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1. SAFE Ireland Presidential Dialogue
Excerpt: …The National Women's Council of Ireland had the great pleasure of attending the Safe Ireland presidential dialogue this week "Now Your Talking", the first of a series of national conversations on domestic violence. Mary Davis, Michael D. Higgins, Sean Gallagher and Gay Mitchell attended the event with Miriam O Callaghan…
Section: Latest News
2. Women suffering from spending cuts
Excerpt: …Women suffering at the hands of a violent partner are bearing the brunt of cuts on statutory agencies, it has been claimed.Safe Ireland revealed that one day last year 555 women and 324 children were accommodated or received support from a domestic violence service - that is 23 women and…
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3. Spain’s stolen babies and the families who lived a lie
Excerpt: …Spanish society has been shaken by allegations of the theft and trafficking of thousands of babies by nuns, priests and doctors, which started under Franco and continued up to the 1990s.I first met Manoli Pagador in Getafe, in a working-class suburb of Madrid. She was attending a meeting for people…
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4. The National Women’s Council of Ireland Presidential Questionnaire
Excerpt: …The NWCI have submitted a questionnaire to all the Presidential Candidates to see how far up on their agenda women's issues are. The questions put forward are as follows: What major intiatives will you conduct as President to advance women's equality?What do you think are the top 3 issues for…
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5. The Community Platform on Vincent Browne
Excerpt: …The Community Platform appeared on the Vincent Browne show on Monday 11th October to discuss the alternative strategy to the States current financial crisis they have produced.Appearing on the show were:Michael Taft, an economist with UniteJoan Mulvihill, CEO of the Irish Internet AssociationJim Power, an economistSiobhan O'Donoghue, Director of the…
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6. The Irish Human Rights Commission & Law Society of Ireland
Excerpt: …9th Annual Human Rights ConferenceIreland's Human Rights Record Under the SpotlightImplications of the United Nations Universal Periodic Review10am - 14.30, Saturday, 22 October 2011President's Hall, Law Society of Ireland, Blackhall Place, Dublin 7Keynote address:Anastasia Crickley, UN Committee for the Elimination of Racial DiscriminationClick here for more details....
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7. Southwest Kerry Women’s Association launch A Charter for Women’s Equality
Excerpt: …Join us on...Saturday 15th October at 2pm in Tech Amergin, WatervilleGuest speaker ...Susan McKayCEO of the National Women's Council of IrelandWe look forward to seeing you!15 OCTOBERRural Women's DayClick here for more details..... R.S.V.P. by Wednesday October 12 on 066 9473397 or email admin@skwa.net
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8. Charity Pub Quiz in support of the Bray Women’s Refuge
Excerpt: …ON SUNDAY 23rd OCTOBER, 2011 IN THE HARBOUR BAR, 1 STRAND ROAD, BRAYVoted Best Bar in the World by the Lonely Planet Guide at 8.30pmTABLE X 4 @ €50 EACHFABULOUS SPOT & RAFFLE PRIZESTEL: Bray Women's Refuge: 01 286616Click here to see the full flyer...
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Excerpt: …Press Release United Nations member states call on government to introduce laws to bring more women into politics. The National Women's Council of Ireland today welcomed recommendations to introduce parity legislation to bring more women into politics made to Minister Alan shatter today. The recommendation was put forward at Ireland's…
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10. NWCI warmly welcomes the announcement that three women have won the Nobel Prize
Excerpt: …Three women who have campaigned for women's rights and an end to violence in Liberia and Yemen, including Liberian president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, won the Nobel Peace Prize today.Johnson-Sirleaf will share the prize with two other women - fellow Liberian, Leymah Gbowee, who mobilized fellow women against the country's civil war…
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11. Human Trafficking – Modern Slavery: Spotlight on Northern Ireland - A Seminar
Excerpt: …Klara Skrivankova, Dr Tomoya ObokataA seminar organised by The Youth and Family Judges and Magistrates Association (UK) LtdJustice Minister David Ford will open the seminarChair: Les Allamby, Director of the Law Centre in Northern IrelandThe PSNI's Organised Crime Branch launched operation Pentameter 2 at the beginning of 2008 and uncovered…
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12. SAFE Ireland invites you to Now You’re Talking
Excerpt: …You are invited to join the presidential candidates for the start of a national conversation on a safer Ireland for women and chiildren.Let's get serious about Domestic Violence!October 19th 201111am - 12.30pm Davenport Hotel, Merrion Street Lower, Dublin 2.Candidates will set out their vision for a safer Ireland and the…
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13. Interview with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf by NWCI CEO Susan McKay
Excerpt: …There's a huge billboard on the junction just outside Liberia's Department of Foreign Affairs on the Atlantic seafront in the capital, Monrovia. 'Liberia shall rise again', it says, over a smiling photograph of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. The first woman to lead an African country, she took over in 2006…
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14. NWCI welcomes the announcement that three women have won the Nobel Prize
Excerpt: …Three women who have campaigned for women's rights and an end to violence in Liberia and Yemen, including Liberian president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, won the Nobel Peace Prize today.Johnson-Sirleaf will share the prize with two other women - fellow Liberian, Leymah Gbowee, who mobilized fellow women against the country's civil war…
Section: Latest News
Excerpt: …Press Release United Nations member states call on government to introduce laws to bring more women into politics. The National Women's Council of Ireland today welcomed recommendations to introduce parity legislation to bring more women into politics made to Minister Alan shatter today. The recommendation was put forward at Ireland's…
Section: Latest News
16. NWCI warmly welcome new member Breffni Belles
Excerpt: …A warm welcome to our new Member - Breffni Belles Cavan Women's Network - who has just joined National Women's Council of Ireland!Click here to read more.....
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Excerpt: …There are days when, despite everything, Ireland still feels like quite a good place to live.Days when the sun shines, days when you remember not to turn on the radio or open the economics pages.Days when you watch an All-Ireland final, or take a walk by the sea, or hang…
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Excerpt: …Date: Tuesday, 4th October 2011Venue: Wood Quay Venue, Dublin City Council, Dublin 8Time: 10.30amClick here to see the flyer in full..... Please RSVP by emailing admin@immigrantcouncil.ie or by telephone: 01 674 0202 by 30th September 2011.
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19. Claiming Our Future Ideas- An Economy For Society
Excerpt: …Millennium Hall, Cork City Hall, Saturday November 5th 2011Saturday, November 5, 2011 11:00 AM (Registration 10am) CLAIMING OUR FUTURE IDEAS- 'AN ECONOMY FOR SOCIETY' A NATIONAL DISCUSSIONOur economic model of development is failing us. When judged by purely economic measures such as GDP growth is stagnant. The economic system doesn't…
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20. Act Now on 2015 - Everything you Always Wanted to Know about Aid (but were afraid to ask)
Excerpt: …This Wednesday, 5 October, we will host a short lunchtime briefing on Ireland's aid programme, and why we are campaigning to protect it. This is your chance to dig into any questions you may have about 'ODA', good or bad aid, Ireland's aid promise, how aid links up with development…
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