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BAD FOR WOMEN, BAD FOR CHILDREN, BAD FOR THE ECONOMY

Published: Monday, December 06, 2010

LENIHAN'S BUDGET IS BAD FOR WOMEN, BAD FOR CHILDREN, BAD FOR THE ECONOMY, SAYS NATIONAL WOMEN'S COUNCIL OF IRELAND.A recent poll showed that 8 out of 10 Irish people would favour some sort of Wealth Tax. Yet the government persists in...

The background to the development of Ireland’s National Action Plan

Published: Monday, December 06, 2010

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security - The background to the development of Ireland's National Action PlanCurrently the Irish Government, led by the Department of Foreign Affairs, is developing Ireland's National Action Plan on United Nation's...

Sign a rose petal campaign - END FGM

Published: Thursday, December 02, 2010

Three million girls and women are subjected to female genital mutilation worldwide each year.That's 8000 girls per day.Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a form of violence against women and children that can amount to torture.The practice violates:* Right...

unthinkable until somebody understands campaign

Published: Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Press Release The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC), with the support of Cosc, the National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence and the NDP, has launched the second part of its Public Awareness Outdoor Campaign 2010....

"The Other Violence" The Impact of the NI Conflict on Women.

Published: Monday, November 29, 2010

Experts from NI and the Republic, Scotland and the US, are to gather in Derry this week to discuss cross border strategies to deal with the legacy of the Troubles for victims of sexual and domestic violence. Those taking part...

Families to be hit hardest by tax hikes revealed in four-year plan

Published: Monday, November 29, 2010

FAMILIES face the prospect of larger income tax increases than single earners being imposed on them over the life of the Government's four-year plan.Figures supplied by the Government last week in the four-year plan, known as the National Recovery...

Take Part in the Women’s Aid Online Solidarity Balloon Release

Published: Sunday, November 28, 2010

This online release is part of the Women's Aid National Balloon Action in solidarity with the One in Five Women experiencing domestic violence in Ireland which will see thousands of balloons released across Ireland on 25th November.Your involvement in...

Overwhelming Public Support for a Tax on Wealth

Published: Sunday, November 28, 2010

As part of the 4Steps2 Recovery Progressive Tax Campaign, the Community Platform included a question on OmniPoll, Ipsos MRBI's telephone Omnibus to measure support for the introduction of a wealth tax. A nationally representative sample of just over 1,000 adults aged 15+...

Susan McKay awarded Woman of the Year in Public Life, 2010

Published: Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Susan McKay, CEO of the National Women's Council of Ireland, has been awarded a Woman of the Year award by Irish Tatler magazineSusan was presented with the award, for Woman of the Year in Public Life, at a gala event...

Gender Mainstreaming in the Health Service - NWCI seeks to contract a researcher for this exciting p

Published: Tuesday, November 23, 2010

National Women's Council of IrelandGender Mainstreaming Strategy for the Health Service ExecutiveThe NWCI is seeking to contract an experienced and highly skilled researcher for this project.The tender is for the production of a Gender Mainstreaming Strategy for the Health...

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE NATIONAL WOMEN’S COUNCIL OF IRELAND

Published: Monday, November 22, 2010

The majority of workers in the lowest paid sectors of the economy - retail, hotels and restaurants, childcare - are women. On average, women are paid 10.7% less than men. In the private sector, women are paid almost 20% less than men....

Celebrating the work of Alice Milligan ‘possibly the best kept secret in Irish history

Published: Monday, November 22, 2010

Actor Fiona Shaw opens exhibition celebrating the work of Alice Milligan 'possibly the best kept secret in Irish history' - an unjustly forgottenjournalist, political activist, feminist, human rights campaigner, 'CulturalAmbassador', theatre pioneer and Ulster Protestant Unionist who became anIrish nationalist...

SPEECH AT ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CONSORTIUM ON GENDER BASED VIOLENCE

Published: Wednesday, November 17, 2010

This is rife globally, in conflict and in peacetime, and it is rife in this country.When I started working for the National Women's Council in May 2009, everyone was talking about the Equality for Women money. Groups were counting on...

Vote Now

Published: Monday, November 15, 2010

We need all the help we can get in these troubled times. Please vote for our video by clicking on the big yellow star onhttp://www.bettertogether.ie/content/longford-womens-link-better-togetherBefore 5.00pm today. It doesn't matter if you have voted already,...

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