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Published: Wednesday, December 17, 2025
NWC welcomes positive actions in childcare Plan but warns that real structural reform is needed in the next Phase The National Women’s Council (NWC) today (17th December) ...
Published: Wednesday, December 08, 2010
As we speak, the government is rapidly moving to ram through a serious cut to the national minimum wage. The proposed cut would slash €40 a week from the household budgets of tens of thousands of working families across Ireland --...
Published: Monday, December 06, 2010
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security - The background to the development of Ireland's National Action PlanCurrently the Irish Government, led by the Department of Foreign Affairs, is developing Ireland's National Action Plan on United Nation's...
Published: Thursday, December 02, 2010
Three million girls and women are subjected to female genital mutilation worldwide each year.That's 8000 girls per day.Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a form of violence against women and children that can amount to torture.The practice violates:* Right...
Published: Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Press Release The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC), with the support of Cosc, the National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence and the NDP, has launched the second part of its Public Awareness Outdoor Campaign 2010....
Published: Sunday, November 28, 2010
As part of the 4Steps2 Recovery Progressive Tax Campaign, the Community Platform included a question on OmniPoll, Ipsos MRBI's telephone Omnibus to measure support for the introduction of a wealth tax. A nationally representative sample of just over 1,000 adults aged 15+...
Published: Tuesday, November 23, 2010
National Women's Council of IrelandGender Mainstreaming Strategy for the Health Service ExecutiveThe NWCI is seeking to contract an experienced and highly skilled researcher for this project.The tender is for the production of a Gender Mainstreaming Strategy for the Health...
Published: Monday, November 22, 2010
Actor Fiona Shaw opens exhibition celebrating the work of Alice Milligan 'possibly the best kept secret in Irish history' - an unjustly forgottenjournalist, political activist, feminist, human rights campaigner, 'CulturalAmbassador', theatre pioneer and Ulster Protestant Unionist who became anIrish nationalist...
Published: Monday, November 15, 2010
This year the Irish Congress of Trade Unions has been holding a series of lecture on trying to influence the Government to take an alternative economic view. This campaign is called 'A Better Fairer Way'. As part of the 'Better...
Published: Thursday, November 04, 2010
National Women's Council of Ireland - Gender Mainstreaming Strategy for the Health Service ExecutiveThe NWCI is seeking to contract an experienced and highly skilled researcher for this project.The tender is for the production of a Gender Mainstreaming Strategy for...
Published: Tuesday, October 19, 2010
By Ann Cahill Europe CorrespondentA PLAN to give women longer maternity leave on full pay is being fought by businesses in the EU.Women's groups are arguing the extra cost would be offset by more women returning to work after...
Published: Monday, October 18, 2010
A coalition of leading charities, community and voluntary groups, trade unions and academics today launched a new hard-hitting campaign which calls on all TD's to take a pledge to protect the most vulnerable in society from Budget cuts.The "Time...
Published: Wednesday, October 06, 2010
Pregnant women are to be offered the seasonal flu vaccine free for the first time this winter as experts say the swine flu virus remains a threat.Healthy pregnant women and new mothers up to six weeks after giving birth...
The song, One True Step, is a story of women who have been through breast cancer. But the message is true of any huge life challenge. When the path isn't easy or clear, even the smallest step makes a difference....
Published: Monday, October 04, 2010
Enhancing Gender Justice and Ending Discrimination against Women Critical to Achieving the MDGsUNIFEM (part of UN Women) released an excerpt from the forthcoming2010-2011 edition of its flagship publication, Progress of the World's Women, in time for the UN Summit...
Statement by Mary White - Minister of state with responsibility for Equality, Integration and Human Rights.43 projects across Ireland to receive funding of up to €50,000 eachMinister of State for Equality, Integration and Human Rights Mary White has announced that she...
Published: Monday, September 27, 2010
UCC Women's Studies in conjunction with the Political Studies Association of Ireland (PSAI) presented the one day conference 'Moving in from the Margins: Women's political representation in Ireland' Speech by Susan McKay, CEO National Women'sCouncil Of Ireland at the conference,...
Published: Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Ireland is at a critical moment. You can help turn this crisis into a positive turning point. Claiming our Future is a unique event. It offers a chance for people, trade unions, community organisations, environmental groups and other civil society...
Published: Tuesday, September 21, 2010
The Executive Council of Congress has organised a protest gathering to take place outside of Leinster House (Kildare Street entrance), onWednesday 29thSeptember between 1-2pm (assemble at 12.30pm outside Anglo Irish Bank, Stephen's Green), as part of the ETUC day...
Published: Monday, September 13, 2010
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today named former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet to head United Nations Women (UN Women), a newly created entity to oversee all of the world body's programmes aimed at promoting women's rights and full participation in global affairs...
Published: Monday, September 06, 2010
Dear colleagues and supportersof the Act Now on 2015 campaign, As you know, in less than 3 weeks' time, the UN Summit on the MDGs will take place in New York, taking stock of progress towards the Millennium Development Goals.In addition...
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