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1. OPEN, Barnardos and the National Women’s Council of Ireland welcome Joan Burton’s acknowledgement
Excerpt: …OPEN, Barnardos and the National Women's Council of Ireland have welcomed Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton's, acknowledgment that lone parents should not lose the One Parent Family Payment when their youngest child reaches the age of 7 unless a comprehensive system of "Scandinavian" style childcare is in place. However,…
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2. National Women’s Council of Ireland urges TDs to support legislation on abortion
Excerpt: …The NWCI welcomes the tabling of legislation on abortion to give effect to the X case in the Dail this evening by Clare Daly TD by way of the Medical Treatment (Termination of Pregnancy in Case of Risk to Life of Pregnant Woman) Bill 2012. Orla O Connor, Acting CEO…
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3. Oireachtas members to meet women critical of abortion rules
Excerpt: …MEMBERS OF the Oireachtas will be invited to discuss issues related to abortion at an event organised by the National Women's Council of Ireland in Leinster House this afternoon.A spokeswoman for the council said the politicians would be able to meet women who travelled abroad for abortions after their foetuses…
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4. Law on abortion ‘cruel, unfair, and needs to change’
Excerpt: …Women forced to have an abortion abroad because their unborn baby had abnormalities will tell politicians today that the law is cruel, unfair, and needs to change.Four women have gone public on their situation to highlight what they believe many ordinary women like them endure in silence.The women will meet…
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Excerpt: …Passing the Social Welfare Bill in its current format will push more one-parent families into poverty. OPEN, Barnardos and the National Women's Council of Ireland have expressed serious concerns that proposed changes to the One Parent Family Payment in the Bill which was published today will exacerbate already high levels…
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6. ‘I believe in a loving God and that I won’t be damned for what I did’
Excerpt: …THE PHOTOGRAPH OF the four calm, young women on this page tells us little of what had gone before. They were tired and under stress. Three had been in tears. One had taken a 5am train from the south into the offices of The Irish Times. Another had had to…
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7. New partnership between EU and UN Women to enhance gender equality worldwide
Excerpt: …Brussels, 16 April 2012 - A new partnership between the EU and UN Women set up to strengthen cooperation between the two organizations on their work on empowering women and gender equality, was today signed by High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/ Vice President of the Commission Catherine…
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8. The Sheehy Skeffington Human Rights School
Excerpt: …Saturday April 28th Liberty HallA one day school providing an opportunity to discuss human rights approaches to achieve the fundamental freedoms and entitlements that contribute to thedevelopment of a Good Society. Senator Ivana Bacik Law Lecturer/Barrister Donncha O'ConnellCommunity Activist John Bissett Historian Mary CullenEconomist Michael Taft Human Rights Activist Aideen…
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Excerpt: …Date : Monday, April 30th 2012Time : 9:45 am to 3:45 pm, registration from 9:00amVenue : Longford Women's Link, Willow House, Ardnacassa Avenue, LongfordLunch will be provided on the dayConference noteThe aim of this event is simple, to use the experience, information and resources we have to inspire women to…
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Excerpt: …Please see below a letter regarding the closure of Banulacht. The NWCI would like to express our shock and regret at the closure of Banulacht which represents a huge loss to the women's sector. It is a disgrace that the important work that Banulacht has been doing for over 20…
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11. NATIONAL WOMEN’S COUNCIL OF IRELAND INVITATION TO REQUEST FOR TENDER
Excerpt: …1. Aim of the Project- To identify gender equality issues for women in the social welfare system who will be activated under the new Single Age Working Payment (SWAP) and the new National Employment and Entitlements Service (NEES) under the Department of Social Protection (DSP).- To identify how gender equality…
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12. "7 is Too Young" Campaign Press Release by OPEN, Barnardos and the National Women’s Counci
Excerpt: …OPEN, Barnardos and the National Women's Council of Ireland have expressed serious concern at proposals to change the One Parent Family Payment (OPFP) outlined in the Social Welfare Bill, published today. The three organisations said that measures in the Bill to cease the payment of the OPFP to lone parents…
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13. Article - Campaign groups vow to fight one-parent family cutbacks
Excerpt: …Lone parents are being attacked out of the blue and new social welfare rules which will see the one-parent family payment paid only up to the age of seven will be "opposed vehemently", campaign groups say.By 2015, all lone parents claiming the one-parent family payment will only get it for…
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Excerpt: …Press Release OPEN, Barnardos and the National Women's Council of Ireland have expressed serious concern at proposals to change the One Parent Family Payment (OPFP) outlined in the Social Welfare Bill, published today. The three organisations said that measures in the Bill to cease the payment of the OPFP to…
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Excerpt: …1. Aim of the Project- To identify gender equality issues for women in the social welfare system who will be activated under the new Single Age Working Payment (SWAP) and the new National Employment and Entitlements Service (NEES) under the Department of Social Protection (DSP).- To identify how gender equality…
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16. Campaign groups vow to fight one-parent family cutbacks
Excerpt: …Lone parents are being attacked out of the blue and new social welfare rules which will see the one-parent family payment paid only up to the age of seven will be "opposed vehemently", campaign groups say.By 2015, all lone parents claiming the one-parent family payment will only get it for…
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17. Feminists hail explosion in new grassroots groups
Excerpt: …Dozens of new organisations are springing up around the UK, campaigning on issues from lads' mags to benefit cuts.It was the lads' mags - with semi-naked women in suggestive poses on their covers - being sold at eye level at her corner shop that did it."I just don't think I…
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18. Time to correct imbalance of genders in news media
Excerpt: …LISTENING TO any of the Republic's major current affairs radio programmes, one could be forgiven for thinking that women, by and large, are not interested in the news or have nothing interesting to say on the serious topics of our turbulent political times - nothing, at least, that cannot be…
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19. Empowering women with confidence and strength
Excerpt: …Local woman Catherine Cooke, Co-ordinator of Foyle Women's Information Network, has recently returned from Vienna in Austria, where she was invited to speak on a global platform on the role of Northern Irish Women. The trip highlighted how the empowerment of Northern Ireland's female population is internationally viewed as a…
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Excerpt: …04 April 2012The NWCI welcomes the move by the Council of Europe to question the Irish government on what interim measures it has in place to respond to women with life threatening pregnancies, while the government ponders over the implementation the 2010 ruling by the European Court of Human Rights…
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