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NWCI welcomes governments decision on Magdalene Laundries

Published: Wednesday, June 15, 2011

The National Women's Council of Ireland warmly welcomes the decision of the government to ask an independently chaired committee to clarify any State interaction with the Magdalene laundries. "The Magdalene Laundries were based on an extremely sexist attitude to women,...

National Womens’ Council of Ireland welcomes the new European-wide campaign against prostitution

Published: Wednesday, June 15, 2011

National Womens' Council of Ireland welcomes the new European-wide campaign against prostitution "Together for a Europe Free from Prostitution" is launched today in Brussels The National Women's Council calls on the Justice minister Alan Shatter to act now to reform...

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...

Challenging short film on the reality of rape

Published: Tuesday, June 07, 2011

This thought-provoking short film from Scottish Rape Centre highlights the heinous but sadly widely accepted concept that women who dress in a certain manner are inviting sexual attacks. Looking at it from a no-nonsense approach, it examines the idea that...

Letter from NWCI CEO, Susan McKay, calling on support for the campaign Justice for Magdelenes

Published: Thursday, June 02, 2011

2nd June 2011Click here to read the article published in the Examiner in response to the letter.Dear Deputy,Last year, I wrote to all women TDs, Senators and Councillors seeking support for the campaign for justice for women who...

NWCI again urges women politicians to support Justice for Magdalenes

Published: Thursday, June 02, 2011

2 June 2011Susan McKay, CEO of the National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI), is writing to all women TDs, Senators, and Local Councillors encouraging them to support Justice of Magdalene's (JFM) proposed "Restorative Justice and Reparations Scheme" for all survivors of...

Backlash in France over sexist politicians

Published: Monday, May 30, 2011

By Henry Samuel in ParisTuesday May 31 2011FRANCE'S male politicians are becoming increasingly anxious about their futures after one female minister warned that half of the country's male MPs were potentially "in trouble" due to their treatment of women.Still reeling...

Man has rape sentence reduced

Published: Monday, May 30, 2011

A man who raped a babysitter nearly 30 years ago has succeeded in having his 11-year sentence reduced on appeal. John Regan (62), Cloonfad, Ballyhaunis, Co Mayo, was jailed for 11 years in April 2008 after a Central Criminal Court jury found him guilty...

NWCI applauds Government’s decision on women representatives‏

Published: Sunday, May 29, 2011

The National Women's Council of Ireland applauds the government's decision to tackle our appalling record on women's representation in the Houses of Oireachtas. The announcement that political parties are to lose half of their state funding unless at least 30% of...

Protest against compulsory medical exams of Polish women workers

Published: Sunday, May 29, 2011

A group of Polish women have launched a petition to protest against the announcement by Ewa Kopacz, Polish Minister for Health, that the government may make gynaecological and breast screenings compulsory for working women.Compulsory smear tests and other intimate,...

Over 4,400 Irish women travelled to England and Wales for abortions in 2010 - journal.ie article

Published: Tuesday, May 24, 2011

AROUND 12 WOMEN a day travelled from Ireland to England and Wales last year to have terminations, new figures have revealed.The statistics, published today by the UK's Department of Health, show that women giving Irish addresses accounted for a majority...

Archaic attitudes to sex demean men and women - Belfast Telegraph Article

Published: Tuesday, May 24, 2011

By Harriet WalkerThe morning after the office party is normally too hideous to bear, but it passes at least, once you creep out of your colleague's bed and spend all day with your head in the toilet.But for German...

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