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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, December 15, 2011
The Irish Feminist Network, a group working toward increased gender equality in Ireland, has called upon senators to vote against the Social Welfare Bill 2011. The bill is before the Seanad this week, having been passed by Dáil Éireann last...
Published: Sunday, December 11, 2011
National Women's Council Members and Friends Meeting, Mount Errigal Hotel, Donegal, 12 December, 2011Context of Budget 2012Unemployment : Women's unemployment has now rapidly increased. Women's unemployment has increased by 10.1% in the last year in comparison to 6.8% for men. Poverty : Women's Poverty has...
Published: Tuesday, December 06, 2011
As I begin, I would just like to say that I am conscious that the last Minister who stood up here to announce the Government's spending plans was the late Brian Lenihan. I believe that it is appropriate that his...
OPPOSITION LEADERS HAVE slated the Government's plans for Budget 2012, saying that the measures are a "missed opportunity" that will prove a "body blow" to people and businesses.Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin, Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams,...
Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Equality Dara Calleary has said that mothers will bear a "disproportionate burden" following today's Budget.Mr Calleary said that there is a clear gender "imbalance" in the Budget.He said: "This is made all the...
UTube video documentary film made by Ros Kavanagh in which Catherine Morris gives a tour of "Alice Milligan and the Irish Cultural Revival" the exhibition she curated with the National Library of Ireland. The show, which was opened by Fiona...
Published: Sunday, December 04, 2011
On Monday December 12th women from throughout Ireland will meet in Letterkenny to discuss the outcome and potential impact of Budget 2012 on women in Ireland. The meeting being hosted by the National Women's Council of Ireland, The National Collective of...
Safe Ireland, the national organisation for 40 frontline domestic violence services, were received by President Higgins at Áras an Uachtarain today.The visit was an acknowledgement of the work carried out by Safe Ireland and its members in providing support to...
First Safe Ireland Week asks family and friends to know the signs and be informed about how they can help someone living with abuse.Nearly 30% of women attending Safe Ireland domestic violence services said that they had heard about the...
Published: Thursday, December 01, 2011
Women have been turning out in force in the early days of Egypt's parliamentary elections this week, some queuing for as long as seven or eight hours to cast their vote. But there are mounting concerns that the first election...
Mary Makukula was serially abused by her husband for decades. In 2008, his blows were hard enough to knock out her two front teeth.Mary's neighbours, who had closed their eyes and ears to the abuse for years, could no longer...
Human rights groups such as Tanggol Bayi and the Kasimbayan Women's Collective, protested at the Department of Justice in Manila yesterday, to seek justice for the victims of human rights violations.The groups marked International Women Human Rights Defenders Day...
The continuing lack of equality between men and women is the root cause of incidents of domestic and gender related violence, a conference on fighting domestic violence has been told.Council of Europe (CoE) Deputy Secretary-General Maud de Boer-Buquiccio said: ...
Published: Wednesday, November 30, 2011
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An award winning journalist has made a 50 minute documentary showing what life is like for Syrian women living in a male-dominated society.Lina Alabed's documentary recently premiered at the third annual Doha Tribeca Film Festival in Qatar. It centres on...
As several countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) elect bodies to write new constitutions, women are looking to expand their rights through legislation.TUNISIA'S newly elected constituent assembly has begun a year-long process of writing a new...
STAFF at West Limerick Resources in Abbeyfeale and Newcastle West, along with local women's support services, family resource centres, student groups and other community organisations are to raise awareness of domestic violence by joining this year's 16 Days of Action campaign...
Activists take steps to reduce male dominance - but critics say more is needed to stop women being 'patronised and policed'At a gathering of Occupy Wall Street activists at a public space in New York on Monday, one young woman...
Published: Sunday, November 27, 2011
SUPPORTING women and children raped and tortured during conflict will be the heart of Ireland's foreign policy, Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore vowed today.The country will champion the cause of those who faced gender-based violence in war zones and developing countries,...
Members of the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) have cautiously welcomed media reports on the findings of the review of the Joint Labour Committee (JLC) process for setting the minimum wage in certain low paid sectors.The EAPN's 2020 Ireland Europe Working...
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