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Magdalene pension claim supported by ‘ample evidence’

Published: Sunday, July 03, 2011

THERE IS already "ample evidence" of the State's involvement in the Magdalene laundries for these women to at least receive pensions for the years of unpaid work they carried out, a meeting of the Irish Women Survivors Support Network in...

Marie Keating Foundation sun campaign

Published: Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Skin cancer is the most common cancer in Ireland.This summer the Marie Keating Foundation is answering the Burning Questions about sun safety through providing the facts about how to avoid getting sunburned by using sun cream effectively and knowing...

Government must act to save lives of Irish trained medics in Bahrain, says National Women’s Council

Published: Monday, June 27, 2011

Press Release The National Women's Council of Ireland has called urgently on the Irish government to intervene to protect the lives of Irish trained and other medical staff in Bahrain. At its Annual General Meeting in Dublin yesterday [ Thursday 23rd...

Women’s Manifesto Group: Opportunity for Women to Collectively Reconnect with Local Politics

Published: Monday, June 27, 2011

Longford Women's Manifesto Group was formed two years when women in the county felt alienated from local politics and dissatisfied with decision making processes. Women, within households, communities and society, do not have the same access to and control over...

Wage reforms ‘could cause poverty’

Published: Monday, June 27, 2011

ENTERPRISE Minister Richard Bruton has been warned that his proposals to reform wage-setting mechanisms could cause poverty for hundreds of thousands of low-paid workers.A coalition of unions and social justice groups has written to Mr Bruton, calling on him...

Kathleen Lynch T.D. Minister of State for Equality Speech at National Women’s Council AGM June 2011

Published: Sunday, June 26, 2011

INTRODUCTION TO MINISTER LYNCH BY CLARE TREACEY, CHAIRPERSON OF THE NWCI.These are hard times for women in Ireland, and they don't look set to get any better any time soon. In such times, it is important to have champions,...

National Women’s Council of Ireland AGM

Published: Thursday, June 23, 2011

We would like to thank all our members for supporting our AGM and making it a great event. It was a fantastic day and a resounding success in general. We hope you really enjoyed it. If you would like to...

NEW CUTS TO WOMEN’S ORGANISATIONS MUST BE REVERSED, SAYS NATIONAL WOMEN’S COUNCIL OF IRELAND

Published: Tuesday, June 21, 2011

NEW CUTS TO WOMEN'S ORGANISATIONS MUST BE REVERSED, SAYS NATIONAL WOMEN'S COUNCIL OF IRELAND "A cut of 50% to a key grant scheme for women's and lone parents groups providing vital supports to women, families and communities will have a disastrous...

NWCI welcomes governments decision on Magdalene Laundries

Published: Wednesday, June 15, 2011

The National Women's Council of Ireland warmly welcomes the decision of the government to ask an independently chaired committee to clarify any State interaction with the Magdalene laundries. "The Magdalene Laundries were based on an extremely sexist attitude to women,...

National Womens’ Council of Ireland welcomes the new European-wide campaign against prostitution

Published: Wednesday, June 15, 2011

National Womens' Council of Ireland welcomes the new European-wide campaign against prostitution "Together for a Europe Free from Prostitution" is launched today in Brussels The National Women's Council calls on the Justice minister Alan Shatter to act now to reform...

Social Media Help Keep the Door Open to Sustained Dissent Inside Saudi Arabia

Published: Wednesday, June 15, 2011

AL KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia -- When Manal al-Sharif posted a video of herself breaking the law by driving her own black S.U.V. around this hot, flat city and called for a collective protest on Friday, the government responded...

Michele Bachelet, UN Women Executive Director addresses the Committee on Domestic Workers

Published: Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Michele Bachelet, UN Women Executive Director and long time champion for women's rights, addressed the Committee on Domestic Workers during the 100th International Labour Conference, highlighting the issue of decent work for domestic workers and the inherent danger a lack...

Dr Sima Savar has been awarded the 2010 Tipperary International Peace Award

Published: Monday, June 13, 2011

The 2010 Tipperary International Peace Prize is being awarded to Afghan human rights activist, Dr. Sima Samar. The announcement of the award was made on January 1st, 2011 in a statement issued by Tipperary Peace Convention. The statement says that Dr. Samar...

Women’s outrage as Bruton refuses consultation on low paid

Published: Sunday, June 12, 2011

Coalition to Protect Lowest Paid / National Women's Council of IrelandNews Release12 June 2011The National Women's Council of Ireland expresses deep concern that the Minister for Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation, Richard Bruton, T.D, has not heeded its requests to meet...

Challenging short film on the reality of rape

Published: Tuesday, June 07, 2011

This thought-provoking short film from Scottish Rape Centre highlights the heinous but sadly widely accepted concept that women who dress in a certain manner are inviting sexual attacks. Looking at it from a no-nonsense approach, it examines the idea that...

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