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1. Cut in lone-parent payment smacks of the jackboot
Excerpt: …No matter how the Government spins it, this proposal will hit the weakest in society, writes Jerome ReillyAt first impression, the Government's plan to abolish One-Parent Family Payments once the youngest child reaches 13 years has the heavy stamp of the jackboot about it.Sometimes first impressions are right on the…
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2. Susan McKay Speech at the Dublin Writers Festival on 5 June 2010
Excerpt: …My daughter was telling me about a Justin Timberlake song in which, she said, he compares the girl with a takeaway. I looked up the lyrics "Take my order cause your body's like a carry out..." Ads flashed across the screen, 'Hot ladies in Dublin on the prowl for fun...meet…
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3. Survivor of Gaza Freedom Flotilla to address NWCI AGM
Excerpt: …The National Women's Council is delighted to announce our guest speakers for the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 18 June 2010.They are Ewa Jasiewicz and Freda Hughes, both of them feminists who are deeply engaged in the struggle for justice for Palestine.Ewa Jasiewicz was on board one of the ships…
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5. Speech by Clare Treacy at Networking Roundatble Event
Excerpt: …Presentation to ICTU Women's Committee & ICTU Executive CouncilThe ICTU Women's Committee developed a number of aims and objectives towards the end of November 2008, following a day long planning event. The day involved over 20 participants, with Gay Cunningham giving a keynote note address.A number of key areas were…
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7. "The Way Forward - enabling Women to participate in Politics"
Excerpt: …Women's Evening of Politics Thu 24th June 7.30pm Connolly Hall, Summerhill, Waterford (opp. Tax Office in the Glen) Labour Women Waterford & Women Into Politics present : "The Way Forward - enabling Women to participate in Politics"Interactive evening of discussion with local women and Dungarvan Labour Cllrs Teresa Wright and…
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8. PEOPLE BEFORE PROFIT HOSTS IS SOCIALIST FEMINISM NECESSARY TODAY?
Excerpt: …While some on the Left believe that the overthrow of capitalism will automatically bring equality for women, others of us are not so complacent. Many socialist feminists believe women must organise and challenge their organisations from within so that sexism is taken seriously and policies are gender-proofed to make sure…
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9. PRESS RELEASE - ‘Operatic Opposition’ to Disastrous Ethiopia Dam
Excerpt: …Justice campaigners today took a musical approach to criticising the Ethiopian, Italian and Irish governments, and potential international lenders to an environmentally disastrous dam project in Ethiopia.Speaking from the 'Italian quarter' in Dublin with an opera performance in the background, Debt and Development Coalition Ireland Co-ordinator Nessa Ní Chasaide said,"The…
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Excerpt: …Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, or any other status. We are all equally entitled to our human rights without discrimination. These rights are all interrelated, interdependent and indivisible.Universal human rights are often…
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11. 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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12. 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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13. 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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14. 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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15. 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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16. 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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17. 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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18. 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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19. 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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20. 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…
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