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Published: Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Alliance of over 40 organisations reminds newly elected TDs of their election promises 18th December 2024 Under the slogan ‘All we want for Christmas is public childcare’, the campaign alliance, Together for Public, gathered outside Leinster House today (Wednesday, 18th...
Published: Wednesday, October 27, 2010
As you are only too well aware, our already out-dated Mental Health services are in danger of further cuts in the next budget. The facts are that Mental Health has already been cut unfairly and disproportionately. Spending is down 9.2 per...
Published: Monday, October 25, 2010
I'll start by reading you a short extract from a book I wrote in 1998. This is about a woman living in one of the toughest estates in North Belfast. It doesn't matter which side she came from - it could...
A unique slice of history was unveiled at the County Museum in Clonmel last Thursday night when the exhibition ICA, Champions in our Community was launched.The exhibition features jewellery, fashion accessories, paintings and stunning black and white photos, along...
Published: Tuesday, October 19, 2010
By Ann Cahill Europe CorrespondentA PLAN to give women longer maternity leave on full pay is being fought by businesses in the EU.Women's groups are arguing the extra cost would be offset by more women returning to work after...
Launched in April 2010 at a major seminar on women's philanthropy in Dublin, The Women's Fund for Ireland fuels change in our communities by supporting the most innovative and positive solutions to the issues facing women in Ireland today.It's mission...
Published: Monday, October 18, 2010
A coalition of leading charities, community and voluntary groups, trade unions and academics today launched a new hard-hitting campaign which calls on all TD's to take a pledge to protect the most vulnerable in society from Budget cuts.The "Time...
HOMELESSNESS. Poverty. Hunger. Cold. Fear. Isolation. Illness - both physical and mental.These are features of modern Ireland, whether we like it or not. They are symptoms - the most telling symptoms - of our failure to take advantage of...
Say NO - UNiTESay NO - UNiTE to End Violence against Women is a global call for action, launched in November 2009, on ending violence against women and girls. It is presented by UNIFEM as a contribution to advance the objectives...
Release Date: Monday 18th October 2010Comments Made By Susan McKay, chief executive of the National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) at The Poor Can't Pay launch of Campaign to Demand that TDs Protect People on Lowest Incomes from Further CutsWe...
Published: Thursday, October 14, 2010
Professor Diarmaid Ferriter to be guest speaker at the launch of the RCNI National Rape Crisis Statistics 2009, on the 16th of November, 11 am, Buswells Hotel, Dublin 1.
The programme and booking form for the upcoming NALA numeracy conference 'Count me in: Developing numeracy teaching and learning'.The aim of the event is to examine methods of building curriculum in numeracy and looking at diverse way for students...
Irish Lobby Group, AIMS Ireland, has called on the Irish Government to Hold a Proposed Bill which denies Women the Right to Informed Choice in Childbirth and the Professional Autonomy of Midwives. Please join us in signing this petition in...
Please accept our invitation to the launch of the new Master's (M.Phil.) programme in Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation at Trinity College Dublin at Belfast (the Irish School of Ecumenics) on Thursday 21 October 2010 from 4.45-6.00 p.m. at 683 Antrim Road,...
My name is Christine Gaffney. I am doing a PhD in Social Science about the experiences of women who 'come out' mid life, that is to say, women who identified as heterosexual until they were at least 27, and who came...
Published: Wednesday, October 13, 2010
This year marks the 10th anniversary of a landmark piece of international law codifying the link between women, peace and security known as U.N. Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000). As a Security Council Resolution, it is by definition binding on member...
Ten years after the adoption of a Security Council resolution calling for equal participation by women in post-conflict peacebuilding, much remains to be done to ensure they can play their part in shoring up peace, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in...
Last month the Irish Feminist Network was launched in Dublin with the aim of destigmatising feminism and making it more relevant to a new generation. It was a success: 100 people attended, and its 22-year-old spokeswoman Madeline Hawke says the group,...
Published: Tuesday, October 12, 2010
The consultation is part of a project which aims to develop proposed rules of engagement between statutory funders and community sector employers, including boundaries, rights and responsibilities. The project has been established in response to growing evidence of inappropriate interventions...
Published: Wednesday, October 06, 2010
The Annual Conference of the Association for Criminal Justice Research & Development (ACJRD) Women in the Criminal Justice System will present many facets of the involvement of women at all levels of the Criminal Justice System in Ireland.Presentations from...
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