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NWCI response to the Mental Health Commission discussion paper "A Model for Recovery in Irish M

Published: Tuesday, February 28, 2006

NWCI response to the Mental Health Commission discussion paper "A Model for Recovery in Irish M

Women have a particular experience of mental ill health, and therefore specific mental health needs. In 1997 the Government acknowledged that mental health services do not meet women's needs.2 Women's mental health is affected by various factors relating to women's inequality...

NWCI Submission on the Rural Development Strategy Plan 2007-2013

Published: Saturday, December 31, 2005

NWCI Submission on the Rural Development Strategy Plan 2007-2013

The NWCI welcomes this opportunity to make a submission to Ireland's Rural Development Strategy Plan 2007-2013. This rural development strategy will form the basis of the future development of Ireland's rural areas and of Ireland's rural development policies. In light...

NWCI submission on the Irish Governments Discussion document on Immigration and Residence in Ireland

Published: Thursday, July 28, 2005

NWCI submission on the Irish Governments Discussion document on Immigration and Residence in Ireland

This submission raises a number of general concerns in relation to the discussion document, outlines some of the features of the feminisation of migration, highlights key principles which we wish to see underpinning any future migration legislation or policy and...

NWCI Submission to the All Party Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution - The Family

Published: Monday, January 31, 2005

NWCI Submission to the All Party Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution - The Family

The NWCI advocate using the definition of family as outlined by the United Nations.The technical definition of the family used by the UN is: Any combination of two or more persons who are bound together by ties of mutual...

NWCI submission to the draft National Plan for Women

Published: Monday, December 31, 2001

NWCI submission to the draft National Plan for Women

The National Women's Council of Ireland welcomes the decision by the Government to draft a National Plan for Women, which can potentially provide a framework for concerted action to promote women's equality. A fundamental objective to the development o f...

NWCI submission to the review of NAPS

Published: Wednesday, February 28, 2001

NWCI submission to the review of NAPS

'The Government is strongly committed to reducing women's poverty. I fully support the national policy objectives, which you set out of eliminating women's and child poverty. We now have the resources to effectively eliminate poverty for all our people' Dermot...

Towards a New Framework for the Arts

Published: Saturday, September 30, 2000

Towards a New Framework for the Arts

The National Women's Council of Ireland welcomes the initiative by the Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands to prepare a consultative paper on the arts and to invite submissions from interested bodies concerning the future direction of arts...

NWCI response to the Green Paper on Adult Education in an Era of Lifelong Learning

Published: Wednesday, June 30, 1999

NWCI response to the Green Paper on Adult Education in an Era of Lifelong Learning

The National Women's Council of Ireland welcomes the publication of the Green Paper on Adult Education in an Era of Lifelong Learning and the opportunity to participate in the debate. This is the ?rst time that adult education and community...

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