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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: Tuesday, September 21, 2010
The Executive Council of Congress has organised a protest gathering to take place outside of Leinster House (Kildare Street entrance), onWednesday 29thSeptember between 1-2pm (assemble at 12.30pm outside Anglo Irish Bank, Stephen's Green), as part of the ETUC day...
Published: Monday, September 13, 2010
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today named former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet to head United Nations Women (UN Women), a newly created entity to oversee all of the world body's programmes aimed at promoting women's rights and full participation in global affairs...
Published: Monday, September 06, 2010
Dear colleagues and supportersof the Act Now on 2015 campaign, As you know, in less than 3 weeks' time, the UN Summit on the MDGs will take place in New York, taking stock of progress towards the Millennium Development Goals.In addition...
Published: Saturday, September 04, 2010
Mary Harney, Minister for Health & Children, today (Thursday 2nd September, 2010) welcomed the publication of the findings of the All-Ireland Traveller Health Study, which she launched in July 2007.The Department of Health and Children in conjunction with the Department of...
Published: Monday, August 30, 2010
For nine years, Wal-Mart has fought to stave off a class-action lawsuit alleging that the company has long discriminated against its female workers in pay and promotions. So far it has avoided a trial on the merits of the issue....
Published: Sunday, August 29, 2010
Dear Supporter, As someone who cares about children in the developing world, can I ask for a minute of your time?Last year Ireland made a promise to spend 0.7% of our national income on overseas aid by 2015. We must keep...
Published: Thursday, August 26, 2010
HEART DISEASE is the number one killer of Irish women, the Irish Heart Foundation said yesterday as it announced events for next month to highlight the issue.Consultant physician Dr Kate McGarry, chairwoman of the foundation's council on women and...
Published: Tuesday, August 17, 2010
By Madeline HawkeAs 400 women and men flooded into the Kilbride suite of the Ormonde Hotel on Friday evening in Kilkenny, it was clear to see that feminism has not lost it's appeal. "40 years of feminism: A discussion on where we...
Published: Thursday, August 12, 2010
Reviewing women's political representation in Ireland will be the focus of a conference taking place at UCC next month. UCC Women's Studies in conjunction with the Political Studies Association of Ireland (PSAI) will present the one day conference 'Moving in...
Published: Wednesday, August 11, 2010
AN 80-YEAR-OLD woman is organising a one-day boycott of Sunday Mass "by the faithful women of Ireland" next month.Jennifer Sleeman from Clonakilty in Cork said she wants "to let the Vatican and the Irish church know that women are...
Published: Monday, August 02, 2010
Another grim tale by Ciara Moynihan of the Mayo NewsDespite the seasonal upswing, the hotel industry remains in a desperate state. According to an Irish Hotels Federation (IHF) survey conducted this year, 88 per cent of hoteliers were concerned about the...
Published: Wednesday, July 28, 2010
By Susan McKay, CEO of National Women's Council of IrelandOne day last week, in an Irish city, a woman met her husband's psychiatrist. The husband had been violent and abusive towards the woman throughout their marriage. He was attending the...
Published: Tuesday, July 27, 2010
A city council has insisted it intends to remove a sculpture erected just last year to women who suffered at a Magdalene laundry.The sculpture was erected on International Women's Day in March last year close to the former Magdalene...
Published: Sunday, July 25, 2010
ANALYSIS: The Vatican must no longer be granted immunity from equality legislation, in the name of liberty, equality, and even the Gospel, writes MARY CONDRENTHE VATICAN'S recent Normae de Gravioribus Delictis document prescribes automatic excommunication for anyone involved in the...
Published: Thursday, July 01, 2010
The UN General Assembly reached an "informal agreement" to establish a single UN body with greater clout to promote equality for women.Jamal Benomar, chief of staff to the General Assembly president, said that the 192-member world body scheduled a...
Published: Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Salome Mbugua, CEO of the African & Migrant women's network, AkiDwA, was today elected as deputy chairperson of the National Women's Council at the organisations annual general meeting in Dublin today. Tessa Collins, domestic violence co-ordinator with Pavee Point, was...
Published: Saturday, June 19, 2010
As the 10th anniversary approaches of the historic UN Security Council Resolution on women, peace and security (UN SCR 1325), civil society groups launch a Best Practice Guide and call on Government to develop an effective and inclusive Irish National Action...
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: Wednesday, June 02, 2010
WOMEN LEADERS AT UN-HOSTED FORUM URGE JUST & PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICTWomen leaders attending a United Nations-hosted conference in Madrid called for a just and peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including an end to the three-year-old blockade of...
Published: Sunday, May 30, 2010
Israeli commandos descending from helicopters stormed the six-boat flotilla in the early hours , while it was in international waters about 40 miles (64km) from Gaza, where Israel has no jurisdiction. Israel's military assault on a humanitarian mission is further evidence of...
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