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1. Tory feminists: the true blue sisterhood
Excerpt: …Who says feminists can only be leftwing? An influential group of Conservative women MPs are increasingly vocal about the need to tackle gender equality. With radical views on parenting and work, can free-market feminism leave its mark?The woman in the photograph is smiling a fixed, red-lipsticked smile that doesn't quite…
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Excerpt: …Following a successful nomination to the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) by Marriage Equality, Senator Katherine Zappone and her partner Dr Ann Louise Gilligan have been featured in the EU organisation's "Women Inspiring Europe" 2012 calendar. With the publication of the calendar, currently in its second year, EIGE aims…
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3. NWCI CEO to speak at "How To Elect More Women" Conference
Excerpt: …The National Women's Council of Ireland CEO Susan McKay is to speak at the "HOW TO ELECT MORE WOMEN?" ConferenceA Conference convened by MINISTER OF STATE, KATHLEEN LYNCH, T.D., Minister for Disability, Equality, Mental Health and Older People And DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND EQUALITY (with support from European Social Fund)Speakers…
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4. Member’s Meeeting: The X Case: 20 Years of Inaction
Excerpt: …The NWCI in association with the Irish Family Planning Association will be holding a members meeting The X Case: 20 Years of Inaction on Wednesday 29th of February from 10.30am to 3.30pm in our new offices in Parnell Square.The members meeting will mark the 20th anniversary of the Supreme Court…
Section: Newsflash
5. Older Women’s Network Nollaig na Mban celebration with Miriam O’Reilly
Excerpt: …The Older Women's Network is holding a lunch to celebrate Nollaig na Mban on Wednesday January 18th next in the Academy Plaza Hotel at 1.15pm. Our guest speaker Miriam O'Reilly, the former BBC presenter of Countryfile will be making a presentation on the successful outcome of her case against the…
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Excerpt: …The Cavan Centre is a Community Development project offering residential programmes to marginalised and disadvantaged communities, groups and individuals of all ages.Since 1977 the Centre has been delivering a range of educational, creative, recreational and activity programmes aimed at targeted users with the aim of encouraging them to reach their…
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7. A Quick Reminder: Ask Minister Shatter to reconsider cuts to NWCI budget
Excerpt: …The National Women's Council of Ireland has been hit with a massive 35% cut to core funding in budget 2012. This attempt to silence the NWCI in this time of need must be reversed. We ask you to take action by asking Minister Shatter to reverse this draconian cut.The government…
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8. The voice of anti-racism in Ireland - INAR
Excerpt: …In Ireland we work to counter racism with help from our friends and supportersWhat we doThe European Network Against Racism (ENAR) Ireland is a national network of anti-racist NGOs, which aims to work collectively to highlight and address the issue of racism in Ireland including through the promotion and monitoring…
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9. Co-Editor of Women’s Views on News, Jem McCarron’s guest blog
Excerpt: …Half of us are WomenWhen I took on my role at feminist news site Women's Views on News (WVoN), I knew I was doing something positive towards a cause I had always supported. Little did I know how much it would deepen my conviction that feminism is an essential movement…
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10. OWN Nollaig na Mban celebration with Miriam O’Reilly
Excerpt: …The Older Women's Network is holding a lunch to celebrate Nollaig na Mban on Wednesday January 18th next in the Academy Plaza Hotel at 1.15pm. Our guest speaker Miriam O'Reilly, the former BBC presenter of Countryfile will be making a presentation on the successful outcome of her case against the…
Section: Latest News
11. Stop rewarding sexist obstinacy
Excerpt: …The US ranks 40th in the world for women's political empowerment and 72nd for parliamentary representation -- legislatures, state and national.Shocked by these stats, feminist satirist and media critic Soroya Chemaly picks up on a question asked in a recent "Forum" section of The Washington Post by political scientist Jeanne…
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12. INAR- the voice of anti-racism in Ireland
Excerpt: …INAR- the voice of anti-racism in IrelandIn Ireland we work to counter racism with help from our friends and supportersWhat we doThe European Network Against Racism (ENAR) Ireland is a national network of anti-racist NGOs, which aims to work collectively to highlight and address the issue of racism in Ireland…
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13. Seven ‘outstanding leaders’ in women’s equality
Excerpt: …Women's e-News has identified seven powerful change advocates for 2012.The seven - Susan L. Blount, Nancy Duff Campbell, Marcia D. Greenberger, Joe Keefe, Yousriya Loza-Sawiris, Natalia Oberti Noguera, Sue Osthoff and Julie Thukral - have been selected for being 'outstanding leaders, dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls'.Susan…
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14. Sweden and Yemen at the top and bottom of the UNDP’s Gender Inequality Index
Excerpt: …'It is time for us to say here in Beijing, and the world to hear, that it is no longer acceptable to discuss women's rights as separate from human rights.'In Beijing in 1995, Hillary Rodham Clinton made her now historic speech on women's rights to the United Nations' Fourth World…
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15. "We need more women in politics’: a guest post by the National Women’s Council of Ireland
Excerpt: …Eóin Murray,National Women's Council of IrelandIrish women have this week been left with a bittersweet taste in their mouths after the release of a bill designed to get more women involved in politics.The historic Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 designates mandatory targets for all political parties, stipulating that they…
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16. More needed to tackle women’s Dáil under-representation
Excerpt: …HALF OF the Irish people are women. Last week, an 85 per cent male Government produced a budget which will lead to the impoverishment of thousands of Irish women and children, and which imposed a crippling 35 per cent cut to State funding for the National Women's Council of Ireland."Difficult…
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17. FF commits to making 30% of its local election candidates women
Excerpt: …FIANNA FÁIL has committed itself to ensuring women account for 30 per cent of its local election candidates in 2014, following the publication of a Government Bill to introduce gender quotas in national polls.Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan yesterday published the Electoral Amendment Political Funding Bill 2011, which will…
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18. Network calls for senators to reject Social Welfare Bill
Excerpt: …The Irish Feminist Network, a group working toward increased gender equality in Ireland, has called upon senators to vote against the Social Welfare Bill 2011. The bill is before the Seanad this week, having been passed by Dáil Éireann last Friday. Dr. Clara Fischer, a co-ordinator of the network, called…
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19. Historic bill tastes bittersweet after budget cutbacks
Excerpt: …Press Release Historic bill tastes bittersweet after budget cutbacks The publication today of a historic bill to increase the numbers of women involved in politics comes against the background of an anti-women budget. The Electoral (Amendment) (political funding) bill 2011 makes provision that political parties should apply a mandatory target…
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Excerpt: …I want to start by saying that I was delighted when the first invitation that I received to speak in my new role as SIPTU's National Equality and Campaigns Organiser was from the National Women's Council of Ireland. As a trade unionist and a feminist I am pleased to be…
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