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1. Community Development - don’t cut the grass roots ACT NOW
Excerpt: …The CWC and the National Community Development Forum are aware that that projects are to be asked to attend a seminar on June 10th at which they will be given directions on:How to assess the assets of the project (many of these assets were as result of communities fundraising and…
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2. Dublin Pride Formal Festival Launch
Excerpt: …You are cordially invited to the Dublin Pride Formal Festival Launch by the Lord Mayor of Dublin Wednesday 09th June 2010at 6.30 pm in City Hall, Dame Street Dublin 2.Click here for invite.RSVPE-mail: info@dublinpride.ieTel: 086 214 0478
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3. Support for People Parenting Alone - We may be only two, but we are a family!
Excerpt: …Solo.ie The current One-Parent Family payment provides long term income support to a lone parent, until their youngest child is 18 years, or 22 years old if in full-time education. The Government believes that this long-term welfare dependency is not in the best interests of the recipient, the child and…
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4. Diary Date: Professor Kathleen Lynch to give TASC Annual Lecture, RIA, June 17th
Excerpt: …TASC is delighted to announce that Professor Kathleen Lynch will be giving the TASC Annual Lecture in the Royal Irish Academy on Thursday, June 17th.The event - which will be chaired by Professor John Horgan - will start at 6 p.m., and will be followed by a wine reception.Professor Lynch…
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5. National Campaign Launched to Improve Visibility For Lesbian and Gay Families Living in Ireland
Excerpt: …Today Marriage Equality is launching We Are Family, a national poster campaign which gives visibility to LGBT families living in Ireland. The groundbreaking campaign shatters the silence and myths surrounding our families and calls on the Government to recognise and protect same-sex couples and our children. We Are Family posters…
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6. SAUDI ARABIA - WOMEN’S ISSUES SOCIALLY DIVISIVE
Excerpt: …May 31, 2010By Katherine ZoepfJIDDA -- Roughly two years ago, Rowdha Yousef began to notice a disturbing trend: Saudi women like herself were beginning to organize campaigns for greater personal freedoms. Suddenly, there were women asking for the right to drive, to choose whether to wear a veil, and to…
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7. Women’s Role in a Warming World An Untapped Resource in Climate Adaptation
Excerpt: …In June climate negotiators will reconvene in Bonn, Germany for an interim meeting to discuss the working text of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, or UNFCCC, the international treaty that aims to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent climate change's…
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8. Israel Conflict - Women’s Leadership, Equality, Rights, for Peace
Excerpt: …WOMEN LEADERS AT UN-HOSTED FORUM URGE JUST & PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICTWomen leaders attending a United Nations-hosted conference in Madrid called for a just and peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including an end to the three-year-old blockade of the Gaza Strip. The conference, co-hosted by the International Women's…
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9. Political parties and campaigners unite in criticism of ‘rogue state’
Excerpt: …By Michael Brennan Political Correspondent, The Independent Tuesday June 01 2010POLITICAL parties and campaign groups last night united in their condemnation of Israel in the wake of the commando attack that claimed the lives of at least nine Gaza-bound peace activists.The strongest criticism came from the three politicians who were…
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10. Very different winners hope to make difference
Excerpt: …By MARIE O'HALLORAN The Irish Times - Tuesday, June 1, 2010Winners of the Vodafone Ireland Foundation's World of Difference campaign Mark Smith, Patrick Haslett, Benedicta Attoh and Mark ODoherty.A FORMER child bride, a professional rugby player turned solicitor, an out of work marketing executive and a fashion show producer have…
Section: Latest News
Excerpt: …Israeli commandos descending from helicopters stormed the six-boat flotilla in the early hours , while it was in international waters about 40 miles (64km) from Gaza, where Israel has no jurisdiction. Israel's military assault on a humanitarian mission is further evidence of Israel's total disregard for the norms of international…
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12. Anger over ‘sly’ child benefit cut
Excerpt: …Proposed changes to the welfare system have been condemned as heartless and reprehensible beyond beliefBy Justine McCarthy, TimesOnline May 30 2010ANGER was growing among government backbenchers last night at proposals to cut welfare benefits for single mothers contained in legislation that was slipped out without warning on Friday night.Under the…
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13. PRESS STATEMENT FROM NWCI - Social Welfare Bill
Excerpt: …"The proposed Social Welfare Bill will harm children and create a new generation of latch key kids," according to the CEO of the National women's Council, Susan McKay. "It will also force women to leave work and put their families at risk of poverty."Lone parents who are able to find…
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14. Voices of Muslim Women in Ireland - New Publication from NWCI launched
Excerpt: …Sixteen Muslim women living in Ireland, North and South, launched a collection of their personal stories in an exciting new publication from the National Women's Council of Ireland. The book was launched by Mary White TD, Minister for Equality, Human Rights and Integration at an event in EU House."We are…
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15. Making our voices heard – the stories of Muslim women in Ireland’ and the Members Meeting
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16. Language fluency the key to greater integration
Excerpt: …Statement by Joan Burton TD Labour Spokesperson on FinanceSpeaking at the launch of the document by the National Womens' Council of Ireland, 'Making Our Voices Heard; the Story of Muslim Women in Ireland', Deputy Joan Burton said that "The critical issue in respect of immigrants and immigrant communities in Ireland…
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17. VOICES OF MUSLIM WOMEN IN IRELAND - NEW PUBLICATION FROM NWCI TO BE LAUNCHED
Excerpt: …PRESS RELEASESixteen Muslim women living in Ireland, North and South, will today [27/05/10] launch a collection of their personal stories in an exciting new publication from the National Women's Council of Ireland. The book is to be launched by Mary White TD, Minister for Equality, Human Rights and Integration at…
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18. The Ray Murphy Memorial Bursary
Excerpt: …Ray Murphy 1952 -2007 The Ray Murphy Memorial Bursary, which was established with initial support from The Atlantic Philanthropies, honours Ray Murphy's commitment to developing philanthropy, social finance and the wider non-profit sector in Ireland.The Bursary was launched by Clann Credo - the Social Investment Fund and Philanthropy Ireland to…
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19. NWCI supports swapping ‘Heels for Hammers’
Excerpt: …The National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) is urging women to swap their 'Heels for Hammers' and join Habitat for Humanity (HFH) Ireland's Women's Build in Romania this October."The National Women's Council of Ireland is proud to support this project with Habitat for Humanity.Women participating in the build will work…
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20. AN COSÁN & AKIDWA INVITE YOU TO CELEBRATE AFRICA DAY 2010
Excerpt: …Join us for Songs, Dance, Storytelling and Food. Tuesday 25th May 2010, 10am -- 2:30pm. Guest of Honour: Nigerian Ambassador to Ireland Dr Kemafo Nonyerem Chikwe. The Launch of AkiDwA's 'Information booklet on access to Employment and Education for Migrants'Elizabeth Waters -- CEO of An CosánSalome Mbugua -- Director of…
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