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Calls to rape helpline rise as budget cuts extend waiting lists

Published: Monday, August 15, 2011

CALLS to a rape crisis helpline rose by almost a fifth last year as it was forced to cut its budget by 20%.Galway Rape Crisis Centre (GRCC) heard from 621 people in 2010, up from 518 the previous year, many who have waited...

Feminist summer school: training the new generation of ‘suffragettes’

Published: Sunday, August 14, 2011

Two-day UK Feminista event aims to mobilise activists and school them in art of campaigning and direct action.After just one day of classes at her summer school of choice, Emily Birkenshaw had already learned a crucial lesson: how to ...

Ruhama are looking for a Volunteer Development Intern

Published: Thursday, August 11, 2011

This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to contribute to and engage with the work of Ruhama. They will be developing and providing a range of innovative supports and systems to support women wishing to engage in Ruhama's...

Changes in Law welcomes by Women’s Aid

Published: Monday, August 08, 2011

Ireland's leading national organistaion against domestic violence, Women's Aid, has welcomed the recent amendments to the Domestic Violence Act. These amendments, which have been long-campaigned for, means that more people can be protected by the law, regardless of their cohabitation...

Column: For a new politics, we need more women in the Dáil

Published: Monday, August 08, 2011

Fine Gael deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor was recently caught up in a Dáil row after being the subject of sexist remarks by Independent TD Mick Wallace. Writing for TheJournal.ie, she argues that a better balance of the sexes...

Feminism is back? I never saw it leave…

Published: Monday, August 08, 2011

I've been reading about the resurgence in feminism since I picked up my first copy of The Women's Room by Marilyn FrenchIf you haven't already, you little scamp, go at once, find this and read it - Right. Now.Those...

Object to get porn out of our papers

Published: Thursday, August 04, 2011

OBJECT, a UK group against the objectification of women, is running a new campaign to put pressure on MPs to end the promotion of pornography in our mainstream press once and for all.We're all aware of the recent media...

Artist ‘Bewildered’ by Sculpture Debacle

Published: Thursday, August 04, 2011

Article by Darinagh BoyleSix years after it was commissioned in a blaze of publicity, a sculpture honouring the contribution female factory workers made to this city - is gathering dust in storage, where it is likely to remain for at...

Afghan Women Entering Police, Army Bear Risk of Taliban Return

Published: Wednesday, August 03, 2011

The U.S. is helping recruit and train thousands of women for Afghanistan's police and army, even as officials seek a peace agreement that might return some power to their former tormentors, the Taliban.Some 1,200 women serve in Afghanistan's national...

Irishwoman appointed to senior EU diplomatic position

Published: Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Irish diplomat Maeve Collins has been named the new Deputy Head of the European Union's delegation in Japan.She will now be the number two in the group that represents European economic and political interests in one of the Union's...

Dublin Rape Crisis needs Government to commit to support

Published: Tuesday, July 26, 2011

PRESS RELEASE The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre will not be able to continue to deliver at the current rate of demand unless the government grant is realistically stabilised, according the Ellen O'Malley Dunlop, CEO of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre....

Women and children walk for a month before reaching food

Published: Thursday, July 21, 2011

For Somali women and children fleeing conflict and the worst drought in over 60 years means risking their lives. They walk through the desert with nothing but the clothes on their backs for as long as a month to get to...

One third of women experience a crisis Pregnancy

Published: Thursday, July 21, 2011

The NWCI welcomes the publication of 'Pregnancy at Work: A National Survey, by the Crisis Pregnancy Agency and the Equality Authority. The Survey provides valuable data and information on women's experience in paid work during and after pregnancy. The Survey...

NWCI welcomes the appointment of Susan Denham

Published: Tuesday, July 19, 2011

The National Womens Council of Ireland warmly welcomes the appointment of the Honourable Susan Gageby Denham as the next Chief Justice of Ireland. This will make her the first woman to hold the position and the 11th Chief Justice in...

The Kathleen Lynn National Children’s Hospital Campaign

Published: Monday, July 18, 2011

The National Womens Council of Ireland are happy to announce our support for the Kathleen Lynn National Children's Hospital Campaign as organised by Marie Mulholland and Tom Stokes.In light of all of her influential and wonderful work in helping...

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