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Excerpt: …ActionAid Ireland is the Irish Affiliate of ActionAid International and was set up by a group of Irish people 30 years ago. ActionAid Ireland supports Women's Rights and Education programmes in Malawi, Uganda and Kenya in Africa and in Nepal, Vietnam and Cambodia in Asia.
Section: Our Members
2. Could 2014 be the year that women are put at the centre of societal change?
Excerpt: …Today on Nollaig Na mBan- a day when traditionally women sat back and let the men take over the housekeeping duties - the National Women’s Council of Ireland have asked government and society to look at 2014 as a year when women will be placed at the very centre of…
Section: Latest News
3. Inspiring Women, Inspiring Stories
Excerpt: …This publication of the personal experiences of some of Ireland’s women has been produced by National Women’s Council of Ireland, supported by the European Commission Representation in Ireland. NWCI would like to thank Niamh O’Carroll, Project Director, Ruth O’Connor, Editor and Writer, Form for Design, Emma Hopkins, Paul Sherwood, Mike…
Section: Publications
Excerpt: …A major thank you for all those who Ran In The Dark with us to raise money for women's equality, and in particular to all those who made donations! Here's to next year!
Section: Latest News
5. Presentations to UNSCR 1325 & The Participation and Representation of Women
Excerpt: …Presentations were given to UNSCR 1325 & The Participation and Representation of Women by Shirley Graham and Salome Mbugua, who represent NWCI on the Department of Foreign Affairs 1325 monitoring committee. Shirley Graham's presentation Salome Mbugua's presentation
Section: Latest News
6. Thanks to all our supporters at the end of a significant 2013!
Excerpt: …As we come to the end of 2013 we wanted to share with you some of successes for women that have been achieved by NWCI and all of our supporters in our campaign for women's equality. 2013 has been a significant year for women; the first piece of legislation was…
Section: Latest News
7. 2013 Successes for Women that NWCI and our members helped to create!
Excerpt: …As we come to the end of 2013 we wanted to share with you some of successes for women that you helped achieve by being a member of NWCI and supporting in our campaign for women's equality. 2013 has been a significant year for women; the first piece of legislation…
Section: Latest News
8. Investment required in Early Years Startegy
Excerpt: …Following the confirmation in a recent Irish Independent/ Today FM Behaviour and Attitudes Survey that one in four couples feel they are too poor to start a family, National Women’s Council of Ireland is renewing calls for a multi-annual investment in the quality of provision of Early Childhood Care &…
Section: Latest News
9. NWCI calls on government to make a commitment to get more women on boards
Excerpt: …The EU Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favour of gender quotas for publicly listed boards, and the Irish government must respond regarding what action they will take to promote gender equality in economic decision making. The vote saw MEPs support a EU Commission proposal to ensure gender balance on boards for…
Section: Latest News
10. Terminations for Medical Reasons: NWCI supports women taking case to UN
Excerpt: …NWCI fully supports women being forced to take a case to the UN for fundamental rights in the instance of fatal foetal abnormalities. It is terrible to see yet more women forced to international courts in search of their fundamental human rights. It is clear that the Protection of Life…
Section: Latest News
11. HISTORY presented by Theatre Club
Excerpt: …HISTORY is a story about a place. A fourteen acre site in Inchicore called St. Michael’s Estate, and a history that spans the housing of imprisoned 1916 revolutionaries to the building of Ireland’s first social housing in the 1960s.The housing estate and the people who lived there have battled drugs,…
Section: Latest News
12. UNSCR 1325 & The Participation and Representation of Women: Salome Mbugua Presentation
Excerpt: …Presentation highlights the difficulties faced by migrant women of all backgrounds and of different immigration status in Ireland.
Section: Publications
13. UNSCR 1325 & The Participation and Representation of Women: Shirley Graham Presentation
Excerpt: …Highlights from PHD research titled ‘Equal but Different: Gender Discourses in the Social Relations of Irish Peacekeepers & Possibilities for Transformation’, focusing on the challenges to including women in peacekeeping. In essence, the research is providing baseline data for the Defence Forces on how women are positioned within missions.
Section: Publications
14. The time for the government to take responsibility for Bethany Home neglect and abuse is now
Excerpt: …NWCI urgently requests the Government reconsider its policy on the survivors of the Bethany Home. The Sinn Fein’s Private Member’s Motion, being tabled today, seeking apology and redress for surviving women and men of Bethany Home provides an opportunity for the Government to give recognition and justice to the survivors.…
Section: Latest News
15. Alliance from across Irish Society calls for Justice for Bethany Home Survivors
Excerpt: …Dear Editor, We the undersigned are writing to you to express our deep concern at the situation of the survivors of the Bethany Home, Rathgar, Dublin. We are aware that Justice Minister Alan Shatter and Minister of State Kathleen Lynch have met with representatives of the Bethany Survivors Group. They…
Section: Latest News
16. Violence Against Women: An Issue of Gender launched by Minister Frances Fitzgerald
Excerpt: …At the launch and publication of “Violence Against Women: An Issue of Gender: Highlighting the Role of Gender in Analysis and Response” today, the Irish Observatory on Violence Against Women, chaired by National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) called for Ireland to sign, ratify and implement the Council of Europe…
Section: Latest News
17. NWCI and other NGOs call for the Christmas bonus to social welfare recipients to be restored
Excerpt: …NWCI, along with a number of TDs and non-governmental organisations have called for the Christmas bonus to social welfare recipients to be restored, saying it would be a “dividend to the most vulnerable in our society” as Ireland exited the EU-IMF bailout and a “welcome boost for the struggling retail…
Section: Latest News
18. INAR - Irish Network Against Racism
Excerpt: …INAR is a network of anti racist groups in the community and nongovernmental sector in Ireland
Section: Our Members
19. NWCI Christmas Wishlist on social media
Excerpt: …Are you sick of being told how to drop a dress size in time for Christmas, do you struggle with childcare over Christmas, or are you concerned about the rise in domestic violence that the Christmas period brings? Is your wish for a more equal society, one in which women…
Section: Latest News
Excerpt: …Consultancy with women across Ireland who have been affected by violent conflict for Ireland's National Action Plan on UNSCR 1325
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