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Published: Friday, February 07, 2025
The National Women’s Council (NWC) today (7th February) welcomed the nomination of 7 women by the Taoiseach to the Seanad as a step to address women’s underrepresentation in our Oireachtas. However, the overall picture...
Published: Monday, February 13, 2012
With President Michael D Higgins, poet Paula Meehan, Musicians and FriendsThurs March 8th Registration tea/coffee 10.15 -- 10.45amVenue: NWCI, 4th Floor 2-3 Parnell sq. East, Dublin 1 Rsvp: anneg@nwci.ie /01- 8787248Click here to read about the history of IWD...
Published: Thursday, February 09, 2012
SEX trade campaigners have claimed backing from 80 TDs and senators for their demands to criminalise prostitution in Ireland.An umbrella group, calling itself Turn off the Red Light, want to see Nordic-style legislation introduced here which would grant sex workers...
RTÉ HAS BEEN commended for its investigative piece on the proliferation of prostitution in Ireland which aired last night.Following the broadcast of Paul Maguire's documentary Profiting from Prostitution, help group Ruhama said the programme left "no stone unturned in...
SEANAD: AN RTÉ documentary on prostitution raised profound questions as to how such widespread activity, presumably known to the Garda, could be revealed but was not being prosecuted, Katherine Zappone (Ind) said.Prime Time Investigates exposed the chilling reality for...
Published: Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Pavee Point are organising a candlelight vigil this Friday as a mark of respect for Marioara Rostas. This will be a silent vigil to express solidarity and support for her family. Where: Beside Pearse St. Garda Station, outside the Screen...
Racism is criminal. We need legislation that deals with racist crime. We call on the Irish Government to Reform the Law Now.I believe that the Irish Government should take immediate steps to reform the prosecution and sentencing of racist...
Published: Monday, January 30, 2012
The Board of the National Women's Council of Ireland is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Orla O'Connor as Acting Chief Executive of the NWCI with immediate effect.Ms. O'Connor is currently Head of Policy at the NWCI and...
Published: Wednesday, January 25, 2012
The NWCI is moving premises from 9 Marlborough Court, Marlborough Street to 4th Floor, 2/3 Parnell Square East, Dublin 1. Due to the move, our main phone line and email service will not be available until Tuesday 31st January. If your message is...
Published: Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Sean Carter, who performs under the name Jay-Z, has apparently vowed never again to use the word bitch in the wake of the birth of his daughter, Blue Ivy Carter. And while I celebrate and congratulate his new fatherhood, this...
Today marks the official launch of Marriage Equality's new Civil Partnership Supplier Directory - an online resource for same sex couples planning their civil partnership ceremonies. The new section of the Marriage Equality website - which went live on December ...
Published: Thursday, January 12, 2012
When Rooney Mara, star of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, suggested that Lisbeth Salander was not a feminist, Stieg Larsson's partner knew how to put her down. "Does she know what film she has been in?" asked Eva Gabrielsson,...
Who says feminists can only be leftwing? An influential group of Conservative women MPs are increasingly vocal about the need to tackle gender equality. With radical views on parenting and work, can free-market feminism leave its mark?The woman in...
Published: Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Following a successful nomination to the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) by Marriage Equality, Senator Katherine Zappone and her partner Dr Ann Louise Gilligan have been featured in the EU organisation's "Women Inspiring Europe" 2012 calendar. With the publication of...
Published: Monday, January 09, 2012
The National Women's Council of Ireland CEO Susan McKay is to speak at the "HOW TO ELECT MORE WOMEN?" ConferenceA Conference convened by MINISTER OF STATE, KATHLEEN LYNCH, T.D., Minister for Disability, Equality, Mental Health and Older People And...
Published: Thursday, January 05, 2012
The Older Women's Network is holding a lunch to celebrate Nollaig na Mban on Wednesday January 18th next in the Academy Plaza Hotel at 1.15pm. Our guest speaker Miriam O'Reilly, the former BBC presenter of Countryfile will be making a...
Published: Wednesday, January 04, 2012
The US ranks 40th in the world for women's political empowerment and 72nd for parliamentary representation -- legislatures, state and national.Shocked by these stats, feminist satirist and media critic Soroya Chemaly picks up on a question asked in a...
INAR- the voice of anti-racism in IrelandIn Ireland we work to counter racism with help from our friends and supportersWhat we doThe European Network Against Racism (ENAR) Ireland is a national network of anti-racist NGOs, which aims to work collectively...
Women's e-News has identified seven powerful change advocates for 2012.The seven - Susan L. Blount, Nancy Duff Campbell, Marcia D. Greenberger, Joe Keefe, Yousriya Loza-Sawiris, Natalia Oberti Noguera, Sue Osthoff and Julie Thukral - have been selected for being 'outstanding...
Published: Monday, January 02, 2012
'It is time for us to say here in Beijing, and the world to hear, that it is no longer acceptable to discuss women's rights as separate from human rights.'In Beijing in 1995, Hillary Rodham Clinton made her now historic...
Published: Monday, December 19, 2011
Eóin Murray,National Women's Council of IrelandIrish women have this week been left with a bittersweet taste in their mouths after the release of a bill designed to get more women involved in politics.The historic Electoral (Amendment) (Political...
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