation to ICTU Women's Committee & ICTU Executive CouncilThe ICTU Women's Committee developed a number of aims and objectives towards the end of November 2008, following a day long planning event. The day involved over 20 participants, with Gay Cunningham giving a...
Published: Thursday, June 03, 2010
Women's Evening of Politics Thu 24th June 7.30pm Connolly Hall, Summerhill, Waterford (opp. Tax Office in the Glen) Labour Women Waterford & Women Into Politics present : "The Way Forward - enabling Women to participate in Politics"Interactive evening of discussion...
Published: Wednesday, June 02, 2010
While some on the Left believe that the overthrow of capitalism will automatically bring equality for women, others of us are not so complacent. Many socialist feminists believe women must organise and challenge their organisations from within so that sexism...
Justice campaigners today took a musical approach to criticising the Ethiopian, Italian and Irish governments, and potential international lenders to an environmentally disastrous dam project in Ethiopia.Speaking from the 'Italian quarter' in Dublin with an opera performance in the...
Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, or any other status. We are all equally entitled to our human rights without discrimination. These rights...
The CWC and the National Community Development Forum are aware that that projects are to be asked to attend a seminar on June 10th at which they will be given directions on:How to assess the assets of the project ...
You are cordially invited to the Dublin Pride Formal Festival Launch by the Lord Mayor of Dublin Wednesday 09th June 2010at 6.30 pm in City Hall, Dame Street Dublin 2.Click here for invite.RSVPE-mail: info@dublinpride.ieTel: 086 214 0478
Solo.ie The current One-Parent Family payment provides long term income support to a lone parent, until their youngest child is 18 years, or 22 years old if in full-time education. The Government believes that this long-term welfare dependency is not in...
TASC is delighted to announce that Professor Kathleen Lynch will be giving the TASC Annual Lecture in the Royal Irish Academy on Thursday, June 17th.The event - which will be chaired by Professor John Horgan - will start at 6...
Today Marriage Equality is launching We Are Family, a national poster campaign which gives visibility to LGBT families living in Ireland. The groundbreaking campaign shatters the silence and myths surrounding our families and calls on the Government to recognise and...
May 31, 2010By Katherine ZoepfJIDDA -- Roughly two years ago, Rowdha Yousef began to notice a disturbing trend: Saudi women like herself were beginning to organize campaigns for greater personal freedoms. Suddenly, there were women asking for the right to drive,...
In June climate negotiators will reconvene in Bonn, Germany for an interim meeting to discuss the working text of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, or UNFCCC, the international treaty that aims to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in...
WOMEN LEADERS AT UN-HOSTED FORUM URGE JUST & PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICTWomen leaders attending a United Nations-hosted conference in Madrid called for a just and peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including an end to the three-year-old blockade of...
Published: Monday, May 31, 2010
By Michael Brennan Political Correspondent, The Independent Tuesday June 01 2010POLITICAL parties and campaign groups last night united in their condemnation of Israel in the wake of the commando attack that claimed the lives of at least nine Gaza-bound peace activists...
By MARIE O'HALLORAN The Irish Times - Tuesday, June 1, 2010Winners of the Vodafone Ireland Foundation's World of Difference campaign Mark Smith, Patrick Haslett, Benedicta Attoh and Mark ODoherty.A FORMER child bride, a professional rugby player turned solicitor, an out...
Published: Sunday, May 30, 2010
Israeli commandos descending from helicopters stormed the six-boat flotilla in the early hours , while it was in international waters about 40 miles (64km) from Gaza, where Israel has no jurisdiction. Israel's military assault on a humanitarian mission is further evidence of...
Published: Saturday, May 29, 2010
Proposed changes to the welfare system have been condemned as heartless and reprehensible beyond beliefBy Justine McCarthy, TimesOnline May 30 2010ANGER was growing among government backbenchers last night at proposals to cut welfare benefits for single mothers contained in legislation that...
"The proposed Social Welfare Bill will harm children and create a new generation of latch key kids," according to the CEO of the National women's Council, Susan McKay. "It will also force women to leave work and put their families...
Published: Thursday, May 27, 2010
Sixteen Muslim women living in Ireland, North and South, launched a collection of their personal stories in an exciting new publication from the National Women's Council of Ireland. The book was launched by Mary White TD, Minister for Equality, Human...
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