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Front Line Defenders Mourns the Passing of Wangari Muta Maathai

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.....

Labour must stand side by side with women

Published: Monday, September 26, 2011

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...

Call to criminalise kerb crawlers

Published: Monday, September 26, 2011

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,...

Global Development podcast: gender equality

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...

Saudis bow to pressure and grant women right to vote

Published: Sunday, September 25, 2011

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...

Gender Equality: the Right and Smart Thing to Do – World Bank Report

Published: Tuesday, September 20, 2011

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...

NWCI welcomes the Institute of Community Health Nursing

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.

NWCI CEO, Susan McKay, shortlised for a "Women Mean Business" Award

Published: Tuesday, September 20, 2011

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...

Minister urged to reverse cuts in social welfare

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,...