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Parties will lose funding if they fail to fill gender quota

Published: Monday, May 23, 2011

Political parties are going to have to start choosing a lot more female candidates if they want to retain the current €14m a year subsidy from the taxpayer.In what was described by one senior source as "a radical step",...

Coalition to Protect the Lowest Paid

Published: Sunday, May 22, 2011

Strengthening the JLC System is the way forwardSlashing the incomes of the lowest-paid workers will not help to create jobsThe Coalition to Protect the Low Paid is calling on the Minister for Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation, Richard Bruton, TD, to...

Gender equality is not a luxury says head of UN Women

Published: Sunday, May 22, 2011

Michelle Bachelet, head of UN Women, was in Turkey last week attending the Summit of Least Developed Countries (LDCs).She met with the Turkish President Abdullah Gül to talk about the lack of political representation for women and said...

NWCI is recruiting for the following positions..

Published: Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Community Development WorkerThe Community Development Worker will work to build and support the membership base of the Women's Council. S/he will contribute to the policy work of the NWCI, ensuring its relevance to women in Ireland, and will work...

Reminder Deadline for Motions for the AGM must be received in the NWCI by 5pm on May 12th 2011

Published: Monday, May 09, 2011

What are NWCI motions?NWCI Annual General Meeting will take place 23rd June 2011, DublinAt the Annual General Meeting of the NWCI members are invited to put motions before the members for voting.We would encourage members to put forward motions...

Countess Markievicz school

Published: Sunday, May 08, 2011

Countess Markievicz School, Saturday 4th June 2011 -April 6, 2011'If women remain on the margins of society, we only have marginal opportunities for making marginal change', Maria Torres, Adult Literacy teacher, EquadorConcerned about the declining numbers of women in public and political...

Longford Women’s Link (LWL) is looking for a Training & Education Business Development Manager

Published: Sunday, May 08, 2011

Longford Women's LinkLongford Women's Link (LWL) is an organisation focused on identifying and addressing key inequalities that prevent women in Longford achieving their full social and economic potential. LWL provides training and education opportunities for women, using the Women's Community...

Keating’s annual cervical cancer awareness campaign

Published: Sunday, May 08, 2011

The Marie Keating's annual cervical cancer awareness campaign will once again be rolled out in May. The aim of the campaign is to promote early detection and to dispel some of the myths surrounding cervical cancer and cervical screening in...

Home Helps protest against HSE outsourcing

Published: Wednesday, May 04, 2011

Around 150 Home Helps took to the streets of Dublin on Tuesday (26th April) to voice their concern at the "veil of secrecy" surrounding the on-going tender process for home helps by the Health Service Executive (HSE).Chanting "Fair Play for...

NWCI Member’s Meeting 14th May

Published: Wednesday, May 04, 2011

NWCI are pleased to announce our Members Meeting called "Women in the Media NOT" will take place on the 14th May in Clarion Hotel. The day will include presentations and a panel discussion from well-known and well-established women from all...

Gareth Peirce - Birmingham Six Lawyer speaks on Torture and the ‘War on Terror’

Published: Thursday, April 28, 2011

Gareth Peirce, the London solicitor who fought for the release of the Birmingham Six, Guildford Four, Maguire Family and Judith Ward, all wrongly convicted of IRA bombings in Britain in the 1970s, will give the Law Society's Annual Human Rights...

Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera: Masterpieces of the Jacques & Natasha Gelman Collection

Published: Thursday, April 28, 2011

6 April - 26 June 2001, Irish Museum of Modern Art, New Galleries.Whatever you think of Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), you cannot deny her colourful and rich embrace of life, politics, science, psychology and art. Here was a woman very much alive and...

Sign the ILO Petition for Domestic Workers Rights

Published: Tuesday, April 19, 2011

International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention on Decent Work for Domestic Workers 2011On 1 March DWAG (Domestic Workers Action Group) launched a campaign calling on the Irish Government to commit to supporting an ILO Convention on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Last...

Cabinet discussed possible changes to abortion law

Published: Tuesday, April 19, 2011

CABINET HAS discussed the ossibility of amending Ireland's abortion laws, according to inister of State for Disability, Equality and Mental Health, Kathleen Lynch.Ms Lynch yesterday launched a new report which called for the immediate enactment of legislation "to clarify...

Minister Lynch Launches innovative Project in Longford

Published: Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Recently appointed Gender Equality Minister Kathleen Lynch launched an exciting initiative in Longford this evening which will provide gender specific mentoring for 15 budding entrepreneurs from Counties Longford and Westmeath.Click here to read the Merrionstreet.ie article in full.

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