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Published: Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Fancy running, walking or dancing the Dublin Marathon in aid of the National Women's Council? All funds you raise will go directly toward our work on women-centred healthcare, economic equality and ending gender-based violence. This year's...
Published: Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Good news for women in their 50s -- the health risks related to hormone replacement therapy with oestrogen, aimed at treating menopause symptoms, might go away after women stop the treatments, according to a study. Click here to read the...
Published: Monday, April 11, 2011
France's controversial ban on certain kinds of Muslim veils took effect on Monday, 11th April, 2011.Consequently, French police arrested two women outside Notre Dame just hours after. Police claimed the women were arrested for taking part in an unauthorized protest...
Published: Sunday, April 10, 2011
Briefing Paper: Turn off the Red LightCampaign to criminalise the purchase of sex and stop the demand for trafficked and prostituted women and girls in IrelandFebruary 2, 2011The Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI) is an independent human rights organisation. We advocate...
Published: Tuesday, April 05, 2011
The WTC are still in need of participants for the Women's Mini Marathonon June 6th. Please confirm your participation with us and, crucially,you must submit your entry form and fee directly to the Flora Women'sMini Marathon by APRIL 27TH!! ...
'Joking about raping women is never funny and the Garda Commissioner must act immediately to show that the appalling attitudes displayed by members of the force are unacceptable and will not be tolerated,'said Susan McKay, chief executive of the...
Published: Monday, March 21, 2011
New on Banúlacht's websiteOn March 1st last, Banúlacht launched the Mná Sasa manifesto: a grassroots feminist manifesto developed by Irish and Tanzanian participants in the Banúlacht - Kivulini ExChange programme. For more information about the Manifesto, and...
Published: Tuesday, March 15, 2011
General Information about the CensusHow does the census take place?A census form is delivered to every household in Ireland by a census enumerator who will call back after the census to collect the completed form. The head of every...
Published: Thursday, March 10, 2011
The following article was written by NWCI CEO Susan McKay and appears in today's Irish Times.The shafting of Joan Burton proves it. We have gender apartheid in Irish politics. The country is once again to be run by Irish...
Published: Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Claiming our Future CampaignThis is a critical moment in our campaign to ensure that more women are elected to the Dail.We now know what happens when only one candidate in six is a woman - we get a new...
Published: Sunday, February 27, 2011
www.theotherhalf.ie To Whom it may concernI wish to advise you of the launch of 'The Other Half' on the 23rd November 2010. The Other Half is an alliance of men's and women's national networks working together to end men's...
Published: Wednesday, February 23, 2011
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Claiming our Future has launched a petition to put more women into the Dáil.The National Women's Council welcomes this initiative by Claiming our Future, in which we are involved, and we urge all of our members and supporters...
Published: Monday, February 14, 2011
The NWCI and Longford Women's Link are hosting a Members Meeting on 17th February, 2011 on the topic of "Women and Politics" in the Family Centre, Longford. It promises to be an exciting meeting with a presentation from the Longford Women's...
Published: Sunday, February 13, 2011
Colleagues We went live with the petition for more women in politics over the weekend - now we need to get the message out as widely as possible to build up the numbers Attached is a press statement we put...
Published: Monday, January 10, 2011
The 13th December 2010 was a day of great celebration in Ruhama. The reason for the festivity was the graduation ceremony for 28 women in our service, who all received their certificates for completing the Ruhama/Dignity Pre-training programme.The courses were...
Published: Monday, December 13, 2010
The National Women's Council of Ireland applauds the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland (CPA) who recently recognised the need to address the gender balance issue in the accounting profession.Speaking at the 2010 graduation ceremony in the Helix on...
Published: Wednesday, December 08, 2010
As we speak, the government is rapidly moving to ram through a serious cut to the national minimum wage. The proposed cut would slash €40 a week from the household budgets of tens of thousands of working families across Ireland --...
Published: Monday, December 06, 2010
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security - The background to the development of Ireland's National Action PlanCurrently the Irish Government, led by the Department of Foreign Affairs, is developing Ireland's National Action Plan on United Nation's...
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