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Published: Friday, November 15, 2024
Gender Quota leads to record number of women running in General Election 2024 Ahead of the close of nominations for the General Election tomorrow (16th November), the National Women’s Council (NWC) today (15th November) welcomed the record number of...
Published: Sunday, October 02, 2011
9th Annual Human Rights ConferenceIreland's Human Rights Record Under the SpotlightImplications of the United Nations Universal Periodic Review10am - 14.30, Saturday, 22 October 2011President's Hall, Law Society of Ireland, Blackhall Place, Dublin 7Keynote address: Anastasia Crickley, UN Committee for the Elimination...
Published: Tuesday, September 27, 2011
SAFE Ireland released their Domestice Violence Services National Statistics 2010 on September the 28th.7,235 individual women received support from Domestic Violence Services in 2010. But on over 3,236 occasions services were unable to accommodate women and their children because either the refuges were...
Published: Monday, September 26, 2011
Front Line Defenders mourns the passing of Kenyan environmentalist and human rights defender Wangari Muta Maathai, who died of cancer yesterday.Click here to read more.....
Female voters have been betrayed by the coalition. Labour must stop the clock being turned back.Rarely can there have been a group of voters who swung so far so fast. Polls suggest the drop in women's support for the...
The criminalisation of men who buy sex must be central to any strategy to combat prostitution, police experts from Sweden and Norway said in Dublin today.They are here at the invitation of the Immigrant Council of Ireland and Ruhama,...
Published: Sunday, September 25, 2011
In the first of a new series of podcasts, we discuss what can be done to improve the lives of women and girls around the world - a major development challenge.Gender inequality remains one of the top development challenges...
THE world's last bastion against female suffrage bowed to the forces of change when Saudi Arabia granted its female population the right to vote for the first time.The historic decision came after King Abdullah, the Saudi ruler, conceded that...
Published: Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Marriage Equality kindly asks you to Save The Date for the launch of our eagerly anticipated new report, "Missing Pieces".This ground-breaking report highlighting over 160 legislative differences between civil partnership and civil marriage.When: Tuesday, 4th October - 12.30pm to 2.0...
Europa Donna Ireland - the Irish Breast Cancer CampaignThis year's theme for our Breast Health Day campaign is "lifestyle choices that can influence your future breast health and help prevent breast cancer."Join us on Breast Health Day Saturday 15th...
Social Inclusion WeekAs part of Social Inclusion Week 2011, we are hosting an information day on Thursday 22nd September. This is to highlight the services that are provided by us and other organisations such as Donegal Women's Domestic Violence Service, Donegal...
The Irish Feminist Network invite you to their One-Year Anniversary celebrations where we discuss 'Is feminism relevant?'The Workman's Club, 10 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2Friday, September 30th 20117pm - 10pmSpeakers on the evening:Susan McKay - CEO, National Women's Council of...
The economic recession is effecting women in numerous ways. Greater numbers of women are unemployed and long term unemployed, many families are relying on the wages of women from low paid employment for survival, and it is women who are...
The National Women's Council of Ireland are delighted to announce that our CEO, Susan McKay, has been short-listed for a prestigious WMB Award.The Awards are being hosted at Dublin's Shelbourne Hotel on Monday 26th September.The Conference and Award...
Despite impressive gains in gender equality, nearly 4 million poor women "missing" each year in developing countries.WASHINGTON, September 18, 2011 - Gender equality matters in its own right but is also smart economics: Countries that create better opportunities and conditions for women...
Published: Tuesday, September 20, 2011
A warm welcome to our new Member - the Institute of Community Health Nursing - who has just joined National Women's Council of Ireland! Check out their website www.ichn.ie to find out more about their interesting work.
Published: Sunday, September 18, 2011
INCREASES IN some social welfare payments and the reversal of previous cuts were among the demands made of the Minister for Social Protection yesterday at a pre-budget forum for the community and voluntary sector.Joan Burton heard pleas from 33 groups,...
Published: Monday, September 12, 2011
Women are not allowed to stand or vote in Saudi Arabia's municipal elections later this month - because electoral procedures are not ready.Male voters will be electing 1,632 men to seats in 258 different councils with a further 1,000 plus seats appointed...
THE number of sex crimes carried out by juveniles has nearly trebled, official figures show.Both rape crisis groups and Garda sources have suggested that easier access to hard-core pornography is a factor in the increase.Figures on juvenile crime...
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