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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...

NWCI Women’s Charter on Equality

Published: Monday, January 17, 2011

The Charter was developed to support local decision and policy making bodies, businesses, trade unions and women's groups to promote the achievement of women's equality as an important aspect of their work. It takes account of the views expressed by...

IRAN - MARRY AT 16, IRANIAN PRESIDENT URGES GIRLS

Published: Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has urged girls to marry at 16 to help keep Satan at bay.His call is another controversial, if implicit, rejection of his country's highly praised family planning policy that was sanctioned by senior Islamic clerics two...

Graduation Day at Ruhama

Published: Monday, January 10, 2011

The 13th December 2010 was a day of great celebration in Ruhama. The reason for the festivity was the graduation ceremony for 28 women in our service, who all received their certificates for completing the Ruhama/Dignity Pre-training programme.The courses were...

Reconciliation and Equality through Drama Seminar on Friday 14th of January 2011

Published: Saturday, January 08, 2011

Smashing Times Theatre Company is delighted to announce details of theirone-day Reconciliation and Equality through Drama Seminar on Friday 14th ofJanuary 2011 in the Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny, Co.Donegal. TheSeminar is a celebration and exploration of the potential of artisticprocesses...

Medical Research Charities Group (MRCG) and Health Research Board (HRB) call for proposals

Published: Tuesday, January 04, 2011

The Medical Research Charities Group (MRCG) is a collective of charities, which seeks to further medical research in Ireland. Sightsavers International forms part of the MRCG, and as such has lobbied successfully for the Health Research Board (HRB) to co-fund...

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