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Published: Tuesday, July 01, 2025
After 23 years working in the National Women’s Council (NWC), the Director, Orla O’Connor, will step down from her role in the coming months to take up a new position as Executive Director of St...
Published: Sunday, November 27, 2011
The WVoN Facebook rape page campaign against this page - You know shes playing hard to get when your chasing her down an alleyway - is ongoing: despite an initial slowing down of comments, the misogynists are gathering again and...
Almost all Palaung ethnic women from eastern Myanmar are affected by domestic violence according to a report by the local Palaung Women's Organisation (PWO).The "Voices for Change" report, based on a survey of 600 people in four townships, found that 90...
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) present opportunities and dangers for women human rights defenders (WHRDs).ICTs have become an indispensible part of our daily lives as we work and connect through social networking.The use of ICTs provide WHRDs with...
Published: Thursday, November 24, 2011
IRELAND BLACK LEADERS CONDEMN WEAK GOVERNMENT ON RACISM...Press Conference will be held at Buswells Hotel at 12pm Friday 25 November 2011 Thursday 24, November - Ireland's Black leaders will hold a Press Conference in the Buswells Hotel at 12pm Friday 25 November 2011 to...
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS AND SUPPORTOur Petition is now at 1500 signatures as at 10am Monday 21st. Please help us spread to word to increase our total and put the pressure on the Governement as Budget 2012 draws near.The wealthy can afford...
Published: Sunday, November 20, 2011
This interview was supplied to the National Women's Council of Ireland by Noreen Byrne of Sadaka.Haneen Zoabi: Who are you calling feminist? (IOA, Israeli Occupation Archive) 25 March 2011It is possible to sum up Israel's relations with its Palestinian citizens...
The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) is currently seeking to recruit appropriately qualified professionals as Seconded National Experts on Gender Mainstreaming (Tools & Methods). The place of work is Vilnius, Lithuania.If you think you would be interested please...
FINANCE Minister Michael Noonan today dismissed reports of a €10 cut in child benefit as speculation and said the government had not made final decisions on the Budget yet.The Budget, in two weeks time, would be pro-growth, pro-growth and fair...
Journalist Caitlin Moran has bagged a clutch of awards for her witty takes on womanhood. She tells Julia Molony why she hated being a teen television presenter, the joys of having seven siblings and the perils of wearing the same...
Myanmar's most prominent dissident, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, will run in the upcoming parliamentary elections for the first time in 21 years, a senior official in her party has announced.The announcement comes three days after...
Published: Thursday, November 17, 2011
The umbrella group for Ireland's women's groups is currently recruiting for the following positions:Project Co-ordinator - The "Y" Factor The person appointed will establish and co-ordinate 'The Y Factor' project. This is an innovative and ambitious new project which...
And yet another member has joined us! Today we are saying hello to the International Women for Change from Dublin 8, a joint initiative between Irish and Immigrant Women, so please give them a warm welcome with your thumbs up! To...
To commemorate the centenary of her birth, the Tweedy Family, Arlen House Press, the Centre for Gender and Women's Studies, Trinity College Dublin, The National Archives and the Women's History Association of Ireland warmly invite you to A Celebration of...
Published: Wednesday, November 16, 2011
The work of some of Ireland's leading artists will come under the hammer at an art auction fundraising event for Marriage Equality. Entitled "Art for Marriage Equality", the auction takes place on Saturday November 26th and features pieces from Anne...
Click here to get the webpage concerning how anyone can submit an expression of interest in being appointed to a State Board operating under the aegis of the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine and how this can be done.
We have a new Member! A warm welcome to the 50-50 Group who are doing important work on Gender Quotas. Please 'like' them to support their cause and have a look at their interesting BLOG to find out more about...
The NWCI is hosting its first webinar for members on Monday the 21st of November from 1.00pm to 1.50pm. The guest speaker will be Fiona Buckley (UCC & 50:50 group) who will speak on the topic of women in Irish politics...
Published: Sunday, November 13, 2011
No woman felt diminished when one of the women candidates didn't make it on election day.Why? Because, these are the days when it's a given that a woman can be president, or anything else she wants to be, including...
It was an interesting week for Irish feminism. Our strongest female role model exited public life; a well-known female journalist was on the telly saying that women who give up their careers after having children are a drain on society;...
Last Wednesday, the first ever women-only meeting of TDs and Senators was the subject of controversy when Labour's Joanna Tuffy said she would not be attending.Tuffy suggested that a female-only meeting was "stereotyping" and would lead to women in...
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