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1. IRISH MEN CALL FOR AN END TO SEX TRAFFICKING AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
Excerpt: …As awareness of the harm caused by sex trafficking and exploitation in the sex industry grows, men in favour of reform of Ireland's outdated prostitution laws speak in support of the "Turn Off the Red Light: End Prostitution in Ireland" campaign.10am on Wednesday February 2, 2011 in Buswells hotel.You are…
Section: Newsflash
2. APPLICATIONS INVITED FOR €500,000 SOCIAL IMPACT PROGRAMME
Excerpt: …Social Entrepreneurs Ireland is delighted to announce the launch of the 2011 Social Impact Programme. We are seeking applications from individuals who are developing new, big ideas to address the social and environmental challenges we face in Ireland today.The 3 social entrepreneurs selected will each receive funding of €130,000 as…
Section: Newsflash
Excerpt: …On the 19th December, 1984 article 4 of the EEC Directive 79/7 should have been implemented in Ireland. The principle was equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security. Ireland did not for whatever reason; implement this directive in December 1984, In spite of the fact that…
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4. IRAN - MARRY AT 16, IRANIAN PRESIDENT URGES GIRLS
Excerpt: …Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has urged girls to marry at 16 to help keep Satan at bay.His call is another controversial, if implicit, rejection of his country's highly praised family planning policy that was sanctioned by senior Islamic clerics two decades ago.Paying tribute this weekend to a gathering of charities…
Section: Latest News
Excerpt: …The 13th December 2010 was a day of great celebration in Ruhama. The reason for the festivity was the graduation ceremony for 28 women in our service, who all received their certificates for completing the Ruhama/Dignity Pre-training programme.The courses were part of the Dignity projectThe course participants were women affected…
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6. Reconciliation and Equality through Drama Seminar on Friday 14th of January 2011
Excerpt: …Smashing Times Theatre Company is delighted to announce details of theirone-day Reconciliation and Equality through Drama Seminar on Friday 14th ofJanuary 2011 in the Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny, Co.Donegal. TheSeminar is a celebration and exploration of the potential of artisticprocesses in informing our engagement with social issues such as racism,sectarianism,…
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7. Medical Research Charities Group (MRCG) and Health Research Board (HRB) call for proposals
Excerpt: …The Medical Research Charities Group (MRCG) is a collective of charities, which seeks to further medical research in Ireland. Sightsavers International forms part of the MRCG, and as such has lobbied successfully for the Health Research Board (HRB) to co-fund relevant research projects.To date, 56 such projects have been jointly…
Section: Latest News
Excerpt: …Blogging about feminist issues in Ireland and beyond.
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9. Next government ‘must legislate for limited abortion’
Excerpt: …It is now up to a new government to legislate for limited abortion, leading feminist and academic Ailbhe Smyth told a pro-choice rally in Dublin yesterday.The group which organised the rally, Feminist Open Forum, told the few dozen people who attended that the present government should immediately legislate for abortion…
Section: Latest News
Excerpt: …NATIONAL WOMEN'S COUNCIL WELCOMES EUROPEAN COURT RULING AND CALLS ON GOVERNMENT TO LEGISLATE FOR WOMEN'S RIGHT TO FULL REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS.The National Women's Council of Ireland welcomes the ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that Ireland has failed to vindicate women's constitutional rights, and calls on the government to…
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11. Call to women accountants to break glass ceiling.
Excerpt: …The National Women's Council of Ireland applauds the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland (CPA) who recently recognised the need to address the gender balance issue in the accounting profession.Speaking at the 2010 graduation ceremony in the Helix on Dec 11th, Eamonn Siggins, CEO of CPA, took this opportunity…
Section: Latest News
12. Moving Worlds: Cinemas of Migration Film Festival
Excerpt: …Moving Worlds: Cinemas of Migration Film Festival kicked off last night with a premiere screening of Neukölln Unlimited to a packed audience and with Hassan and Lial Akkouch, the stars of the film, in conversation with Dil Wickremasinghe from Newstalk's 'Global Village.'The festival continues today with a 'Youth and Digital…
Section: Newsflash
Excerpt: …EDA, (Ethical Development Action) invites you to the next public talk on the most pressing current issue:Who is bailing who out?Ireland, the EU and the IMFJoin us for a discussion about our future at the Victoria Hotel, Patrick Street, Cork onWednesday 15th December, 7.00 - 9.30 pmChair: Margaret O'Keeffe, CIT…
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15. Equality Case by Norah Mc Dermott
Excerpt: …On further consultation with our barrister we decided to appeal the High Court decision. This appeal was heard in Supreme Court. This court decided that the case should be referred once again to the European Court of Justice for consideration and this took place in Luxembourg in October, 1990. This…
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Excerpt: …Snowy greetings friends!Women's Therapy Centre Christmas cards are now available for purchase - actually, the cards can be used for many occasions so more reason to buy them!By purchasing these cards you will be supporting the work of the Women's Therapy Centre. At the Centre we provide a professional,affordable and…
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Excerpt: …You are invited to partake in a spectacle of 'Defiance and Hope' on Friday night @ 7pm. It is a creative colourful radical demonstration organised by a broad range of communities to reflect how the heart is being torn out of people in the current economic climate. Dancing, singing, drumming,…
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Excerpt: …As we speak, the government is rapidly moving to ram through a serious cut to the national minimum wage. The proposed cut would slash €40 a week from the household budgets of tens of thousands of working families across Ireland -- families that are already struggling to make ends meet.…
Section: Latest News
19. Cuts will condemn families to poverty, say campaigners
Excerpt: …Drastic cuts will condemn families on the breadline to a life of poverty, hunger and homelessness, charities and campaigners claimed tonight.Children's rights activist Norah Gibbons claimed cuts on the poorest who survive on low incomes and social welfare will result in many children going without one full meal every week."Minister,…
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20. Budget to hit highest and lowest earners
Excerpt: …5 December 2010 By Susan Lynch in the Sunday Business PostThe abolition of certain tax reliefs and cuts in social welfare and the minimum wage will draw the ire of both ends of the earning spectrumWhile it is almost inconceivable to imagine a household in the country that will not…
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