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First woman to take up post of DPP

Published: Tuesday, October 25, 2011

THE NEXT Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) will be Claire Loftus, who succeeds James Hamilton after his retirement on November 7th after 12 years in the position.Ms Loftus was educated in University College Dublin, and qualified as a solicitor in 1992....

Population Milestone of 7 Billion is a Call to Action for Investment in Equality, says UNFPA Report

Published: Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Last Wednesday, 26th October, the IFPA hosted the launch of the UNFPA flagship report, State of World's Population. The theme for 2011 was People and Possibilities in a World of 7 Billion.Press Release from the Irish Family Planning Association- Governments that...

OWN Fundraiser Fashion Show

Published: Tuesday, October 25, 2011

The Older Women's Network is a nonprofit organization which works for the concerns of women over 55 by helping to get their voices heard in legislation and in the community. Unfortunately, with the recent cut backs out funding has been cut....

Our generation needs to reclaim feminism

Published: Monday, October 24, 2011

A few years ago, Germaine Greer appeared on Never Mind The Buzzcocks. The feminist sat opposite the pop starlet Gabriella Cilmi, aged 17 at the time. "What do you think of feminism?," Simon Amstell asked Cilmi. Cilmi's response was to giggle,...

Women feel the heat as 33% are sole breadwinners

Published: Monday, October 24, 2011

THE increasing pressure on women to juggle family and work is highlighted in a new study which shows that more than a third of working women are the sole breadwinners in their household.The 2011 Pfizer Health Index, published yesterday, also...

The NWCI are delighted to offer our congratulations to Katie Taylor, five time winner of the Europea

Published: Sunday, October 23, 2011

There was much joy at the weekend in Rotterdam as Ireland's own Katie Taylor fought her way to achieve her fifth European Senior title in a row.Taylor won the title after an intense match against Russia's Sofya Ochigava and...

Complaints system needed for prisoners, says inspector

Published: Sunday, October 23, 2011

A FAIR and transparent system for complaints within the prisons is necessary, according to the Inspector of Prisons.Judge Michael Reilly told the annual joint Law Society/Human Rights Commission human rights conference at the weekend that he had been...

Launch of Open Door - breaking the silence on violence against women and children

Published: Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Community Respond to Violence against Women and Children through the power of print.Speaking out on the issue of domestic and sexual abuse is challenging but a challenge that has been taken up by Kerry's own network on violence against...

Monument to Derry Women on Hold by City Council

Published: Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Louise Walsh, a Cork born artist, has dedicated six years of both her personal and professional life into a sculpture which she believed to be of historical and public significance in Derry. In 2006, Walsh was commissioned by the Department of...

SAFE Ireland Presidential Dialogue

Published: Wednesday, October 19, 2011

The National Women's Council of Ireland had the great pleasure of attending the Safe Ireland presidential dialogue this week "Now Your Talking", the first of a series of national conversations on domestic violence. Mary Davis, Michael D. Higgins, Sean Gallagher...

Women suffering from spending cuts

Published: Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Women suffering at the hands of a violent partner are bearing the brunt of cuts on statutory agencies, it has been claimed.Safe Ireland revealed that one day last year 555 women and 324 children were accommodated or received support from a...

Spain’s stolen babies and the families who lived a lie

Published: Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Spanish society has been shaken by allegations of the theft and trafficking of thousands of babies by nuns, priests and doctors, which started under Franco and continued up to the 1990s.I first met Manoli Pagador in Getafe, in a...

The National Women’s Council of Ireland Presidential Questionnaire

Published: Tuesday, October 18, 2011

 The NWCI have submitted a questionnaire to all the Presidential Candidates to see how far up on their agenda women's issues are. The questions put forward are as follows:  What major intiatives will you conduct as President to advance women's...

The Community Platform on Vincent Browne

Published: Wednesday, October 12, 2011

The Community Platform appeared on the Vincent Browne show on Monday 11th October to discuss the alternative strategy to the States current financial crisis they have produced.Appearing on the show were:Michael Taft, an economist with UniteJoan Mulvihill, CEO...

Interview with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf by NWCI CEO Susan McKay

Published: Sunday, October 09, 2011

There's a huge billboard on the junction just outside Liberia's Department of Foreign Affairs on the Atlantic seafront in the capital, Monrovia. 'Liberia shall rise again', it says, over a smiling photograph of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. The first woman...

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