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1. NWCI supports European Women’s Lobby’s Open Letter to EU Heads of State & Government
Excerpt: …Press ReleaseIssuing organization: The European Women's Lobby (EWL) Open letter to the EU Heads of State and Government ahead of the 29-30 October Brussels European Council -Is democratic representation of both women and men too much to ask for in 21st Century Europe? Dear European Heads of State and Government,We,…
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2. ‘Padded Cell & Other Stories’ Mannix Flynn opens new exhibition in Dublin
Excerpt: …Adifferentkettleoffishaltogether.There will be no false apology on any monument to those incarcerated in Irish institutions where brutal child abuse was practised, vowed Mannix Flynn at the launch of his new exhibition, "Padded Cell and Other Stories", in Dublin last night. He was referring to proposals that the former Taoiseach, Bertie…
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Excerpt: …The National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) joined PACUB (Parents Against Child Unfriendly Budget) at Leinster House this morning to hand over 15,000 signatures to An Taoiseach, Brian Cowen T.D, opposing any cuts or changes to child benefit.'The National Women's Council is delighted to join PACUB today to strongly oppose…
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4. NWCI Director, Susan McKay talks to Prime Time about the increase in domestic violence
Excerpt: …NWCI Director, Susan McKay talks to Prime Time about the sharp increase in the incidence of domestic violence as a result of the recession and the funding threats facing services for women and children trying to escape violence in the home."Because women and children who have been abused in their…
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5. NWCI launches new website and enters the YouTube Era
Excerpt: …The National Women's Council of Ireland has joined the age of YouTube with an exclusive new poem by renowned poet Rita Ann Higgins. "The Darkness" is a hilarious and penetrating look at Ireland's current economic chaos and is featured on the newly launched NWCI website. "The National Women's Council is…
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6. Work in home leaves women worse off, Report, Irish Times, 20th October 2009
Excerpt: …THE NOTION that work in the home is becoming evenly distributed among the sexes is a myth, the National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) has said, with women responsible for 86 per cent of child supervision, 82 per cent of care of adults and 80 per cent of cooking.The disproportionate…
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7. NWCI launches new care publication
Excerpt: …'Who Cares? Challenging the myths about gender and care in Ireland' describes the reality of care work for women and men in Ireland today. Despite the improved position of women in Irish society, care work still remains the primary responsibility of women. The unequal distribution of care work between women…
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8. Exclusive to NWCI website, Rita Ann Higgins launches her new poem, The Darkness
Excerpt: …Exclusive to our website, Rita Ann Higgins launches her new poem, The Darkness, a hilariously barbed take on our Republic's current political chaos. One of Ireland's favourite poets, rita ann first read the poem at the National Women's Council's public meeting to launch the No Going Back campaign last month.It…
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9. Speech by Emma O’Kelly at NWCI Website & Care Publication Launch
Excerpt: …19 October 2009 I'm delighted to have been asked to launch this document. Delighted because I love statistics and I think its really important that data such as that contained in this document is gathered and made accessible.I read the document on Friday and over the weekend I was thinking…
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10. Speech by Suzy Byrne/Maman Poulet at NWCI Website & Care Publication Launch, 19 Oct 09
Excerpt: …I am delighted to have been invited to launch the new website of the National Womens Council of Ireland. There was a bit of slagging amongst some friends wondering how one launches a website. Slamming a bottle of bubbly against a laptop or cutting a red power lead didn't seem…
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Excerpt: …"I'm not a feminist, but..." is the name of the Guerrilla Girls' latest exhibition, currently showing in Portadown's Millennium Court Art Centre, under the dynamic curatorship of Megan Johnston. The Girls, who call themselves "the conscience of the art world" came to Dublin at the end of September as part…
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13. National Women’s Council of Ireland launch new publication, new website, new look
Excerpt: …Next Monday, 19th October 2009, the National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) will launch 'Who Cares? Challenging the Myths about Gender and Care in Ireland', and will also unveil its new-look website, with a new womanly logo by designer Alison Burns.The website features an exclusive poem from renowned Irish poet…
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14. Irish Independent : Fathers will have a voice at last
Excerpt: …AS a separated father, I was surprised but delighted to read the letter 'Why are working mothers blamed?' by Myria Vassiliadou, Secretary General of the European Women's Lobby (Irish Independent October 7).On its website, the European Women's Lobby claims to be the largest umbrella organisations of women's associations in the…
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15. Women hurt by war, not rewarded in recovery
Excerpt: …Three quarters of the world's internally displaced persons and refugees are women, a seminar on Women in Armed Conflict was told in Dublin on 14 October. Kenyan social worker Caroline Munyi, who works with the Aikidwa organisation, said that women play vital roles in protecting children and keeping families together…
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16. ‘Women have done the work : its time to share the gains’
Excerpt: …Launch of the NWCI Pre-Budget Submission :''While women have contributed significantly to Ireland's economic success, they have not experienced the benefits of that success'' stated Orla O'Connor, Head of Policy at the National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI), launching the NWCI's Pre-Budget Submission outside Leinster House on Kildare Street in…
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17. Irish Times : Savings in social welfare budget essential says Hanafin
Excerpt: …THE GOVERNMENT cannot get the finances of the country right without in some way making savings in the social welfare budget, Minister for Social and Family Affairs Mary Hanafin has said.Speaking at a pre-budget forum for representatives of voluntary and advocacy groups in Dublin yesterday, the Minister said they needed…
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Excerpt: …The National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) called on Minister for Social Family and Affairs, Mary Hanifan, TD not to cut Child Benefit in the forthcoming Budget, at the Department's Pre-Budget 2010 Forum in Dublin today (Friday 9th October, 09)According to Orla O'Connor, in her presentation to the Forum; ''Child…
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19. Irish Times : Leaflet on breast cancer to be sent to homes
Excerpt: …A LEAFLET highlighting facts about breast cancer will be delivered to more than three-quarters of a million households across the country next week.Breast cancer advocacy group Europa Donna Ireland received funding of €105,000 from the National Lottery to print 790,000 leaflets which will be delivered to households by An Post…
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20. Irish Examiner : Choices or barriers? A response to Matt Cooper
Excerpt: …Senator Ivana Bacik5th October 2009Last Wednesday, at a protest against cutbacks outside the Dáil, Susan McKay of the National Women's Council made a speech which provoked some controversy. I was at the protest and heard her say, accurately, that women had not created the economic recession but that they would…
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