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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: Wednesday, August 03, 2011
The U.S. is helping recruit and train thousands of women for Afghanistan's police and army, even as officials seek a peace agreement that might return some power to their former tormentors, the Taliban.Some 1,200 women serve in Afghanistan's national...
Irish diplomat Maeve Collins has been named the new Deputy Head of the European Union's delegation in Japan.She will now be the number two in the group that represents European economic and political interests in one of the Union's...
Published: Tuesday, July 26, 2011
PRESS RELEASE The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre will not be able to continue to deliver at the current rate of demand unless the government grant is realistically stabilised, according the Ellen O'Malley Dunlop, CEO of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre....
Published: Thursday, July 21, 2011
For Somali women and children fleeing conflict and the worst drought in over 60 years means risking their lives. They walk through the desert with nothing but the clothes on their backs for as long as a month to get to...
The NWCI welcomes the publication of 'Pregnancy at Work: A National Survey, by the Crisis Pregnancy Agency and the Equality Authority. The Survey provides valuable data and information on women's experience in paid work during and after pregnancy. The Survey...
Published: Tuesday, July 19, 2011
The National Womens Council of Ireland warmly welcomes the appointment of the Honourable Susan Gageby Denham as the next Chief Justice of Ireland. This will make her the first woman to hold the position and the 11th Chief Justice in...
Published: Monday, July 18, 2011
The National Womens Council of Ireland are happy to announce our support for the Kathleen Lynn National Children's Hospital Campaign as organised by Marie Mulholland and Tom Stokes.In light of all of her influential and wonderful work in helping...
Published: Sunday, July 17, 2011
The issue of gender imbalance is not just limited to the boardrooms of private companies; there is also substantial evidence of an imbalance in favour of men across local government. In order to address the under-representation of women in management...
Viviane Reding the EU's gender equality commissioner, warned last week that Europe will suffer if it does not promote more women to top positions because of a shortage of talent across an ageing continent.Click here to read the full...
'The model of society being held up for women is: "go back to the home, pick up the unpaid caring role that we, the governments, cannot cover and we will focus on incentivising your husband to support you".(The Northern...
A campaign to give UK women the right to know if their partners have a history of violence was launched today.Hazel Blears, former Home Office minister, is leading the proposal, Clare's Law, named after Clare Wood who was murdered...
Published: Thursday, July 14, 2011
IN 2010, A TOTAL of 4,402 women travelled from Ireland to Britain for abortion - 12 women every day.Since abortion was legalised in Britain in 1967, more than 140,000 Irish women have had abortions abroad. Irish law on abortion is the most restrictive in...
Caroline English, a London judge, has made legal history by becoming the first to deliver a verdict on her own after discharging a jury.Under the 2003 Criminal Justice Act, judges may continue a trial on their own if satisfied the...
Women - Universities and ZombiesThe higher education system is under attack; this much we know. Scratch beneath the surface and the story is even more apocalyptic, especially if you are a woman, or friends with one, or just someone who...
The National Womens Council of Ireland calls for further action from the Justice Minister Alan Shatter and Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Frances Fitzgerald after the response to the publication of Cloynes Report. The promised referendum will include the...
Published: Wednesday, July 13, 2011
The Vatican's approach to clerical abuse inquiries in Ireland has been branded a disgrace by the Taoiseach today.In the wake of the report into the Catholic Church's response to allegations of abuse in the diocese of Cloyne, Enda Kenny...
CONCERNS have been raised that the terms of reference for the inter-departmental committee to investigate state interaction with the Magdalene Laundries have yet to be made public.The Justice for Magdalenes (JFM) group has written to Justice Minister Alan Shatter...
LEGISLATION TO prevent female genital mutilation "is the first step to ensuring this practice does not take hold in Ireland", Minister for Health Dr James Reilly has told the Dáil. Introducing the Bill, he described the practice of the...
Published: Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Wexford TD Mick Wallace has apologised to a Dáil colleague after he was caught calling her "Miss Piggy" in an exchange with two fellow Independents.Mick Wallace was heard muttering the remark about Fine Gael's Dún Laoghaire TD...
It was refreshing to read the article by Hugh Muir on the approach to female genital mutilation in the UK (Hideously diverse Britain, 5 July). I have worked on FGM in Britain for around 30 years, helping to put it on the...
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