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France’s face veil ban takes effect today

Published: Thursday, August 18, 2011

A CONTROVERSIAL BAN on face veils will come into effect in France today, with women wearing certain face coverings in public places risking fines of €150 and being obliged to attend a "citizenship" course.The ban will apply to Islamic dress...

Islam Ireland welcomes debate on burqa but government has no plans for ban

Published: Thursday, August 18, 2011

THE ISLAMIC CULTURAL Centre of Ireland has welcomed the opportunity to debate the issue of banning the burqa in this country but the Department of Justice has said there are no proposals to do so.Responding to calls from the...

On the issue of ‘moral recklessness’ in ‘sexsomnia’ men

Published: Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Vera Baird QC, Co-Director of Astraea: Gender Justice (Research and Education), has been looking at recent rape acquittals where the defence was 'sexsomnia'.A relatively new rape defence is that some men can be wholly without responsibility for sexual assaults...

A diet book for six-year-old girls: the worst idea ever?

Published: Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Fancy putting your daughter off her food? Then buy her Maggie Goes on a Diet, a children's book aimed - according to Barnes & Noble, one of the many booksellers on whose website it is currently listed - at six-...

Women face 70-year wait for top jobs equality

Published: Tuesday, August 16, 2011

It will take 70 years to achieve parity between men and women in the country's top jobs, according to a report released today by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.The survey Sex and Power 2011, dubbed a "call to arms" by...

More than 5,400 women ‘missing’ from 26,000 top posts in Britain, report finds

Published: Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Equality and Human Rights Commission finds advance towards equality is tortuously slow and subject to frequent reverses.More than 5,400 women are missing from Britain's 26,000 most powerful posts, according to a new report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.The...

How to create a feminist future

Published: Tuesday, August 16, 2011

UK Feminista's 'suffragette school' gave budding activists the tools they need to build a fairer world.School's out for 500 activists as they graduated yesterday from UK Feminista's second summer school. With interest in feminism sparking across the UK, this weekend's ...

Calls to rape helpline rise as budget cuts extend waiting lists

Published: Monday, August 15, 2011

CALLS to a rape crisis helpline rose by almost a fifth last year as it was forced to cut its budget by 20%.Galway Rape Crisis Centre (GRCC) heard from 621 people in 2010, up from 518 the previous year, many who have waited...

Feminist summer school: training the new generation of ‘suffragettes’

Published: Sunday, August 14, 2011

Two-day UK Feminista event aims to mobilise activists and school them in art of campaigning and direct action.After just one day of classes at her summer school of choice, Emily Birkenshaw had already learned a crucial lesson: how to ...

Ruhama are looking for a Volunteer Development Intern

Published: Thursday, August 11, 2011

This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to contribute to and engage with the work of Ruhama. They will be developing and providing a range of innovative supports and systems to support women wishing to engage in Ruhama's...

Changes in Law welcomes by Women’s Aid

Published: Monday, August 08, 2011

Ireland's leading national organistaion against domestic violence, Women's Aid, has welcomed the recent amendments to the Domestic Violence Act. These amendments, which have been long-campaigned for, means that more people can be protected by the law, regardless of their cohabitation...

Column: For a new politics, we need more women in the Dáil

Published: Monday, August 08, 2011

Fine Gael deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor was recently caught up in a Dáil row after being the subject of sexist remarks by Independent TD Mick Wallace. Writing for TheJournal.ie, she argues that a better balance of the sexes...

Feminism is back? I never saw it leave…

Published: Monday, August 08, 2011

I've been reading about the resurgence in feminism since I picked up my first copy of The Women's Room by Marilyn FrenchIf you haven't already, you little scamp, go at once, find this and read it - Right. Now.Those...

Object to get porn out of our papers

Published: Thursday, August 04, 2011

OBJECT, a UK group against the objectification of women, is running a new campaign to put pressure on MPs to end the promotion of pornography in our mainstream press once and for all.We're all aware of the recent media...

Artist ‘Bewildered’ by Sculpture Debacle

Published: Thursday, August 04, 2011

Article by Darinagh BoyleSix years after it was commissioned in a blaze of publicity, a sculpture honouring the contribution female factory workers made to this city - is gathering dust in storage, where it is likely to remain for at...

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