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Published: Thursday, November 21, 2024
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWC) and Women for Election are calling on general election candidates to commit to increasing women’s representation in the next Dáil term. NWC have highlighted 10 key asks for...
Published: Wednesday, October 10, 2012
In response to recent proposals to cut child benefit by 40 Euros the National Women's Council called on Minister Burton to provide clarity on this issue and to publish and publicy debate the Report on Child Income Supports of the Tax...
This article was first published in The Irish Times, 10 October 2012Vincent BrowneAT a conference in Dublin on Monday, an academic from Iceland, Thora Kristin Thorsdottir, showed a chart contrasting the impact of the crisis measures adopted by governments in Iceland...
This article was first published in The Irish Examiner, 10 October 2012Colette BrowneTHE myth that crippling austerity measures have been anything other than disastrous for this country was finally nailed by this newspaper yesterday, when it revealed that the IMF hugely...
Published: Monday, October 08, 2012
Experts from Ireland and Iceland came together at our seminar 'Bearing the Brunt? Women and the Recession' on 8 October 2012 to highlight the different impact of the recession on women.Dr Ursula Barry and Dr Pauline Conroy presented the key findings...
The Third International Conference on Survivors of Rape (ICSoR) is a two day conference which will be held on 9 - 10 November 2012, with a seminar day taking place on Thursday, 8 November, in Galway. The conference will be hosted by Rape Crisis...
With the recent commencement by Minister James Reilly of the Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Act 2012, female genital mutilation (FGM) is now specifically prohibited in Ireland. A person resident in Ireland found guilty of an offence under the new law...
The Citizens Information Board has published their National Calendar of Training Events. When applying for courses, please send applications to the appropriate Regional Office outlined.Contact details and further information on courses, including learning outcomes and application are available on...
This article first appeared in The Irish Times, 9 October 2012Kitty Holland SECTORS OF the population dominated by women have become 'special targets' in Government efforts to cut costs, a foremost expert on social policy has said.Dr Pauline Conroy, speaking...
Published: Sunday, October 07, 2012
Protect Women's Equality in Budget 2013 On the occasion of its seminar 'Bearing the Brunt? Women and the Recession' today, the National Women's Council calls on the Government to protect women's equality in Budget 2013 and put equality at the centre of...
Experts from Ireland and Iceland came together at our seminar "Bearing the Brunt? Women and the Recession" on 8th October 2012 to highlight the different impact of the recession on women.Presentations of the speakersDr Ursula Barry and Dr Pauline Conroy:...
Published: Wednesday, October 03, 2012
In the run up to Budget experts from Ireland and Iceland will come together at the Seminar 'Bearing the Brunt: Women and the Recession', on Monday, 8th October, to highlight the different impact of the recession on women. The seminar...
Published: Monday, October 01, 2012
This story first appeared in the Irish Times, Tue, Oct 02, 2012MARY MINIHAN THE GOVERNMENT is set to press ahead with cuts in child benefit rates despite strong protests from Opposition politicians and social justice groups. A proposal for a two-tiered...
This article was first published on Breakingnews.ie on 1 October 2012 The National Women's Council is calling for a report recommending a massive cut to child benefit to be published in full.The Children's Minister has tried to allay fears about...
The article was first published on clare.fm, 1 October 2012 The National Women's Council is calling for a report recommending a massive cut to child benefit to be published in full. The Children's Minister has tried to allay fears about the...
This article was first published on Newstalk.ie on 1 October 2012 The Minister for Children says no decisions have been made on whether or not to cut child benefit in the December Budget.It is reported that an advisory group has...
This article was first published in The Irish Examiner, 1 October 2012 The National Women's Council is calling for a report recommending a massive cut to child benefit to be published in full.The Children's Minister has tried to allay fears about...
Orla O'Connor speaking on The Last Word with Matt Cooper on proposals to cut child benefit and taxing maternity benefit. The Last Word with Matt Cooper, Monday, 1 October 2012
Published: Sunday, September 30, 2012
The National Women's Council of Ireland calls on Minister Burton to provide clarity with regard to new proposals to cut Child Benefit and to make publicly available the Report on Child Income Supports of the Tax and Welfare Advisory Group...
Published: Thursday, September 27, 2012
The National Women's Council of Ireland has appointed Orla O'Connor, former Head of Policy, as the new Director. She will be taking over her new role at the NWCI with immediate effect. In accepting the post Ms O'Connor stated:"I...
Published: Wednesday, September 26, 2012
To mark International Decriminalisation of Abortion day on 28 September 2012 the United Left Alliance has initiated a public meeting on the struggle over decades to legislate for the X case and to achieving abortion rights in Ireland. The meeting also aims...
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