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Column: Abortion is a reality in Ireland – now we need to legislate for it

Published: Thursday, July 14, 2011

IN 2010, A TOTAL of 4,402 women travelled from Ireland to Britain for abortion - 12 women every day.Since abortion was legalised in Britain in 1967, more than 140,000 Irish women have had abortions abroad. Irish law on abortion is the most restrictive in...

Solo verdict by female judge makes legal history

Published: Thursday, July 14, 2011

Caroline English, a London judge, has made legal history by becoming the first to deliver a verdict on her own after discharging a jury.Under the 2003 Criminal Justice Act, judges may continue a trial on their own if satisfied the...

Academic sexism is creating a strong subject divide

Published: Thursday, July 14, 2011

Women - Universities and ZombiesThe higher education system is under attack; this much we know. Scratch beneath the surface and the story is even more apocalyptic, especially if you are a woman, or friends with one, or just someone who...

NWCI welcomes response to the Cloynes Report

Published: Thursday, July 14, 2011

The National Womens Council of Ireland calls for further action from the Justice Minister Alan Shatter and Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Frances Fitzgerald after the response to the publication of Cloynes Report. The promised referendum will include the...

Kenny condemns Vatican response to allegations

Published: Wednesday, July 13, 2011

The Vatican's approach to clerical abuse inquiries in Ireland has been branded a disgrace by the Taoiseach today.In the wake of the report into the Catholic Church's response to allegations of abuse in the diocese of Cloyne, Enda Kenny...

Calls for more transparency in Magdalene investigation

Published: Wednesday, July 13, 2011

CONCERNS have been raised that the terms of reference for the inter-departmental committee to investigate state interaction with the Magdalene Laundries have yet to be made public.The Justice for Magdalenes (JFM) group has written to Justice Minister Alan Shatter...

Bill would impose jail for female genital mutilation

Published: Wednesday, July 13, 2011

LEGISLATION TO prevent female genital mutilation "is the first step to ensuring this practice does not take hold in Ireland", Minister for Health Dr James Reilly has told the Dáil. Introducing the Bill, he described the practice of the...

Wallace sorry for ‘Miss Piggy’ jibe

Published: Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Wexford TD Mick Wallace has apologised to a Dáil colleague after he was caught calling her "Miss Piggy" in an exchange with two fellow Independents.Mick Wallace was heard muttering the remark about Fine Gael's Dún Laoghaire TD...

A clear framework for tackling female genital mutilation

Published: Tuesday, July 12, 2011

It was refreshing to read the article by Hugh Muir on the approach to female genital mutilation in the UK (Hideously diverse Britain, 5 July). I have worked on FGM in Britain for around 30 years, helping to put it on the...

Y Lead? Young Irish Female Leaders in Irish Society.

Published: Monday, July 11, 2011

Y-Lead is a video project aimed at profiling young women from across Irish society who are leading their communities. The videos are designed to inspire and empower young women to be leader's themselves, as well as praising the work of...

Women and the work place

Published: Sunday, July 10, 2011

Eskimos don't actually have hundreds of words for snow. In fact, it's the Lapp people of northern Europe who do.Likewise, in Italian, there's no direct translation for the term 'politically correct'.True, the Italians will sometimes wrap their tongues...

Dismay as low waged workers are left in a limbo

Published: Thursday, July 07, 2011

Yesterday's decision by the High Court that the JLC (Joint Labour Committee) system for setting wages is unconstitutional has been widely condemned.Among the 200,000 effected by this ruling, the implications for women in Ireland will be serious."Failure to protect...

Sudanese journalist jailed for reporting rape women’s rape claim

Published: Thursday, July 07, 2011

A journalist has been jailed for a month by a court in northern Sudan after she reported the claim by youth activist Safiya Eshaq that she was raped by Khartoum security forces (see WVoN story).Fatima Ghazali, a reporter at...

Glass ceiling a persistent reality in many of Iseq’s big-name companies

Published: Thursday, July 07, 2011

The majority of board memberships, executive and non-executive are still held by menDESPITE THE changing nature of gender relations in the workplace over the last few decades, corporate Ireland remains a predominantly male domain.An analysis of the board configuration...

Urgent Appeal on behalf of imprisoned doctors in Bahrain

Published: Tuesday, July 05, 2011

CRISIS IN BAHRAIN - As the human rights crisis continues in Bahrain Front Line is deeply concerned about the ongoing prosecution of doctors and nurses who are facing the prospect of prison sentences simply because they treated injured demonstrators during...

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