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Published: Friday, November 26, 2021
We are delighted to have received support from the Department of Rural and Community Development to host a conference on women in rural communities to mark International Women's Day on the 8th March 2022. As part of our preparation we...
Published: Thursday, April 19, 2012
Adoption Rights Alliance (ARA) which advocates for equal human and civil rights for those affected by Ireland's system of forced, secret adoption today strongly condemned comments made by Michelle Mulherin FG TD, during the Dáil debate on an abortion...
The second annual Countess Markievicz School will take place on 12th May 2012 in The Teachers Club, Parnell Square, Dublin. The Annual Markievicz Lecture will discuss First Wave Feminism. This year the School proposes to explore the position of women in...
The NWCI welcomes the tabling of legislation on abortion to give effect to the X case in the Dail this evening by Clare Daly TD by way of the Medical Treatment (Termination of Pregnancy in Case of Risk to Life...
OPEN, Barnardos and the National Women's Council of Ireland have welcomed Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton's, acknowledgment that lone parents should not lose the One Parent Family Payment when their youngest child reaches the age of 7 unless a comprehensive...
When: 10am - 5pm, Saturday, May 19thWhere: Sean O'Casey Community Centre, Dublin 3 (map)Why: To assess where the feminist movement is today, what its future holds, and what we can learn from the pastFacebook Event link hereThe IFN invites you...
Published: Thursday, April 12, 2012
Saturday April 28th Liberty HallA one day school providing an opportunity to discuss human rights approaches to achieve the fundamental freedoms and entitlements that contribute to thedevelopment of a Good Society. Senator Ivana Bacik Law Lecturer/Barrister Donncha O'ConnellCommunity Activist...
Date : Monday, April 30th 2012Time : 9:45 am to 3:45 pm, registration from 9:00amVenue : Longford Women's Link, Willow House, Ardnacassa Avenue, LongfordLunch will be provided on the dayConference noteThe aim of this event is simple, to use the experience, information and resources we...
Please see below a letter regarding the closure of Banulacht. The NWCI would like to express our shock and regret at the closure of Banulacht which represents a huge loss to the women's sector. It is a disgrace that the...
1. Aim of the Project- To identify gender equality issues for women in the social welfare system who will be activated under the new Single Age Working Payment (SWAP) and the new National Employment and Entitlements Service (NEES) under the Department...
OPEN, Barnardos and the National Women's Council of Ireland have expressed serious concern at proposals to change the One Parent Family Payment (OPFP) outlined in the Social Welfare Bill, published today. The three organisations said that measures in the Bill...
Lone parents are being attacked out of the blue and new social welfare rules which will see the one-parent family payment paid only up to the age of seven will be "opposed vehemently", campaign groups say.By 2015, all lone parents...
Published: Thursday, March 29, 2012
Soroptimist International Dublin are holding a fundraising Late lunch in Howth Yacht Club, Howth on Sunday 22nd April .The proceeds will be in aid of Safe Ireland, the only national organisation for domestic violence services in Ireland www.safeireland.ie ...
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...
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 year's review was ...
"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...
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...
Published: Thursday, March 22, 2012
Wednesday 18th April, 2012.Ramada Hotel, Bray, Co Wicklow9:00 a.m. Registration9.30 a.m. Session 1: "A Total indifference to Our Dignity- Older People's Understanding of Elder Abuse" Mr. Robin Webster, CEO Age Action IrelandQuestions and Answers10.45 a.m. Coffee Break11.15 a...
Sonas Housing Association provides support housing and refuge to women and children made homeless because of domestic and gender based violence.The main purpose of this post is to:Further develop and establish the Sonas specialist domestic violence visiting support...
Minister Kathleen Lynch will launch the DVD "Sexual Abuse and Older Women 2011" which was produced in a joint collaboration between OWN and the Rape Crisis Network and granted aided by COSC.The launch will take place on 11.30 am on Wed...
A really quick update for you. This month, the Academy was invited to join the prestigious European Association for Distance Learning (EADL). This body has member colleges in 22 European countries offering 5,000 distance-learning courses to 2.5 million students all over Europe.There...
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