UN CERD Echoes ENAR Ireland concerns that racism has fallen off the political agenda in Ireland

Published: Sunday, February 27, 2011

Members, please find below a brief note on the CERD Hearing. Members shall receive a full report of ENAR Ireland participation at the CERD Hearing in Geneva 22-23 February including in the NGO Formal Presentation to the CERD Committee and...

REVIEW OF SERVICE PROVISION FOR WOMEN INVOLVED IN PROSTITUTION IN DUBLIN 24

Published: Thursday, February 24, 2011

SPEECH BY NATIONAL WOMEN'S COUNCIL CHIEF EXECUTIVE SUSAN MCKAY, AT LAUNCH OF THE "REVIEW OF SERVICE PROVISION FOR WOMEN INVOLVED IN PROSTITUTION IN DUBLIN 2422 FEBRUARY 2011When Gardai interviewed the women they found when they raided brothels run by Carlow man...

100 YEARS OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY ON 8 MARCH 2011

Published: Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Important Notice for Women over 30

Published: Saturday, February 19, 2011

Door to Work

Published: Thursday, February 17, 2011

Justice for Magdalenes - Election 2011 Campaign

Published: Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Justice for Magdalenes is calling on the next Irish government to do the following:Issue an official apology from the Irish State and the Catholic ChurchEstablish a distinct redress scheme for Magdalene survivorsImmediately adopt the IHRC recommendation to establish a...

Women still must jump too many hurdles to win in politics

Published: Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Opinion piece from Breda O'Brien in The Irish Times, Saturday 12th February"Political parties have a big influence on how many women's names appear on ballot papers.'FIANNA FÁIL? I would rather stick pins in my eyes. You are...

Sign the Petition: Put More Women in the Dáil

Published: Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Claiming our Future has launched a petition to put more women into the Dáil.The National Women's Council welcomes this initiative by Claiming our Future, in which we are involved, and we urge all of our members and supporters...

Members Meeting on 17th February

Published: Monday, February 14, 2011

The NWCI and Longford Women's Link are hosting a Members Meeting on 17th February, 2011 on the topic of "Women and Politics" in the Family Centre, Longford. It promises to be an exciting meeting with a presentation from the Longford Women's...

AIMS Ireland - Twenty reasons to amend Sections 24 and 40

Published: Sunday, February 13, 2011

1. The Bill fails to reflect modern midwifery legislation in countries such as Canada and New Zealand.2. If Section 24 is passed as drafted, then midwifery will be the only health care profession in Ireland without the ability to govern itself.3. Midwives...

AIMS Ireland - An election opportunity

Published: Sunday, February 13, 2011

The Association for Improvements in Maternity Services Ireland, AIMS Ireland, welcomes the upcoming 2011 General Election and would like to offer you an exciting and rare election opportunity.AIMS Ireland is a non-profit, voluntary organisation with charity status. AIMS Ireland offers...

More Women in the Dail Petition

Published: Sunday, February 13, 2011

Colleagues We went live with the petition for more women in politics over the weekend - now we need to get the message out as widely as possible to build up the numbers Attached is a press statement we put...

Women to make up just 15pc of election candidates

Published: Monday, January 31, 2011

WOMEN will account for just 15pc of the candidates running in the general election -- despite making up half of the population.Despite promises from all parties to tackle the under-representation of women, there are just 56 females among the 381 candidates...

European Cervical Cancer Prevention Week

Published: Wednesday, January 19, 2011

European Cervical Cancer Prevention Week is taking place between 23-29 January 2011. The aim of this campaign is to raise awareness about how cervical cancer can be prevented and to encourage women to avail of a free cervical screen funded by...

Nurses and Midwives Bill goes before Dáil Tues Jan 18th

Published: Monday, January 17, 2011

The Nurses and Midwives Bill goes before the Dáil this Tuesday, Jan 18th. Please support the Campaign to amend sections 24 and 40 in order to protect women's right to make informed decisions in maternity care and the autonomy of the...