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Women and the work place

Published: Sunday, July 10, 2011

Eskimos don't actually have hundreds of words for snow. In fact, it's the Lapp people of northern Europe who do.Likewise, in Italian, there's no direct translation for the term 'politically correct'.True, the Italians will sometimes wrap their tongues...

Dismay as low waged workers are left in a limbo

Published: Thursday, July 07, 2011

Yesterday's decision by the High Court that the JLC (Joint Labour Committee) system for setting wages is unconstitutional has been widely condemned.Among the 200,000 effected by this ruling, the implications for women in Ireland will be serious."Failure to protect...

Sudanese journalist jailed for reporting rape women’s rape claim

Published: Thursday, July 07, 2011

A journalist has been jailed for a month by a court in northern Sudan after she reported the claim by youth activist Safiya Eshaq that she was raped by Khartoum security forces (see WVoN story).Fatima Ghazali, a reporter at...

Glass ceiling a persistent reality in many of Iseq’s big-name companies

Published: Thursday, July 07, 2011

The majority of board memberships, executive and non-executive are still held by menDESPITE THE changing nature of gender relations in the workplace over the last few decades, corporate Ireland remains a predominantly male domain.An analysis of the board configuration...

Urgent Appeal on behalf of imprisoned doctors in Bahrain

Published: Tuesday, July 05, 2011

CRISIS IN BAHRAIN - As the human rights crisis continues in Bahrain Front Line is deeply concerned about the ongoing prosecution of doctors and nurses who are facing the prospect of prison sentences simply because they treated injured demonstrators during...

Millions of women have no access to justice, says UN

Published: Tuesday, July 05, 2011

MORE THAN 50 per cent of working women globally, 600 million, are trapped in insecure jobs without legal protection, according to the first report of the new agency UN Women.A similar number do not have even basic protection against domestic violence,...

Women in Northern Ireland ‘back to 1950s’ in recession: ‘rebalance’ needed

Published: Monday, July 04, 2011

Women in Northern Ireland are being driven back into the household by the global recession, according to a new report which likens the current situation to that of the 1950s.The report, 'Women on the Edge of the NI Economy',...

EU report on fundamental rights of ‘irregular migrants’

Published: Monday, July 04, 2011

The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has today published a report on the fundamental rights of irregular migrants who are employed as domestic workers in the European Union (EU).Most irregular migrants in domestic work are women.The...

We Are Men: Changing how young men think

Published: Monday, July 04, 2011

Will talking about rape through songs and a Jackass-style video change how young men think? Joan Smith looks at a campaign aiming to find outA young man tries to vault a parking meter and falls flat on his face. A...

Magdalene pension claim supported by ‘ample evidence’

Published: Sunday, July 03, 2011

THERE IS already "ample evidence" of the State's involvement in the Magdalene laundries for these women to at least receive pensions for the years of unpaid work they carried out, a meeting of the Irish Women Survivors Support Network in...

Marie Keating Foundation sun campaign

Published: Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Skin cancer is the most common cancer in Ireland.This summer the Marie Keating Foundation is answering the Burning Questions about sun safety through providing the facts about how to avoid getting sunburned by using sun cream effectively and knowing...

Government must act to save lives of Irish trained medics in Bahrain, says National Women’s Council

Published: Monday, June 27, 2011

Press Release The National Women's Council of Ireland has called urgently on the Irish government to intervene to protect the lives of Irish trained and other medical staff in Bahrain. At its Annual General Meeting in Dublin yesterday [ Thursday 23rd...

Women’s Manifesto Group: Opportunity for Women to Collectively Reconnect with Local Politics

Published: Monday, June 27, 2011

Longford Women's Manifesto Group was formed two years when women in the county felt alienated from local politics and dissatisfied with decision making processes. Women, within households, communities and society, do not have the same access to and control over...

Wage reforms ‘could cause poverty’

Published: Monday, June 27, 2011

ENTERPRISE Minister Richard Bruton has been warned that his proposals to reform wage-setting mechanisms could cause poverty for hundreds of thousands of low-paid workers.A coalition of unions and social justice groups has written to Mr Bruton, calling on him...

Kathleen Lynch T.D. Minister of State for Equality Speech at National Women’s Council AGM June 2011

Published: Sunday, June 26, 2011

INTRODUCTION TO MINISTER LYNCH BY CLARE TREACEY, CHAIRPERSON OF THE NWCI.These are hard times for women in Ireland, and they don't look set to get any better any time soon. In such times, it is important to have champions,...

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