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Published: Thursday, November 21, 2024
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWC) and Women for Election are calling on general election candidates to commit to increasing women’s representation in the next Dáil term. NWC have highlighted 10 key asks for...
Published: Friday, June 11, 2010
THE GENDER EQUALITY ARCHITECTURE REFORM CAMPAIGN (GEAR) IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE LAUNCH OF THE OFFICIAL GLOBAL GEAR CAMPAIGN WEBSITEThe GEAR Campaign invites civil society organizations and individuals from around the world to join the global campaign to create a...
Former Taoiseach Dr. Garret FitzGerald launched our campaign.Now it is your turn to make the campaign a reality!What we need you to do:1. Put the logo of the campaign on your website. 2. Encourage your supporters to send an...
The following OECD publications are hot off the press! Measuring Innovation - A New PerspectiveTaxing Wages 2009OECD Reviews of Human Resource Management in Government: Brazil 2010OECD Reviews of Labour Market and Social Policies: Estonia 2010CLICK HERE
Theme: Fostering integration - what can we do to develop a model for social cohesion in diverse Ireland?Tuesday June 29, 2010Registration: 10amEvent: 10.30-1pmVenue: Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Golden Lane, Dublin 8The event will also mark the closing of the...
Strategies for PolicymakersTop recommendationsThese policies are proven to increase women's participation in government (a complete list of recommendations can be found on page 4):Demand women's inclusion in transitional institutions, especially constitution-drafting bodies.Support constitutional provisions, such as parliamentary and executive...
No matter how the Government spins it, this proposal will hit the weakest in society, writes Jerome ReillyAt first impression, the Government's plan to abolish One-Parent Family Payments once the youngest child reaches 13 years has the heavy stamp of the...
My daughter was telling me about a Justin Timberlake song in which, she said, he compares the girl with a takeaway. I looked up the lyrics "Take my order cause your body's like a carry out..." Ads flashed across the...
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...
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