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1. First Equality Authority Board Member Resigns
Excerpt: …Ms Thérèse Murphy is the first Equality Authority Board member to resign following the resignation of its Chief Executive last week.In a letter to Dermot Ahern T.D., Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Ms. Murphy stated that "needless drastic measures imposed on staff resources" in addition to the budget…
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2. Niall Crowley’s Resignation as Chief Executive of the Equality Authority
Excerpt: …The National Women's Council of Ireland has today expressed its full support for Niall Crowley and the principled stand he has taken in resigning as Chief Executive of the Equality Authority. "This decision we believe has been forced on Niall Crowley as a result of the massive budgetary cuts to…
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Excerpt: …'Designating today, December 4th, as 'Freedom from Pornography Day' is an important step in the fight against pornography here in Ireland and around the World, 'stated NWCI Director, Joanna McMinn. 'Today also allows us to highlight the very harmful effects of pornography and to name it as a violation of…
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Excerpt: …' My long search for security in my later years has left me feeling frustrated with the social welfare system. I feel unvalued by the State for all the years I've given to caring, we were unpaid workers who took care of parents. We saved the State a lot of…
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5. National Women’s Council supports the 16 days of action opposing violence against women
Excerpt: …The National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) wishes to stand today in solidarity with Women's Aid here in Ireland and with women around the world at the beginning of the 16 Days of Action Campaign opposing Violence Against Women. The NWCI supports Women's Aid's 'Home Truths: Think Human Rights, Think…
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6. EU Commision Vice-President Margot Wallstrom to address National Women’s Council Event
Excerpt: …Commissioner Margot Wallström, the Vice-President of the European Commission, will address a public meeting this afternoon (Friday 14th November 2008) hosted by the National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) and the European Commission Representation in Ireland.Commissioner Wallström's address: 'No Democracy without Equality' will focus on the issue of women's participation…
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7. Cork and Kerry will not be ‘Fobbed Off’ by Government on Pension Rights
Excerpt: …This weekend, women from Kerry & Cork will join with the National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI), to host a seminar to highlight the injustice of the social welfare system in relation to pensions, for women in Ireland.The seminar: 'Campaigning on Women's Pension Rights' will take place in Killarney on…
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Excerpt: …Older women's experience of the Irish pension system highlights the cumulative effect of discrimination against women in Irish society. The following testimonies reflect the enormous contribution which women have made to family, working life and society through their care work and contribution to family farms and businesses. They also reflect…
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9. Budget 2009 increases economic uncertainty for women
Excerpt: …'The combination of the measures introduced in Budget 2009 will have a significant negative impact on women' stated Orla O'Connor, Head of Policy, National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI). ' The introduction of a 1% levy on all income will particularly affect those on low incomes, the majority of whom…
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10. Women’s Council Calls on Brian Lenihan to Ease Financial Pressure on Women in 2009
Excerpt: …By simply redistributing current resources Brian Lenihan could ease financial pressure on Women in Budget 2009The National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) is calling on Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan TD to recognise the financial pressure being placed on women in the current economic crisis due to the increasing costs…
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11. ‘Budget 2009 - Critical time to make the right choices for women’
Excerpt: …The National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) urged the Government to place women at the centre of Budget 2009. Launching their Pre -Budget Submission today (Thursday 25th September 2008), the NWCI called on the Government to recognise the financial pressure being placed on women due to the increasing costs for…
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12. National Women’s Council echoes call for independent enquiry into cancer misdiagnosis deaths
Excerpt: …The NWCI has today called for an independent enquiry into the tragic deaths of Edel Kelly and Ann Moriarty as a result of breast cancer misdiagnosis. 'Two cases of breast cancer misdiagnosis in as many weeks, resulting in the tragic deaths of two women is sadly another terrible and shocking…
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15. Amalgamated FINAL accounts 2008
Excerpt: NWCI Amalgamated Audited Accounts 2008
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16. Irish Observatory on Violence Against Women submission to COSC
Excerpt: …The National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) is a non-governmental organisation representing women's groups in Ireland. The NWCI currently has 163 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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Excerpt: …In a new research report, to be launched on Tuesday (May 20th, 2008) the National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) is calling for a universal pension to guarantee a decent standard living for all. The report: 'Pensions: What women want: a model of pensions that guarantees independence' highlights the inequality…
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Excerpt: …The Government published the Green Paper on Pensions in October 2007 and called for a widespread debate on the future development of old age pensions informed both by the Green Paper and the suite of reports published by the Pensions Board. In this report, offered as a contribution to the…
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19. Submission to the National Carer’s Strategy
Excerpt: …Submission to the Department of Social and Family Affairs Consultation Report from the National Women's Council of Ireland to the Inter-departmental Working Group on the National Carers' Strategy 2008
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20. National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) & TASC launch book today to highlight new feminist is
Excerpt: …' The position of women in contemporary Irish society at the beginning of the 21st Century is as challenging now as it has been in any previous period in Irish history, where substantive inequalities persist and yet it is a common perception that women have never had it so good'…
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