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1. Gender Recognition Symposium
Excerpt: …Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights, University College Cork Presents*******************************************************************SYMPOSIUM TOWARDS A GENDER RECOGNITION FRAMEWORK FOR IRELAND *******************************************************************Friday 14 May 2010Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, U.C.C., Room G10, 10.30 a.m. to 2 p.m.Speakers at the symposium include:Ms Mary White, T.D., Minister for Equality, Integration and Human Rights (Opening Remarks)Prof. Andrew…
Section: Newsflash
2. Africa Day Festival Event to Take Place in Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens
Excerpt: …African food, music, games and customs will be showcased at Irish Aid's Africa Day Dublin, which takes place in the Iveagh Gardens on Sunday, 16th May. The event will be family-focused, with specific elements for children, including giant snakes and ladders, family treasure hunts, sports and art activities.The Africa Day…
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3. New Funding Initiative to foster Gender Equality
Excerpt: …The Minister of State for Equality, Integration and Human Rights, Ms. Mary White T.D., launched a new phase of the Equality for Women Measure at an event in Government Buildings.Minister White told the gathering that the Government hopes to make over €2.1 million available each year for the next four…
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Excerpt: …Irish Examiner 11th May 2010It is strange how we take pornography for granted as part of our daily lives. Reaching for our Examiner, our eyes meet the looming breasts of the models in the "Lads mags" on the upper shelves at the newsagents. Walking to work, we pass "Adult Shops"…
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5. Making ‘good society’ without a community sector?
Excerpt: …Carnegie UK Trust launched Making Good Society, the final report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Future of Civil Society in the UK and Ireland on Thursday April 23rd. The report calls for civil society involvement in the creation of a 'good society'. But how can this be achieved…
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6. Information on the launch of a new Community Foundation fund for women’s causes in Ireland
Excerpt: …The Fund, which is dedicated solely to supporting women's causes, is the first of its kind in Ireland.The Symposium "Realising the Power and potential of Women in Philanthropy" was held in The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland in Dublin and included a special address by President Mary McAleese. The…
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Excerpt: …For the full report and executive summary click here.The report will be accessible on the EWL website
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8. Information on the consultation process for the EWL’s next strategic plan
Excerpt: …As the European Women's Lobby enters the final year of its Strategic Plan 2007-2010, time has come to develop a new Strategic Plan for the period 2011-2015. This questionnaire is part of the European Women's Lobby membership consultation process in the drafting and shaping of EWL new Strategic Plan for…
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9. Information on a new website on the theme of gender citizenship and governance
Excerpt: Click here for website
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10. European Women’s Lobby 12 Priorities for the Belgian Presidency of the European Union
Excerpt: …Furthermore, the EWL hereby expresses its hope that the Belgian Presidency will provide during its tenure progressive and ambitious leadership to the Council of the European Union in its policy and legislative tasks, and ensure concrete and significant advances in equality between women and men throughout the EU.The European Women's…
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Excerpt: …Cutting the minimum wage is not the answerA flawed assumption prevails within business, media and political circles that cutting the minimum wage would somehow assist economic recovery and improve competitiveness. For starters this approach will not help create employment. Much of the work undertaken by minimum wage earners is considered…
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14. Reflecting on Our Spaces at the CSW
Excerpt: …By Margot Baruch & Keely SwanAs young women working in a feminist and women's human rights organization based in the global North, we attended the 54th session on the UN Commission of the Status of Women and have the following thoughts about our experiences. In 2010, women's human rights activists…
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15. Reflection by National Women’s Council Director at International Worker’s Memorial Day
Excerpt: …"Remember the dead, fight for the living."This event was organised by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions as a ceremony of remembrance and reflection for people who have lost their lives because of their work. In 2009, 43 workers in Ireland are known to have died in workplace accidents. The…
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16. European Womens Lobby Strategic plan
Excerpt: …Deadline: 5 May 2010Dear EWL members,We are pleased to invite you to contribute to the next EWL Strategic Plan for the period 2011-2015. As a membership-based organisation with more than 2500 Member Organisations, the European Women's Lobby views the contribution of the full EWL membership as crucial in the development…
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17. Female Genital Mutilation Bill welcomed
Excerpt: …OUTLAW BARBARIC MUTILATION OF WOMEN, SAYS NWCI.Female genital mutilation (FGM) must be outlawed in Ireland, and it must become an offence to take a child abroad for the purpose of performing FGM on her, according to the National Women's Council of Ireland. "There are several thousand women and girls in…
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18. Europa Donna wins award ‘9 Things you Should Know about Breast Cancer’
Excerpt: …Our Members and partners in all things Breast health, Europa Donna Ireland have just won a Crystal Clear Award for health literacy. Their "9 Things you Should Know about Breast Cancer" Leaflet, launched by Minister Mary Harney last October was given first place under the category for best project in…
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19. Fertility clinic will only treat married couples…..Irish Daily Mail (Friday 16 April 2010)
Excerpt: …By Susan McKay, Director of the National Women's Council of Ireland When my daughters were small, we went to live in a very conservative little village in the far North. At their very Protestant state school, they were approached by a posse of small friends, who demanded know why their…
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20. NWCI supports the MCRI Campaign for the Rights of Migrant Workers to Change Employers
Excerpt: …Minister Batt O'KeeffeMinister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation23 Kildare StreetDublin 2 16 April 2010 Dear Minister O'Keeffe, The National Women's Council of Ireland is shocked by the exploitation of migrant workers in this country by unscrupulous employers, and we call on you to act now to change this shameful situation…
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