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Published: Tuesday, July 08, 2025
The National Women’s Council welcomed the concluding observations published today by the UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). This follows Ireland’s review on the 20th of June 2025. The Committee...
Published: Thursday, October 11, 2012
Marriage Equality are delighted to announce that some of Ireland's leading musicians will be coming together for one night only this October for Just Love - A Gig For Marriage Equality.We hope you'll join us at the Round Room...
The Women's Aid Blog for the 16 Days of Action campaign went live on 1 October 2012. Check in regularly for all your 16 Days of Action news, resources, features, events and updates on the 'One in Five Women' National Balloon Action.The 'One...
Michelle Bachelet, Under Secretary General of the United Nations and Head of UN Women called on women from minority backgrounds in Ireland to be leaders and to send a clear message to policy makers and society at large that racism,...
The STAR Awards are an awards initiative coordinated by AONTAS as part of the annual Adult Learners' Festival. The awards acknowledge the fantastic work undertaken by adult learning projects throughout Ireland and celebrate the positive contribution that these projects make...
Longford Women's Link organises this conference to explore the opportunities available to women to become more involved in political life and influencing political life within their community. The morning will focus on how women, individually and collectively, can begin to...
Bray Women's Refuge will organise a conference on 'Parent abuse is a domestic violence issue' on Thursday, 8 November 2012 in the Wilton Hotel (formerly Ramada Hotel), Bray, Co. Wicklow. Deadline for registration is 1 November 2012.See Programme and Registration Form
This article was first published in The Irish Times, 12 October 2012Kathy SheridanFive women who told their stories in this paper earlier this year would not qualify.IT IS being billed as the first clinic on the island of Ireland to...
Published: Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Are you a researcher, an academic, a teacher, a student or NGO working on equality? Would you like to get free publications on equality? The Equality Authority organises an open week from 15 -19 October 2012. During this week organisations, libraries, universities,...
The 15th October will be Breast Health Day. This year's campaign 'Make Good Choices For Your Breast Health' continues to encourage girls and women around Ireland to commit to daily healthy lifestyle choices that can make the difference in the...
In response to recent proposals to cut child benefit by 40 Euros the National Women's Council called on Minister Burton to provide clarity on this issue and to publish and publicy debate the Report on Child Income Supports of the Tax...
This article was first published in The Irish Times, 10 October 2012Vincent BrowneAT a conference in Dublin on Monday, an academic from Iceland, Thora Kristin Thorsdottir, showed a chart contrasting the impact of the crisis measures adopted by governments in Iceland...
This article was first published in The Irish Examiner, 10 October 2012Colette BrowneTHE myth that crippling austerity measures have been anything other than disastrous for this country was finally nailed by this newspaper yesterday, when it revealed that the IMF hugely...
Published: Monday, October 08, 2012
Experts from Ireland and Iceland came together at our seminar 'Bearing the Brunt? Women and the Recession' on 8 October 2012 to highlight the different impact of the recession on women.Dr Ursula Barry and Dr Pauline Conroy presented the key findings...
The Third International Conference on Survivors of Rape (ICSoR) is a two day conference which will be held on 9 - 10 November 2012, with a seminar day taking place on Thursday, 8 November, in Galway. The conference will be hosted by Rape Crisis...
With the recent commencement by Minister James Reilly of the Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Act 2012, female genital mutilation (FGM) is now specifically prohibited in Ireland. A person resident in Ireland found guilty of an offence under the new law...
The Citizens Information Board has published their National Calendar of Training Events. When applying for courses, please send applications to the appropriate Regional Office outlined.Contact details and further information on courses, including learning outcomes and application are available on...
This article first appeared in The Irish Times, 9 October 2012Kitty Holland SECTORS OF the population dominated by women have become 'special targets' in Government efforts to cut costs, a foremost expert on social policy has said.Dr Pauline Conroy, speaking...
Published: Sunday, October 07, 2012
Protect Women's Equality in Budget 2013 On the occasion of its seminar 'Bearing the Brunt? Women and the Recession' today, the National Women's Council calls on the Government to protect women's equality in Budget 2013 and put equality at the centre of...
Experts from Ireland and Iceland came together at our seminar "Bearing the Brunt? Women and the Recession" on 8th October 2012 to highlight the different impact of the recession on women.Presentations of the speakersDr Ursula Barry and Dr Pauline Conroy:...
Published: Wednesday, October 03, 2012
In the run up to Budget experts from Ireland and Iceland will come together at the Seminar 'Bearing the Brunt: Women and the Recession', on Monday, 8th October, to highlight the different impact of the recession on women. The seminar...
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