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Medical Research Charities Group (MRCG) and Health Research Board (HRB) call for proposals

Published: Tuesday, January 04, 2011

The Medical Research Charities Group (MRCG) is a collective of charities, which seeks to further medical research in Ireland. Sightsavers International forms part of the MRCG, and as such has lobbied successfully for the Health Research Board (HRB) to co-fund...

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Published: Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Blogging about feminist issues in Ireland and beyond.

Next government ‘must legislate for limited abortion’

Published: Monday, December 20, 2010

It is now up to a new government to legislate for limited abortion, leading feminist and academic Ailbhe Smyth told a pro-choice rally in Dublin yesterday.The group which organised the rally, Feminist Open Forum, told the few dozen people...

The NWCI welcomes European Court ruling and calls on Government to legislate for women’s right to fu

Published: Wednesday, December 15, 2010

NATIONAL WOMEN'S COUNCIL WELCOMES EUROPEAN COURT RULING AND CALLS ON GOVERNMENT TO LEGISLATE FOR WOMEN'S RIGHT TO FULL REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS.The National Women's Council of Ireland welcomes the ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that Ireland has failed...

Call to women accountants to break glass ceiling.

Published: Monday, December 13, 2010

The National Women's Council of Ireland applauds the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland (CPA) who recently recognised the need to address the gender balance issue in the accounting profession.Speaking at the 2010 graduation ceremony in the Helix on...

SIGN THE PETITION

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 --...

Cuts will condemn families to poverty, say campaigners

Published: Tuesday, December 07, 2010

Drastic cuts will condemn families on the breadline to a life of poverty, hunger and homelessness, charities and campaigners claimed tonight.Children's rights activist Norah Gibbons claimed cuts on the poorest who survive on low incomes and social welfare will...

Budget to hit highest and lowest earners

Published: Monday, December 06, 2010

5 December 2010 By Susan Lynch in the Sunday Business PostThe abolition of certain tax reliefs and cuts in social welfare and the minimum wage will draw the ire of both ends of the earning spectrumWhile it is almost inconceivable to imagine...

BAD FOR WOMEN, BAD FOR CHILDREN, BAD FOR THE ECONOMY

Published: Monday, December 06, 2010

LENIHAN'S BUDGET IS BAD FOR WOMEN, BAD FOR CHILDREN, BAD FOR THE ECONOMY, SAYS NATIONAL WOMEN'S COUNCIL OF IRELAND.A recent poll showed that 8 out of 10 Irish people would favour some sort of Wealth Tax. Yet the government persists in...

The background to the development of Ireland’s National Action Plan

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...

Sign a rose petal campaign - END FGM

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...

unthinkable until somebody understands campaign

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....

"The Other Violence" The Impact of the NI Conflict on Women.

Published: Monday, November 29, 2010

Experts from NI and the Republic, Scotland and the US, are to gather in Derry this week to discuss cross border strategies to deal with the legacy of the Troubles for victims of sexual and domestic violence. Those taking part...

Families to be hit hardest by tax hikes revealed in four-year plan

Published: Monday, November 29, 2010

FAMILIES face the prospect of larger income tax increases than single earners being imposed on them over the life of the Government's four-year plan.Figures supplied by the Government last week in the four-year plan, known as the National Recovery...

Take Part in the Women’s Aid Online Solidarity Balloon Release

Published: Sunday, November 28, 2010

This online release is part of the Women's Aid National Balloon Action in solidarity with the One in Five Women experiencing domestic violence in Ireland which will see thousands of balloons released across Ireland on 25th November.Your involvement in...

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