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1. ‘Budget 2009 - Critical time to make the right choices for women’
Excerpt: …The National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) urged the Government to place women at the centre of Budget 2009. Launching their Pre -Budget Submission today (Thursday 25th September 2008), the NWCI called on the Government to recognise the financial pressure being placed on women due to the increasing costs for…
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2. National Women’s Council echoes call for independent enquiry into cancer misdiagnosis deaths
Excerpt: …The NWCI has today called for an independent enquiry into the tragic deaths of Edel Kelly and Ann Moriarty as a result of breast cancer misdiagnosis. 'Two cases of breast cancer misdiagnosis in as many weeks, resulting in the tragic deaths of two women is sadly another terrible and shocking…
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5. Amalgamated FINAL accounts 2008
Excerpt: NWCI Amalgamated Audited Accounts 2008
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6. Irish Observatory on Violence Against Women submission to COSC
Excerpt: …The National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) is a non-governmental organisation representing women's groups in Ireland. The NWCI currently has 163 member organisations affiliated to it, representing an estimated 500,000 women. As the representative organisation of women in Ireland, the NWCI works to promote equality, human rights and empowerment for…
Section: Publications
Excerpt: …In a new research report, to be launched on Tuesday (May 20th, 2008) the National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) is calling for a universal pension to guarantee a decent standard living for all. The report: 'Pensions: What women want: a model of pensions that guarantees independence' highlights the inequality…
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Excerpt: …The Government published the Green Paper on Pensions in October 2007 and called for a widespread debate on the future development of old age pensions informed both by the Green Paper and the suite of reports published by the Pensions Board. In this report, offered as a contribution to the…
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9. Submission to the National Carer’s Strategy
Excerpt: …Submission to the Department of Social and Family Affairs Consultation Report from the National Women's Council of Ireland to the Inter-departmental Working Group on the National Carers' Strategy 2008
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10. National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) & TASC launch book today to highlight new feminist is
Excerpt: …' The position of women in contemporary Irish society at the beginning of the 21st Century is as challenging now as it has been in any previous period in Irish history, where substantive inequalities persist and yet it is a common perception that women have never had it so good'…
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12. Migrant Women in Europe Article
Excerpt: …Despite the fact that migrant women make up nearly half of the migrant population worldwide there is "remarkably little reliable information about women as migrants"2. Research on immigration has for a long time focused on the male migrant worker, reinforcing a model of migrant woman only expected to assist her…
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13. The National Women’s Council of Ireland & TASC to launch exciting new book on Feminism in contem
Excerpt: …The National Women's Council of Ireland & TASC will hold a seminar next week (Wed, 5th March, 2008) to discuss the impact and challenges of feminism in contemporary Ireland, as explored in a major new book to be launched on the same day.The seminar will be held to mark International…
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14. ‘Women and Disability’ - Ursula Barry
Excerpt: …Presentation by Ursula Barry, UCD to the Members Meeting on Women and Disability February 2008
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15. ‘Women and Disability’ - Deirdre Byrne
Excerpt: …Presentation by Deirdre Byrne, IDWG, to the Members Meeting on Women and Disability February 2008
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Excerpt: …Reforming the social welfare system and ending the unequal treatment of women in the system has been a central goal of the NWCI. In our report 'A Woman's Model for Social Welfare Reform' (2003), and our subsequent campaign, the NWCI clearly highlights the discrimination that women face in the social…
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Excerpt: …We welcome this important opportunity for women's groups and organisations working on women's equality to feed into the government's 6th report to the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee), and to ensure that our concerns are included. CEDAW is of great importance internationally…
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20. Where is Childcare in Budget 2008?
Excerpt: …Once again, Budget 2008 is a missed opportunity by the Government to establish a universal publicly funded childcare infrastructure,' stated Ms Orla O'Connor, NWCI Head of Policy. The NWCI expressed dismay that less than €2 per week has been allocated for childcare costs in Budget 2008 given the current the…
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