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Published: Thursday, October 22, 2026
NWC is hiring a Senior Policy Coordinator to lead and coordinate policy development, advocacy, research, and campaigns in line with NWC’s Strategic Plan. The role will play a central part in advancing women’s equality through strategic...
Published: Tuesday, August 16, 2011
UK Feminista's 'suffragette school' gave budding activists the tools they need to build a fairer world.School's out for 500 activists as they graduated yesterday from UK Feminista's second summer school. With interest in feminism sparking across the UK, this weekend's ...
Published: Monday, August 15, 2011
CALLS to a rape crisis helpline rose by almost a fifth last year as it was forced to cut its budget by 20%.Galway Rape Crisis Centre (GRCC) heard from 621 people in 2010, up from 518 the previous year, many who have waited...
Published: Sunday, August 14, 2011
Two-day UK Feminista event aims to mobilise activists and school them in art of campaigning and direct action.After just one day of classes at her summer school of choice, Emily Birkenshaw had already learned a crucial lesson: how to ...
Published: Thursday, August 11, 2011
This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to contribute to and engage with the work of Ruhama. They will be developing and providing a range of innovative supports and systems to support women wishing to engage in Ruhama's...
Published: Monday, August 08, 2011
Ireland's leading national organistaion against domestic violence, Women's Aid, has welcomed the recent amendments to the Domestic Violence Act. These amendments, which have been long-campaigned for, means that more people can be protected by the law, regardless of their cohabitation...
Fine Gael deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor was recently caught up in a Dáil row after being the subject of sexist remarks by Independent TD Mick Wallace. Writing for TheJournal.ie, she argues that a better balance of the sexes...
I've been reading about the resurgence in feminism since I picked up my first copy of The Women's Room by Marilyn FrenchIf you haven't already, you little scamp, go at once, find this and read it - Right. Now.Those...
Published: Thursday, August 04, 2011
OBJECT, a UK group against the objectification of women, is running a new campaign to put pressure on MPs to end the promotion of pornography in our mainstream press once and for all.We're all aware of the recent media...
Article by Darinagh BoyleSix years after it was commissioned in a blaze of publicity, a sculpture honouring the contribution female factory workers made to this city - is gathering dust in storage, where it is likely to remain for at...
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...
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