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1. #FemFest - thanks for an amazing day!
Excerpt: …On the first Friday in December, we held our second annual #FemFest, a major conference with young women , which was the culmination of a year's worth of workshops. The day was made possible by the young women involved in our workshops throughout the year. Together, we held wide-ranging discussions…
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2. NWCI welcomes offer of compensation to Ms Amanda Mellet
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) welcomed the offer of compensation by Minister for Health, Simon Harris, to Amanda Mellet arising from ruling of the UN Committee on Human Rights. The Government must now take action to ensure women are no longer subjected to suffering and discrimination as…
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3. NWCI is currently recruiting for a ‘Women in Leadership’ Officer
Excerpt: …This is an exciting time for NWCI. Change is happening for women in Ireland and we would like you to be part of that. If you have a good understanding of women’s equality, are a strong communicator, can build relationships and are interested in working with a leading national women’s…
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4. We must trust women’s decisions
Excerpt: …NWCI has today made a submission to the Citizens’ Assembly highlighting the voice of our 180 member organisations in Ireland. In our submission, we call on the members of the Citizens Assembly to recommend a referendum to repeal the Eighth Amendment to the constitution and introduce legislation providing for access…
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5. NWCI and Age Action call for pension reform
Excerpt: …NWCI and Age Action came together to urge TDs to support a motion from Deputy John Brady calling for pension equality. While both organisations welcomed the €5 increase to weekly pension payments in Budget 2017, we also emphasised the need for significant pension reform. The financial crisis uncovered serious flaws…
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6. NWCI welcomes gender quotas for State sponsored sporting boards
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) has welcomed the news that a minimum of 30% of all sporting boards which receive State funding must be made up of women or else they will face financial sanctions. Orla O’Connor, Director of NWCI said, “The introduction of gender quotas to increase…
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7. Welcome to our four new group members!
Excerpt: …As we close out 2016, we would like to welcome four new group members to NWCI. Herizon is a not-for-profit online forum for female leadership, entrepreneurship, gender equality and gender partnership. They post weekly articles, studies, interviews on female leadership in action, companies and organisations who promote gender equality and…
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8. Be part of the story in 2017 and join as a member of NWCI
Excerpt: …The election of Donald Trump as US President shows that we can never take achievements for women’s equality for granted. We need to disucss the real-life stories of women in Ireland and show the benefits of women's equality to women, men, families and children and society as a whole. As…
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9. Age Action and NWCI Call on TDs To Support Dáil Motion On Pension Equality
Excerpt: …Age Action and the National Women’s Council of Ireland have urged TDs to support a motion from Deputy John Brady calling for pension equality. The motion will be debated in the Dáil on Wednesday 7 December. Both organisations welcomed the €5 increase to weekly pension payments in Budget 2017, but…
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10. We can’t continue to compensate women for their suffering
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) welcomes the offer of compensation by Minister for Health, Simon Harris, to Amanda Mellet arising from ruling of the UN Committee on Human Rights. The Government must now take action to ensure women are no longer subjected to suffering and discrimination as a…
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11. Let the Citizens’ Assembly know you support Repeal of the Eighth Amendment
Excerpt: …The Citizens’ Assembly commenced its deliberations on 15 October 2016. The Assembly comprises of the chairperson, Ms Justice Mary Laffoy, a sitting Judge of the Supreme Court, and 99 citizens randomly selected on the basis of being representative of the Irish electorate in terms of gender, age and regional spread.…
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12. Lack of action will cause the pay gap to increase further
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) this morning responded to the Morgan McKinley research which shows that the gender pay gap in the professional sector in Ireland is 20%, saying that unless immediate action is taken, we will see the gap increase further. Orla O’Connor , Director of NWCI…
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13. #FeministAgenda: AGM morning event discusses priorities for women’s equality
Excerpt: …What should be part of our #FeministAgenda over the next four years? This was the topic of NWCI's AGM morning event that brought together almost 100 members and friends on the 9th September. At the event, Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality, Frances Fitzgerald TD officially launched NWCI's new…
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14. NWCI holds new series of #FemFest workshops
Excerpt: …In the lead up to #FemFest, our major national conference on young women, NWCI is holding workshops with groups of young women aged 16 - 24 on the topic of feminism. 100 years after the 1916 Easter Rising, we're looking forward to 2116, and planning our feminist future. We're discussing…
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15. Be part of the campaign and join NWCI!
Excerpt: …NWCI's offers individuals and groups the opportunity to be part of a bigger women's movement and join the campaign for women's equality in Ireland. Here is some feedback from one of our newest members. "I've been following NWCI's Facebook profile and feel your page helps me achieve my goal to…
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16. Symantec Technology to rename their Dublin Meeting Rooms 50/50
Excerpt: …NWCI's member group Symantec Technology Women's Network is delighted to announce that Symantec are seeking to rename half of their meeting rooms after female role models and half after male role models in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics). Looking to celebrate the rich stratum of scientific achievements by…
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17. World Congress on Women’s Mental Health in Dublin in 2017
Excerpt: …The World Congress on Women’s Mental Health is coming to Dublin next March 2017. There will be symposia and workshop presentatoins by speakers from across the globe, on a variety of themes related to women’s mental health. You can view the different topics listed here. Early registration for the Congress…
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Excerpt: …NWCI has launched Fill the Gap - NWCI's Pre 2017 Budget Submission on 21 September 2016. Recession and austerity have had a disproportionate economic impact on women in Ireland. The Gender Pay Gap has widened from 12.6% to 14.4% while the Gender Pension Gap has widened from 35 to 37%.…
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19. Frances Byrne is new NWCI Chairperson
Excerpt: …Congratulations to our new Executive Board which was elected at our AGM. Frances Byrne, committed feminist and communications professional, was elected as the new Chairperson and Sheila Dickson from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Orgnisaiton was re-elected as Deputy Chairperson. After her election, Frances Byrne said, "It is a huge…
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Excerpt: …“We should not pose a question ‘what can this treaty [CEDAW] do for women in Ireland and everywhere else’ but reverse it and ask ourselves ‘what do we plan to do with this Convention in order to fully explore its potential and close the gap between non-discrimination and gender equality…
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