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Sweden and Yemen at the top and bottom of the UNDP’s Gender Inequality Index

Published: Monday, January 02, 2012

'It is time for us to say here in Beijing, and the world to hear, that it is no longer acceptable to discuss women's rights as separate from human rights.'In Beijing in 1995, Hillary Rodham Clinton made her now historic...

"We need more women in politics’: a guest post by the National Women’s Council of Ireland

Published: Monday, December 19, 2011

Eóin Murray,National Women's Council of IrelandIrish women have this week been left with a bittersweet taste in their mouths after the release of a bill designed to get more women involved in politics.The historic Electoral (Amendment) (Political...

More needed to tackle women’s Dáil under-representation

Published: Thursday, December 15, 2011

HALF OF the Irish people are women. Last week, an 85 per cent male Government produced a budget which will lead to the impoverishment of thousands of Irish women and children, and which imposed a crippling 35 per cent cut to State...

FF commits to making 30% of its local election candidates women

Published: Thursday, December 15, 2011

FIANNA FÁIL has committed itself to ensuring women account for 30 per cent of its local election candidates in 2014, following the publication of a Government Bill to introduce gender quotas in national polls.Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan yesterday...

Network calls for senators to reject Social Welfare Bill

Published: Thursday, December 15, 2011

The Irish Feminist Network, a group working toward increased gender equality in Ireland, has called upon senators to vote against the Social Welfare Bill 2011. The bill is before the Seanad this week, having been passed by Dáil Éireann last...

Historic bill tastes bittersweet after budget cutbacks

Published: Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Press Release Historic bill tastes bittersweet after budget cutbacks The publication today of a historic bill to increase the numbers of women involved in politics comes against the background of an anti-women budget. The Electoral (Amendment) (political funding) bill 2011 makes...

Address by Ethel Buckley, SIPTU National Equality and Campaigns Organiser to the National Women’s C

Published: Sunday, December 11, 2011

I want to start by saying that I was delighted when the first invitation that I received to speak in my new role as SIPTU's National Equality and Campaigns Organiser was from the National Women's Council of Ireland. As a...

Women’s Equality and Budget 2012 - Head of Policy Orla O’Connor Presentation

Published: Sunday, December 11, 2011

National Women's Council Members and Friends Meeting, Mount Errigal Hotel, Donegal, 12 December, 2011Context of Budget 2012Unemployment : Women's unemployment has now rapidly increased. Women's unemployment has increased by 10.1% in the last year in comparison to 6.8% for men. Poverty : Women's Poverty has...

‘Reduction of the Earnings Disregard will Create Further Poverty Traps for Lone Parents’

Published: Thursday, December 08, 2011

Barnardos, OPEN and the National Women's Council of Ireland Dublin, 8 December 2011 – Barnardos, OPEN – national network of one-parent families – and the National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) have called on TDs to ensure that measures to change the income disregard applicable...

Budget 2012: Speech of Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin

Published: Tuesday, December 06, 2011

As I begin, I would just like to say that I am conscious that the last Minister who stood up here to announce the Government's spending plans was the late Brian Lenihan. I believe that it is appropriate that his...

‘Irish people deserve better’: Budget comes under fire from Opposition leaders

Published: Tuesday, December 06, 2011

OPPOSITION LEADERS HAVE slated the Government's plans for Budget 2012, saying that the measures are a "missed opportunity" that will prove a "body blow" to people and businesses.Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin, Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams,...

Calleary: Cuts will have disproportionate impact on mothers

Published: Tuesday, December 06, 2011

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Equality Dara Calleary has said that mothers will bear a "disproportionate burden" following today's Budget.Mr Calleary said that there is a clear gender "imbalance" in the Budget.He said: "This is made all the...

Documentary of Catherine Morris giving a tour of "Alice Milligan and the Irish Cultural Revival

Published: Tuesday, December 06, 2011

UTube video documentary film made by Ros Kavanagh in which Catherine Morris gives a tour of "Alice Milligan and the Irish Cultural Revival" the exhibition she curated with the National Library of Ireland. The show, which was opened by Fiona...

Women and the Women’s Council hit by unfair budget

Published: Monday, December 05, 2011

The government says it set out to be fair – in fact women and children will bear the brunt of this budget. Meanwhile, the voice representing women's groups in Ireland, the National Women's Council of Ireland, has had its funding slashed...

The Impact of Budget 2012 on Women of Donegal Women of the North West Respond

Published: Sunday, December 04, 2011

On Monday December 12th women from throughout Ireland will meet in Letterkenny to discuss the outcome and potential impact of Budget 2012 on women in Ireland. The meeting being hosted by the National Women's Council of Ireland, The National Collective of...

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