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Mind the gender gap: Ireland’s rating is on the rise

Published: Monday, April 02, 2012

IRELAND HAS CLIMBED two places in the World Economic Forum's gender equality league table to sixth place.The Global Gender Gap Report measures equality in the areas of politics, education, employment and health.Ireland still ranks behind Iceland, Norway, Finland,...

United Nations Commission on the Status of Women fails to uphold women’s human rights

Published: Thursday, March 29, 2012

ALEX GARITAThu, 22 Mar, 2012 The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women meets every year for two weeks to review progress on implementation of the Fourth World Conference on Women's Beijing Platform for Action adopted in 1995. The theme of this...

Column: Muslim women face all kinds of assumptions. Let’s look behind the headscarves

Published: Thursday, March 29, 2012

"DO YOU KNOW what it's like to represent a billion human beings every day you walk out of your house? To be looked at as the representative of an entire world religion?"A world religion?"Do you know what that's...

Female genital mutilation officially banned in Ireland

Published: Wednesday, March 28, 2012

FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION has been banned in Ireland.A bill outlawing the practice was passed by the Seanad this afternoon having already gone through all the stages in the Dáil.As well as prohibiting the practice, the new legislation...

Pioneering feminist poet Adrienne Rich dead at 82

Published: Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Poet and essayist Adrienne Rich, a feminist literary figure celebrated as much for deeply personal reflections on her own life as for sometimes-biting social commentary, has died at age 82, family members said on Wednesday.Rich, who received a galaxy of...

460 end pregnancies in UK

Published: Thursday, March 22, 2012

INSIDE the last three years, a reported 460 women from Limerick travelled to the UK to have their pregnancies terminated. The figures were obtained by the Limerick Post as calls were being made for the Government to tackle the promised abortion...

O’Callaghan Hotels ordered to pay €315,000

Published: Tuesday, March 20, 2012

The O'Callaghan Hotels group has declined to comment after the Equality Tribunal ordered it to pay €315,000 to a former employee.The tribunal found that the hotel chain had dismissed its former Director of Sales and Marketing, Julie O'Brien, because she...

The rise of Mormon feminist bloggers

Published: Monday, March 19, 2012

Women are using social media to challenge the patriarchy of the Mormon churchOn her 30th birthday, which she celebrated in New York City, D'Arcy Benincosa did the wildest thing she could think of: she ordered a cup of coffee. The...

Women will need more than a spread in Grazia magazine to vote Tory

Published: Monday, March 19, 2012

Female voters have been hit hard by public sector cuts and NHS changes, so the budget's gender effect deserves close scrutinyOn last week's trip to Washington, David Cameron brought along the usual team of political correspondents, and one less likely...

Less than 1 in 4 ‘on-air’ voices are women.

Published: Thursday, March 15, 2012

A new survey conducted by the National Women's Council of Ireland shows that less than one quarter of voices in radio news and current affairs broadcasting are women.The survey was conducted in March as part of research for the...

‘Women’s Rights are Human Rights’ Women’s Human Rights Alliance addresses United Nations

Published: Thursday, March 15, 2012

Abortion reform, justice for survivors of Magdalen institutions and stronger protections for women experiencing violence were among some of the issues raised at the United Nations today by the Women's Human Rights Alliance (WHRA) Ireland. Addressing the UN Human Rights...

Survey highlights lack of female voices on Irish airwaves

Published: Thursday, March 15, 2012

Less than a quarter of voices in radio news and current affairs broadcasting are women, according to a survey conducted by the National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI).The survey forms part of the NCWI's submission to the Broadcasting Authority...

Calls for governmment reparation for Magdalene Laundries survivors

Published: Wednesday, March 14, 2012

THE GOVERNMENT WAS called on today to address the subject of reparation for survivors of the Magdalene laundries.Ireland's human rights record is being examined at the United Nations in Geneva today as the country bids to become a member...

Women’s Human Rights Alliance (Ireland) Oral Statement 19th Session of the UN Human Rights Council M

Published: Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Madame President,The Women's Human Rights Alliance is an alliance of human rights organisations and individuals promoting the human rights of women in Ireland.1. We welcome the Irish Governments' acceptance of a number of important recommendations from the UPR hearing...

National Women’s Council of Ireland welcomes the recommendations of the All Party Oireachtas Report

Published: Monday, March 12, 2012

The National Women's Council welcomes the All Party Oireachtas Report on the Single Working Age Payment and the specific inclusion of the needs of women on social welfare. 'The NWCI particularly welcome the recommendation that 'any programme of social welfare...

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