Talk by Gazan Human Rights Defender Khalil Shaheen

Published: Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Date: Wednesday 20 JanuaryTime: 7:00pm - 8:30pmVenue: Irish Aid Centre, O'Connell Street, Dublin 1 (map: http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=306269002&u=3412242)Amnesty International Ireland wishes to remind you that we will host...

There’s something about Mary Robinson

Published: Thursday, December 17, 2009

There's something about Mary Robinson. As one of the world's leading human rights activists, she is a formidable woman and an outstandingly brave one. She moves among world leaders with gracious ease. But she has never forgotten what she learned...

Public Gathering to oppose cuts to Child Benefit in Budget 2010

Published: Monday, November 30, 2009

PUBLIC GATHERING PLANNED FOR THIS EVENING (WED) OUTSIDE DAIL TO OPPOSE CUTS TO CHILD BENEFITThe National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) will join PACUB, OPEN, One Family and the Children's Rights Alliance in a public gathering to oppose cuts to...

NWCI Members Meeting (Violence against women and the law) 21st Nov - CANCELLED

Published: Thursday, November 19, 2009

Dear Friends,Due to weather conditions in the West and the AA's advice that unnecessary travel should be avoided in Galway until further notice, we have had to cancel our members meeting this Saturday November 21st.We apologise for any...

Pirate Queen Grace O’Malley wins the argument with Queen Elizabeth – a new book on Mna na hEireann

Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Reviewed by NWCI director, Susan McKay'I'm not a humanitarian. I'm a hellraiser.' So said Mother Jones, born on the northside of Cork, raised in Canada, and denounced in the US senate as 'the grandmother of all agitators' and by...

National Women’s Council joins National Day of Protest, 6th November 2009

Published: Friday, November 06, 2009

On Friday the 6th November the National Women's Council of Ireland and its members throughout Ireland took part in the ICTU Get Up Stand Up Protest marches. We called on Government to protect women, families and communities and to recognize...

Delegation of trade unionists who met President Mary McAleese

Published: Thursday, November 05, 2009

Conference hears benefits to criminalising purchase of sex

Published: Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Breaking NewsConference hears benefits to criminalising purchase of sex05/11/2009 - 09:52:43A major conference on sex trafficking being held in Dublin this week has heard that the only way to end the exploitation of women is to criminalise the buyers of...

National Women’s Council urges members to support national protest

Published: Tuesday, October 27, 2009

FAO: Dublin Region SIPTU & IMPACT members, community workers & activists. National Protest: Dublin Community Sector Assembly - Friday 6th November, 1.30pm, Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Sean Mc Dermot St, Dublin 1. Communities Against CutsGet Up, Stand Up for a...

NWCI supports European Women’s Lobby’s Open Letter to EU Heads of State & Government

Published: Monday, October 26, 2009

Press ReleaseIssuing organization: The European Women's Lobby (EWL)   Open letter to the EU Heads of State and Government ahead of the 29-30 October Brussels European Council -Is democratic representation of both women and men too much to ask for in 2...

‘Padded Cell & Other Stories’ Mannix Flynn opens new exhibition in Dublin

Published: Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Adifferentkettleoffishaltogether.There will be no false apology on any monument to those incarcerated in Irish institutions where brutal child abuse was practised, vowed Mannix Flynn at the launch of his new exhibition, "Padded Cell and Other Stories", in Dublin last...

NWCI Director, Susan McKay talks to Prime Time about the increase in domestic violence

Published: Tuesday, October 20, 2009

NWCI Director, Susan McKay talks to Prime Time about the sharp increase in the incidence of domestic violence as a result of the recession and the funding threats facing services for women and children trying to escape violence in the...

Work in home leaves women worse off, Report, Irish Times, 20th October 2009

Published: Monday, October 19, 2009

THE NOTION that work in the home is becoming evenly distributed among the sexes is a myth, the National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) has said, with women responsible for 86 per cent of child supervision, 82 per cent of care of...

NWCI launches new care publication

Published: Sunday, October 18, 2009

'Who Cares? Challenging the myths about gender and care in Ireland' describes the reality of care work for women and men in Ireland today. Despite the improved position of women in Irish society, care work still remains the primary responsibility...

Exclusive to NWCI website, Rita Ann Higgins launches her new poem, The Darkness

Published: Sunday, October 18, 2009

Exclusive to our website, Rita Ann Higgins launches her new poem, The Darkness, a hilariously barbed take on our Republic's current political chaos. One of Ireland's favourite poets, rita ann first read the poem at the National Women's Council's public...