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Recession causes surge in helpline calls as families break up and lose jobs

Published: Wednesday, June 30, 2010

At today's launch of their 2009 Annual Report Karen Kiernan, One Family Director reported that the national askonefamily helpline recorded a 24% increase in calls in 2009 as a direct result of the recession. Commenting on the types of calls received Kiernan said...

Member organisations’s campaigns to introduce National Guidelines for clinical practice in maternity

Published: Monday, June 28, 2010

Dear colleague,Since our last communication regarding our campaign on the issue of informed consent in Irish maternity services, much has happened. We have met with the HSE, received correspondence from Minister Harney, and a meeting is arranged between AIMSI...

Protect Minimum Wage

Published: Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Cutting the minimum wage is not the answerA flawed assumption prevails within business, media and political circles that cutting the minimum wage would somehow assist economic recovery and improve competitiveness. For starters this approach will not help create employment. Much...

Reflecting on Our Spaces at the CSW

Published: Wednesday, April 28, 2010

By Margot Baruch & Keely SwanAs young women working in a feminist and women's human rights organization based in the global North, we attended the 54th session on the UN Commission of the Status of Women and have the following...

European Womens Lobby Strategic plan

Published: Saturday, April 24, 2010

Deadline: 5 May 2010Dear EWL members,We are pleased to invite you to contribute to the next EWL Strategic Plan for the period 2011-2015. As a membership-based organisation with more than 2500 Member Organisations, the European Women's Lobby views the contribution of...

Europa Donna wins award ‘9 Things you Should Know about Breast Cancer’

Published: Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Our Members and partners in all things Breast health, Europa Donna Ireland have just won a Crystal Clear Award for health literacy. Their "9 Things you Should Know about Breast Cancer" Leaflet, launched by Minister Mary Harney last October was given...

NWCI supports the MCRI Campaign for the Rights of Migrant Workers to Change Employers

Published: Thursday, April 15, 2010

Minister Batt O'KeeffeMinister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation23 Kildare StreetDublin 2 16 April 2010 Dear Minister O'Keeffe, The National Women's Council of Ireland is shocked by the exploitation of migrant workers in this country by unscrupulous employers, and we call on you to...

AIMS Ireland Press Release —April 7, 2010

Published: Monday, April 12, 2010

Nearly a quarter of women found the care they received in the Irish Maternity System after they gave birth to be "poor". A new survey carried out by AIMS Ireland (Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services, Ireland) found that 22%...

Ireland: A Land of a thousand welcomes?