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Senator Katherine Zappone and Dr Ann Louise Gilligan honoured among top inspirational female role mo

Published: Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Following a successful nomination to the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) by Marriage Equality, Senator Katherine Zappone and her partner Dr Ann Louise Gilligan have been featured in the EU organisation's "Women Inspiring Europe" 2012 calendar. With the publication of...

NWCI CEO to speak at "How To Elect More Women" Conference

Published: Monday, January 09, 2012

The National Women's Council of Ireland CEO Susan McKay is to speak at the "HOW TO ELECT MORE WOMEN?" ConferenceA Conference convened by MINISTER OF STATE, KATHLEEN LYNCH, T.D., Minister for Disability, Equality, Mental Health and Older People And...

OWN Nollaig na Mban celebration with Miriam O’Reilly

Published: Thursday, January 05, 2012

The Older Women's Network is holding a lunch to celebrate Nollaig na Mban on Wednesday January 18th next in the Academy Plaza Hotel at 1.15pm. Our guest speaker Miriam O'Reilly, the former BBC presenter of Countryfile will be making a...

Stop rewarding sexist obstinacy

Published: Wednesday, January 04, 2012

The US ranks 40th in the world for women's political empowerment and 72nd for parliamentary representation -- legislatures, state and national.Shocked by these stats, feminist satirist and media critic Soroya Chemaly picks up on a question asked in a...

INAR- the voice of anti-racism in Ireland

Published: Wednesday, January 04, 2012

INAR- the voice of anti-racism in IrelandIn Ireland we work to counter racism with help from our friends and supportersWhat we doThe European Network Against Racism (ENAR) Ireland is a national network of anti-racist NGOs, which aims to work collectively...

Seven ‘outstanding leaders’ in women’s equality

Published: Wednesday, January 04, 2012

Women's e-News has identified seven powerful change advocates for 2012.The seven - Susan L. Blount, Nancy Duff Campbell, Marcia D. Greenberger, Joe Keefe, Yousriya Loza-Sawiris, Natalia Oberti Noguera, Sue Osthoff and Julie Thukral - have been selected for being 'outstanding...

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...

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