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Glass ceiling a persistent reality in many of Iseq’s big-name companies

Published: Thursday, July 07, 2011

The majority of board memberships, executive and non-executive are still held by menDESPITE THE changing nature of gender relations in the workplace over the last few decades, corporate Ireland remains a predominantly male domain.An analysis of the board configuration...

Urgent Appeal on behalf of imprisoned doctors in Bahrain

Published: Tuesday, July 05, 2011

CRISIS IN BAHRAIN - As the human rights crisis continues in Bahrain Front Line is deeply concerned about the ongoing prosecution of doctors and nurses who are facing the prospect of prison sentences simply because they treated injured demonstrators during...

Millions of women have no access to justice, says UN

Published: Tuesday, July 05, 2011

MORE THAN 50 per cent of working women globally, 600 million, are trapped in insecure jobs without legal protection, according to the first report of the new agency UN Women.A similar number do not have even basic protection against domestic violence,...

Women in Northern Ireland ‘back to 1950s’ in recession: ‘rebalance’ needed

Published: Monday, July 04, 2011

Women in Northern Ireland are being driven back into the household by the global recession, according to a new report which likens the current situation to that of the 1950s.The report, 'Women on the Edge of the NI Economy',...

EU report on fundamental rights of ‘irregular migrants’

Published: Monday, July 04, 2011

The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has today published a report on the fundamental rights of irregular migrants who are employed as domestic workers in the European Union (EU).Most irregular migrants in domestic work are women.The...

We Are Men: Changing how young men think

Published: Monday, July 04, 2011

Will talking about rape through songs and a Jackass-style video change how young men think? Joan Smith looks at a campaign aiming to find outA young man tries to vault a parking meter and falls flat on his face. A...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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