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2. EU to vote on increasing paid maternity leave
Excerpt: …By Ann Cahill Europe CorrespondentA PLAN to give women longer maternity leave on full pay is being fought by businesses in the EU.Women's groups are arguing the extra cost would be offset by more women returning to work after having babies -- and would help increase the population.But business and…
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Excerpt: …Launched in April 2010 at a major seminar on women's philanthropy in Dublin, The Women's Fund for Ireland fuels change in our communities by supporting the most innovative and positive solutions to the issues facing women in Ireland today.It's mission is to encourage philanthropy among women, improve the lives of…
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4. The Poor can’t pay. Protect the vulnerable
Excerpt: …A coalition of leading charities, community and voluntary groups, trade unions and academics today launched a new hard-hitting campaign which calls on all TD's to take a pledge to protect the most vulnerable in society from Budget cuts.The "Time to Make a Commitment" campaign features two short videos which explain…
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5. Invest a little in deprived children and save a fortune on super-prison
Excerpt: …HOMELESSNESS. Poverty. Hunger. Cold. Fear. Isolation. Illness - both physical and mental.These are features of modern Ireland, whether we like it or not. They are symptoms - the most telling symptoms - of our failure to take advantage of a 15 years of rapid economic growth. We built roads around…
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Excerpt: …Say NO - UNiTESay NO - UNiTE to End Violence against Women is a global call for action, launched in November 2009, on ending violence against women and girls. It is presented by UNIFEM as a contribution to advance the objectives of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's campaign UNiTE to End…
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Excerpt: …Release Date: Monday 18th October 2010Comments Made By Susan McKay, chief executive of the National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) at The Poor Can't Pay launch of Campaign to Demand that TDs Protect People on Lowest Incomes from Further CutsWe live in a country in which a bankrupt property developer…
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8. Launch of RCNI Statistics 2009
Excerpt: …Professor Diarmaid Ferriter to be guest speaker at the launch of the RCNI National Rape Crisis Statistics 2009, on the 16th of November, 11 am, Buswells Hotel, Dublin 1.
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9. National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA) Developing numeracy teaching and learning
Excerpt: …The programme and booking form for the upcoming NALA numeracy conference 'Count me in: Developing numeracy teaching and learning'.The aim of the event is to examine methods of building curriculum in numeracy and looking at diverse way for students to get the numeracy skills they need. It will take place…
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11. AIMS Ireland Petition to Hold Proposed Midwives Bill
Excerpt: …Irish Lobby Group, AIMS Ireland, has called on the Irish Government to Hold a Proposed Bill which denies Women the Right to Informed Choice in Childbirth and the Professional Autonomy of Midwives. Please join us in signing this petition in order to protect the human rights of women and the…
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12. Launch of Masters in Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation, TCD at Belfast
Excerpt: …Please accept our invitation to the launch of the new Master's (M.Phil.) programme in Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation at Trinity College Dublin at Belfast (the Irish School of Ecumenics) on Thursday 21 October 2010 from 4.45-6.00 p.m. at 683 Antrim Road, Belfast. Baroness Nuala O'Loan, DBE, will speak on 'The…
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13. PhD research into "Woman who come out later in Life"
Excerpt: …My name is Christine Gaffney. I am doing a PhD in Social Science about the experiences of women who 'come out' mid life, that is to say, women who identified as heterosexual until they were at least 27, and who came out as lesbian, bisexual or other than heterosexual, after…
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14. POLITICS OF PEACE - REALITIES - UN SECURITY COUNCIL RES 1325 AT 10 YEARS
Excerpt: …This year marks the 10th anniversary of a landmark piece of international law codifying the link between women, peace and security known as U.N. Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000). As a Security Council Resolution, it is by definition binding on member states, and in theory at least obligates them to:…
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15. Women Need Greater Participation & Equality in Peacebuilding - UN Report
Excerpt: …Ten years after the adoption of a Security Council resolution calling for equal participation by women in post-conflict peacebuilding, much remains to be done to ensure they can play their part in shoring up peace, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in a report released today. "Now is the time for systematic,…
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16. Say hello to the new feminists
Excerpt: …Last month the Irish Feminist Network was launched in Dublin with the aim of destigmatising feminism and making it more relevant to a new generation. It was a success: 100 people attended, and its 22-year-old spokeswoman Madeline Hawke says the group, which will focus on the media and the political…
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17. Tackling the Shadow Employer Role: Improving state/community sector employer relations
Excerpt: …The consultation is part of a project which aims to develop proposed rules of engagement between statutory funders and community sector employers, including boundaries, rights and responsibilities. The project has been established in response to growing evidence of inappropriate interventions by funders in the operation of community organisations and the…
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18. Women in the Criminal Justice System on the 15 October 2010
Excerpt: …The Annual Conference of the Association for Criminal Justice Research & Development (ACJRD) Women in the Criminal Justice System will present many facets of the involvement of women at all levels of the Criminal Justice System in Ireland.Presentations from Northern Ireland, England and the U.S. from practitioners, academics, policy creators,…
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19. Campaigners welcome support for overseas aid in alternative Budget
Excerpt: …PRESS STATEMENT 04 October 2010Release of Social Justice Ireland's alternative BudgetCampaigners welcome support for overseas aid in alternative BudgetA coalition of 70 anti-poverty groups and NGOs today welcomed Social Justice Ireland's proposal to increase the overseas aid budget in its 2011 alternative Budget.Earlier today, Social Justice Ireland (SJI) presented a…
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20. Gender Justice: Key to Achieving the MDG’s
Excerpt: …Enhancing Gender Justice and Ending Discrimination against Women Critical to Achieving the MDGsUNIFEM (part of UN Women) released an excerpt from the forthcoming2010-2011 edition of its flagship publication, Progress of the World's Women, in time for the UN Summit on the Millennium Development Goals.The analytical brief, presented at a high-level…
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