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1. Academic sexism is creating a strong subject divide
Excerpt: …Women - Universities and ZombiesThe higher education system is under attack; this much we know. Scratch beneath the surface and the story is even more apocalyptic, especially if you are a woman, or friends with one, or just someone who believes in equal rights. The year is 2011! Do we…
Section: Newsflash
2. Column: Abortion is a reality in Ireland – now we need to legislate for it
Excerpt: …IN 2010, A TOTAL of 4,402 women travelled from Ireland to Britain for abortion - 12 women every day.Since abortion was legalised in Britain in 1967, more than 140,000 Irish women have had abortions abroad. Irish law on abortion is the most restrictive in Europe. Abortion is a criminal offence…
Section: Latest News
3. Solo verdict by female judge makes legal history
Excerpt: …Caroline English, a London judge, has made legal history by becoming the first to deliver a verdict on her own after discharging a jury.Under the 2003 Criminal Justice Act, judges may continue a trial on their own if satisfied the jury has been subject to interference and that the defendants…
Section: Latest News
4. Academic sexism is creating a strong subject divide
Excerpt: …Women - Universities and ZombiesThe higher education system is under attack; this much we know. Scratch beneath the surface and the story is even more apocalyptic, especially if you are a woman, or friends with one, or just someone who believes in equal rights. The year is 2011! Do we…
Section: Latest News
5. NWCI welcomes response to the Cloynes Report
Excerpt: …The National Womens Council of Ireland calls for further action from the Justice Minister Alan Shatter and Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Frances Fitzgerald after the response to the publication of Cloynes Report. The promised referendum will include the rights of the child in the Constitution which will help…
Section: Latest News
6. Kenny condemns Vatican response to allegations
Excerpt: …The Vatican's approach to clerical abuse inquiries in Ireland has been branded a disgrace by the Taoiseach today.In the wake of the report into the Catholic Church's response to allegations of abuse in the diocese of Cloyne, Enda Kenny warned new laws would not be stopped by canon rules.The Taoiseach…
Section: Latest News
7. Calls for more transparency in Magdalene investigation
Excerpt: …CONCERNS have been raised that the terms of reference for the inter-departmental committee to investigate state interaction with the Magdalene Laundries have yet to be made public.The Justice for Magdalenes (JFM) group has written to Justice Minister Alan Shatter and independent chairperson of the committee Dr Martin McAleese, to express…
Section: Latest News
8. Bill would impose jail for female genital mutilation
Excerpt: …LEGISLATION TO prevent female genital mutilation "is the first step to ensuring this practice does not take hold in Ireland", Minister for Health Dr James Reilly has told the Dáil. Introducing the Bill, he described the practice of the partial or total removal of external female genitalia as a "gross…
Section: Latest News
9. Wallace sorry for ‘Miss Piggy’ jibe
Excerpt: …Wexford TD Mick Wallace has apologised to a Dáil colleague after he was caught calling her "Miss Piggy" in an exchange with two fellow Independents.Mick Wallace was heard muttering the remark about Fine Gael's Dún Laoghaire TD Mary Mitchell O'Connor when he believed the microphones in the chamber were off.In…
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10. A clear framework for tackling female genital mutilation
Excerpt: …It was refreshing to read the article by Hugh Muir on the approach to female genital mutilation in the UK (Hideously diverse Britain, 5 July). I have worked on FGM in Britain for around 30 years, helping to put it on the agenda, establishing an organisation that works with African…
Section: Latest News
11. Submission to the UPR Secretariat, Department of Justice and Equality
Excerpt: …Report on the right to health and the right to housing in Ireland by:Age Action Ireland Disability Federation IrelandMake Room Campaign AllianceMental Health ReformWomen's Human Rights Alliance
Section: Publications
12. Y Lead? Young Irish Female Leaders in Irish Society.
Excerpt: …Y-Lead is a video project aimed at profiling young women from across Irish society who are leading their communities. The videos are designed to inspire and empower young women to be leader's themselves, as well as praising the work of inspirational young women such as: Orla Tinsley, Gillian McInerney, Peppy…
Section: Latest News
Excerpt: …Eskimos don't actually have hundreds of words for snow. In fact, it's the Lapp people of northern Europe who do.Likewise, in Italian, there's no direct translation for the term 'politically correct'.True, the Italians will sometimes wrap their tongues around the phrase 'politicamente corretto', but more often they just invoke the…
Section: Latest News
14. Dismay as low waged workers are left in a limbo
Excerpt: …Yesterday's decision by the High Court that the JLC (Joint Labour Committee) system for setting wages is unconstitutional has been widely condemned.Among the 200,000 effected by this ruling, the implications for women in Ireland will be serious.Click here to read about he decision in more detail.
Section: Newsflash
15. Join the Dots! Cork Feminista
Excerpt: …On a daily basis, we are assaulted with many messages in our society, culture & media. From victim blaming in cases of sexual assault to the constant objectification of women in all forms of media to the Irish Government cutting funding to the Rape Crisis Network of Ireland, to the…
Section: Newsflash
16. Urgent Appeal on behalf of imprisoned doctors in Bahrain
Excerpt: …CRISIS IN BAHRAIN - As the human rights crisis continues in Bahrain Front Line is deeply concerned about the ongoing prosecution of doctors and nurses who are facing the prospect of prison sentences simply because they treated injured demonstrators during the recent disturbances.We are also concerned at the severe sentences…
Section: Newsflash
17. Glass ceiling a persistent reality in many of Iseq’s big-name companies
Excerpt: …The majority of board memberships, executive and non-executive are still held by menDESPITE THE changing nature of gender relations in the workplace over the last few decades, corporate Ireland remains a predominantly male domain.An analysis of the board configuration of companies listed on the main securities market of the Irish…
Section: Newsflash
18. Sudanese journalist jailed for reporting rape women’s rape claim
Excerpt: …A journalist has been jailed for a month by a court in northern Sudan after she reported the claim by youth activist Safiya Eshaq that she was raped by Khartoum security forcesClick here to read the full article.
Section: Newsflash
19. Dismay as low waged workers are left in a limbo
Excerpt: …Yesterday's decision by the High Court that the JLC (Joint Labour Committee) system for setting wages is unconstitutional has been widely condemned.Among the 200,000 effected by this ruling, the implications for women in Ireland will be serious."Failure to protect the JLC system hits women and poor families the hardest", said…
Section: Latest News
20. Sudanese journalist jailed for reporting rape women’s rape claim
Excerpt: …A journalist has been jailed for a month by a court in northern Sudan after she reported the claim by youth activist Safiya Eshaq that she was raped by Khartoum security forces (see WVoN story).Fatima Ghazali, a reporter at the Sudanese daily Al-Jarida, was convicted of publishing lies and ordered…
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