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Published: Wednesday, July 03, 2024
The National Women’s Council (NWC) today called on government to be ambitious and feminist in their approach to Budget 2025. The organisation said that, as the government’s last chance to improve gender equality, they must make significant...
Published: Thursday, December 09, 2010
On further consultation with our barrister we decided to appeal the High Court decision. This appeal was heard in Supreme Court. This court decided that the case should be referred once again to the European Court of Justice for consideration...
Published: Wednesday, December 08, 2010
Snowy greetings friends!Women's Therapy Centre Christmas cards are now available for purchase - actually, the cards can be used for many occasions so more reason to buy them!By purchasing these cards you will be supporting the work of...
You are invited to partake in a spectacle of 'Defiance and Hope' on Friday night @ 7pm. It is a creative colourful radical demonstration organised by a broad range of communities to reflect how the heart is being torn out of...
As we speak, the government is rapidly moving to ram through a serious cut to the national minimum wage. The proposed cut would slash €40 a week from the household budgets of tens of thousands of working families across Ireland --...
Published: Tuesday, December 07, 2010
Drastic cuts will condemn families on the breadline to a life of poverty, hunger and homelessness, charities and campaigners claimed tonight.Children's rights activist Norah Gibbons claimed cuts on the poorest who survive on low incomes and social welfare will...
Published: Monday, December 06, 2010
5 December 2010 By Susan Lynch in the Sunday Business PostThe abolition of certain tax reliefs and cuts in social welfare and the minimum wage will draw the ire of both ends of the earning spectrumWhile it is almost inconceivable to imagine...
LENIHAN'S BUDGET IS BAD FOR WOMEN, BAD FOR CHILDREN, BAD FOR THE ECONOMY, SAYS NATIONAL WOMEN'S COUNCIL OF IRELAND.A recent poll showed that 8 out of 10 Irish people would favour some sort of Wealth Tax. Yet the government persists in...
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security - The background to the development of Ireland's National Action PlanCurrently the Irish Government, led by the Department of Foreign Affairs, is developing Ireland's National Action Plan on United Nation's...
Published: Thursday, December 02, 2010
SAFE Ireland Release of Annual Statistics 2009 7,512 women, 2,462 children supported and over 34,000 helpline calls to domestic violence services in 2009 Ireland is now gambling recklessly with the lives of women and children seeking support for domestic violence said SAFE Ireland, the representative...
Dear friends & colleagues,For full information about our Professional Volunteer Programme for Psychotherapists please visit the 'Recruitment' page of our website - www.womenstherapycentre.iePlease forward this to anyone whom you think may be interested.With kind regards &...
Three million girls and women are subjected to female genital mutilation worldwide each year.That's 8000 girls per day.Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a form of violence against women and children that can amount to torture.The practice violates:* Right...
Published: Wednesday, December 01, 2010
A three day seminar is being held in Derry this week to discuss the often forgotten victims of the troubles in Northern Ireland, women and children.The seminar is being attended by experts from the Republic, Scotland and the US...
Please see attached this weeks newsletter.LINC newsletter is up on the website.... see www.linc.ie
Introduction of a Wealth TaxIn the recent MRBI poll1 commissioned by the Community Platform, a total of 82% of the 1016 people questioned stated that they agreed that the Government should introduce a wealth tax on individuals who have net assets (including...
UNITE the union is pleased to invite you to attend the launch and discussion of: The People's Budget - An alternative approach for fiscal stability and the people of Ireland At The Georgian Suite, Buswells Hotel, Molesworth Street, Dublin 2 On...
Brain Gain Ireland invites you to a networking meeting on December 4th 2010. Venue : Maldron Hotel, SmithfieldTime : 7pm - 12 MidnightAdmission : FreeFinger food will be served and there will be music & entertainment from around the world.For further information and to...
Notice of Annual General MeetingDate: Saturday 11th December Venue: 9C Lower Abbey Street, Dublin Central Mission, Dublin 1 Time: 12:00- 3:30pm
Published: Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Press Release The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC), with the support of Cosc, the National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence and the NDP, has launched the second part of its Public Awareness Outdoor Campaign 2010....
Published: Monday, November 29, 2010
Experts from NI and the Republic, Scotland and the US, are to gather in Derry this week to discuss cross border strategies to deal with the legacy of the Troubles for victims of sexual and domestic violence. Those taking part...
FAMILIES face the prospect of larger income tax increases than single earners being imposed on them over the life of the Government's four-year plan.Figures supplied by the Government last week in the four-year plan, known as the National Recovery...
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