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1. Reversal of Cuts to Personal Assistance and Home Help Services
Excerpt: …The National Women's Council of Ireland has added its voice to the call for a reversal of cuts to Personal Assistance and Home Care Services."We are appalled at this decision which flies in the face of Government commitments to protect the most socially excluded in this economic crisis. This latest…
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2. New Pension Measures Condemn Older Women to Increased Risk of Poverty
Excerpt: …National Women's Council of Ireland has expressed real concern at the new pension measures being introduced by the Department of Social Protection. The measures, which cut contributory payments to many of those who will go on pension in September. The measures will cut contributory pensions to new pension recipients by…
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3. New €250k fund to stimulate business start-ups by female entrepreneurs - Minister Bruton
Excerpt: …Minister launches new competitive feasibility fund The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mr Richard Bruton TD, today [Tuesday] announced the establishment by Enterprise Ireland of a €250K Competitive Feasibility Fund aimed at stimulating high potential business start-ups by female entrepreneurs. The fund will be open for applications from Tuesday…
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4. NWCI submission to the Council of Europe on A,B,C versus Ireland
Excerpt: …The NWCI has been closely monitoring the Government response to the implementation of the A, B and C v Ireland case and we are deeply concerned with the lack of progress. NWCI views the response to date of the Irish government as inadequate to satisfy the requirements of the judgment.…
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Excerpt: …The Equality Authority has launched an Equality Small Grants Fund which will provide grants of up to €4,000 for equality-focused actions.National and local NGOs working on one or more of the nine equality grounds (gender, civil status, family status, age, sexual orientation, disability, race and membership of the Traveller community)…
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6. LGBT Noise’s March for Marriage 2012
Excerpt: …When? - Sunday August 12th at 3pmWhere? - Meet at City Hall, top of Parliament Street, Dublin - marching to the Department of Justice.Civil Partnership is NOT equality.We ask you, your friends, your family and your co-workers to MARCH FOR MARRIAGE!Click here to visit the LGBT websiteClick here to visit…
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Excerpt: …DÁIL QUESTIONS addressed to the Minister for Justice and Equality (Mr. Shatter) by Deputy Mick Wallace for WRITTEN on Tuesday, 17th July, 2012. * 513. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Government will publish its next report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of All…
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8. National Women’s Council of Ireland Stresses Need for Legislation to Fully Implement ABC Case
Excerpt: …Today marks the day when the Expert Group on abortion would have released its report on how to implement the judgement of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of A, B and C v Ireland. The Expert Group were due to report its findings by the end…
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9. No further Cuts to Child Benefit : NWCI responds to IMF suggestions
Excerpt: …Child Benefit is critical for families to support the costs of raising children. Now more than ever low and middle income families are relying on Child Benefit as an essential part of household budgets, stated Orla O'Connor, Acting CEO National Women's Council of Ireland in response to the IMF Report.Due…
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10. Seminar on Women and Smoking
Excerpt: …The National Women's Council of Ireland and the Irish Cancer Society held a very successful seminar on Women and Smoking - Time to Face the Crisis in Dublin last Wednesday 04 July 2012 which was well attended by health professionals, women's organisations and policy makers who came together to show…
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11. Female smoking in Ireland reaches crisis point
Excerpt: …Female smoking in Ireland reaches crisis point as 'Big Tobacco' targets Irish women and girlsIrish Cancer Society hosts conference to address women and smoking problemWednesday, 4th July 2012: At a conference in Dublin today the Irish Cancer Society will highlight how the tobacco industry is aggressively targeting women and girls…
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Excerpt: …Click on the link below to read about all our work and activities during 2011.
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14. The European Institute for Gender Equality is recruiting a new Head of Operations
Excerpt: …The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)[1] is organising a call for applications with a view to establishing a reserve list for Temporary Agents for the post of Head of Operations.The registration of applications will begin on 5 June 2012 and will close on 16 July 2012 at 23:00 Eastern…
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15. NWCI Submission on New Human Rights and Equality Commission
Excerpt: …IntroductionThe National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) is the national representative organisation of women in Ireland. Our mission is to achieve women's equality, empowering women to work together, while recognising and mobilising difference, in order to remove structural political, economic, cultural and affective inequalities. The National Women's Council of Ireland…
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16. Additional Comments to the NWCI Observations on the Review of the National Women’s Strategy
Excerpt: …IntroductionThe NWCI welcomes the opportunity to provide additional comments to our 'Observations on the Review of the National Women's Strategy (NWS) (2007-2016)' which we submitted in July 2010. The Observations and recommendations which we made in July 2010 are still very appropriate and relevant and we have attached the original…
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Excerpt: …Women's Human Rights AllianceThe Women's Human Rights Alliance (WHRA) was established in 2001 as a coalition of women and women's organizations promoting a women's human rights approach to the advancement of women's equality in Ireland. The Alliance works to promote women's human rights, monitoring the implementation of international commitments as…
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Excerpt: …The National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) is a non-governmental organisation representing women's groups in Ireland. The NWCI currently has 170 member organisations affiliated to it, representing an estimated 500,000 women. As the representative organisation of women in Ireland, the NWCI works to promote equality, human rights and empowerment for…
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19. National Women’s Council of Ireland Annual General Meeting
Excerpt: …Thursday 14th June 2012 Gresham Hotel, O'Connell Street, Dublin 1 AGENDA10:30 Registration11:00 Welcome Address - Clare Treacy, Chairperson11.10 Keynote Speakers - Frances Fitzgerald TD Minister for Children and Youth Affairs11.30 Adoption of the Meeting Procedures11.35 Introduction of Tellers11.40 Adoption of 2011 AGM Minutes11.45 Adoption of 2011 Accounts and re-appointment of…
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20. Ireland should legislate for corporate quotas
Excerpt: …Press ReleaseThe National Women's Council of Ireland today called on the government to legislate for quotas to increase the number of women on corporate Boards, before an EU directive forces us to.Commenting, at the end of the EU consultation, Orla O'Connor acting CEO of the NWCI, said'There is clear evidence…
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