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NWCI Member’s Meeting 14th May

Published: Wednesday, May 04, 2011

NWCI are pleased to announce our Members Meeting called "Women in the Media NOT" will take place on the 14th May in Clarion Hotel. The day will include presentations and a panel discussion from well-known and well-established women from all...

Gareth Peirce - Birmingham Six Lawyer speaks on Torture and the ‘War on Terror’

Published: Thursday, April 28, 2011

Gareth Peirce, the London solicitor who fought for the release of the Birmingham Six, Guildford Four, Maguire Family and Judith Ward, all wrongly convicted of IRA bombings in Britain in the 1970s, will give the Law Society's Annual Human Rights...

Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera: Masterpieces of the Jacques & Natasha Gelman Collection

Published: Thursday, April 28, 2011

6 April - 26 June 2001, Irish Museum of Modern Art, New Galleries.Whatever you think of Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), you cannot deny her colourful and rich embrace of life, politics, science, psychology and art. Here was a woman very much alive and...

Sign the ILO Petition for Domestic Workers Rights

Published: Tuesday, April 19, 2011

International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention on Decent Work for Domestic Workers 2011On 1 March DWAG (Domestic Workers Action Group) launched a campaign calling on the Irish Government to commit to supporting an ILO Convention on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Last...

Cabinet discussed possible changes to abortion law

Published: Tuesday, April 19, 2011

CABINET HAS discussed the ossibility of amending Ireland's abortion laws, according to inister of State for Disability, Equality and Mental Health, Kathleen Lynch.Ms Lynch yesterday launched a new report which called for the immediate enactment of legislation "to clarify...

Minister Lynch Launches innovative Project in Longford

Published: Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Recently appointed Gender Equality Minister Kathleen Lynch launched an exciting initiative in Longford this evening which will provide gender specific mentoring for 15 budding entrepreneurs from Counties Longford and Westmeath.Click here to read the Merrionstreet.ie article in full.

The Bard Summer School ‘11

Published: Monday, April 18, 2011

The Tain - Is enough as good as a feast?This year is dedicated to exploring the contemporary relevance of the wisdom of the ancient myths.This Year's Summer School Takes Place: 6 July - 10 July 2011Guest Poet: Mary O'MalleyClick here...

Joint Shadow Report to the First Periodic Review of Ireland under the United Nations Convention agai

Published: Wednesday, April 13, 2011

The Irish Council of Civil Liberties and the Irish Penal Reform Trust have produced a Submission to the Committee to the First Periodic Review of Ireland under the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment...

Health risks linked to HRT disappear as therapy ends

Published: Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Good news for women in their 50s -- the health risks related to hormone replacement therapy with oestrogen, aimed at treating menopause symptoms, might go away after women stop the treatments, according to a study. Click here to read the...

Reaction to France’s Burqa Ban

Published: Monday, April 11, 2011

France's controversial ban on certain kinds of Muslim veils took effect on Monday, 11th April, 2011.Consequently, French police arrested two women outside Notre Dame just hours after. Police claimed the women were arrested for taking part in an unauthorized protest...

Turn Off the Red Light Campaign - Briefing Paper

Published: Sunday, April 10, 2011

Briefing Paper: Turn off the Red LightCampaign to criminalise the purchase of sex and stop the demand for trafficked and prostituted women and girls in IrelandFebruary 2, 2011The Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI) is an independent human rights organisation. We advocate...

Marathon Registrations by APRIL 27th for the Women’s Therapy Centre

Published: Tuesday, April 05, 2011

The WTC are still in need of participants for the Women's Mini Marathonon June 6th. Please confirm your participation with us and, crucially,you must submit your entry form and fee directly to the Flora Women'sMini Marathon by APRIL 27TH!! ...

GARDA COMMISSIONER MUST ACT IMMEDIATELY TO REASSURE WOMEN THAT SEXISM IN RELATION TO RAPE IS UNACCEP

Published: Tuesday, April 05, 2011

'Joking about raping women is never funny and the Garda Commissioner must act immediately to show that the appalling attitudes displayed by members of the force are unacceptable and will not be tolerated,'said Susan McKay, chief executive of the...

Caring for Carers Ireland, Annual Conference, 26 March 2011

Published: Sunday, April 03, 2011

Clare Treacy, chairperson of the National Women's Council of Ireland, gave a presentation on a gender perspective of caring at the Annual Conference of Caring of Careers Ireland."The NWCI has a mission to promote the equality and participation of...

Banúlacht launch the Mná Sasa manifesto

Published: Monday, March 21, 2011

New on Banúlacht's websiteOn March 1st last, Banúlacht launched the Mná Sasa manifesto: a grassroots feminist manifesto developed by Irish and Tanzanian participants in the Banúlacht - Kivulini ExChange programme. For more information about the Manifesto, and...

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