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idea of "quotas" for women in politics,

Published: Thursday, August 05, 2010

Senator Ivana Bacik - OPINION: The Senator, who has championed gender quotas in the selection of political candidates, responds to yesterday's Irish Times survey which found that a big majority of women TDs are against the ideaMARY MINIHAN'S survey of...

Malaysia state backs child marriage

Published: Tuesday, August 03, 2010

A Malaysian state is to allow Muslim girls under the age of consent of 16 years to wed in a bid to stem unwed pregnancies, angering the country's women's activists and politicians.The Islamic council in the southern Malaysian state of...

"NATIONAL WOMEN’S COUNCIL SLAMS "I’M ALRIGHT JILL" ATTITUDES AMONG WOMEN POLITICIANS.

Published: Tuesday, August 03, 2010

The National Women's Council has criticised women TDs who oppose measures to correct the extreme under representation of women in Dail Eireann. "The reasons why so few women make it into political power in Ireland and elsewhere have been well...

Ireland’s hotel industry: Another grim story

Published: Monday, August 02, 2010

Another grim tale by Ciara Moynihan of the Mayo NewsDespite the seasonal upswing, the hotel industry remains in a desperate state. According to an Irish Hotels Federation (IHF) survey conducted this year, 88 per cent of hoteliers were concerned about the...

Recession, surge in helpline calls, .... families break up and lost jobs

Published: Wednesday, July 28, 2010

By Susan McKay, CEO of National Women's Council of IrelandOne day last week, in an Irish city, a woman met her husband's psychiatrist. The husband had been violent and abusive towards the woman throughout their marriage. He was attending the...

Anger as council plans to remove Magdalene Laundry sculpture

Published: Tuesday, July 27, 2010

A city council has insisted it intends to remove a sculpture erected just last year to women who suffered at a Magdalene laundry.The sculpture was erected on International Women's Day in March last year close to the former Magdalene...

Migrant group accuses Dept of Justice of stonewalling asylum process

Published: Tuesday, July 27, 2010

A group representing female migrants has accused the Department of Justice of blocking a proposal to provide a dedicated centre for vulnerable women in the asylum process.Salome Mbugua, director of the charity Akidwa, said there was ''considerable resistance'' from...

Latest Vatican document is final straw for women

Published: Sunday, July 25, 2010

ANALYSIS: The Vatican must no longer be granted immunity from equality legislation, in the name of liberty, equality, and even the Gospel, writes MARY CONDRENTHE VATICAN'S recent Normae de Gravioribus Delictis document prescribes automatic excommunication for anyone involved in the...

Civil Partnership Bill signed into law

Published: Monday, July 19, 2010

The Civil Partnership Bill, which provides legal recognition for same-sex couples in Ireland for the first time, has today been signed into law.The Bill was signed into law by President Mary McAleese at Áras an Uachtaráin this morningIt...

Women urged to support Justice for Magdalenes

Published: Wednesday, July 14, 2010

At their recent AGM, the National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) passed a motion supporting the survivor advocacy group Justice for Magdalene's (JFM) campaign to bring about a formal apology and a distinct redress scheme for all Magdalene survivors. This...

New Futures programme

Published: Tuesday, July 13, 2010

One Family is recruiting participants for our next New Futures programme which is commencing on the 13th September 2010. New Futures is a highly successful career planning and support programme that is accredited by FETAC (Level 4). The course is free of...

UN Women

Published: Tuesday, July 13, 2010

AFTER FOUR years of difficult talks, and 15 years after the landmark Beijing women's conference, the member states of the United Nations have finally agreed to establish an umbrella agency to represent the interests of women. It will be responsible for...

Women’s council seeks justice for Magdalene survivors

Published: Sunday, July 11, 2010

The Irish Times - Monday, July 12, 2010THE NATIONAL Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) is to write to all female TDs, Senators, and local councillors calling on them to support calls for justice for survivors of the Magdalene laundries.Susan McKay,...

State ‘has fostered Traveller apartheid’

Published: Wednesday, July 07, 2010

SOCIETY'S failure to emancipate Travellers must rank as "one of the most serious social embarrassments" in the State's 86 years of independence, a hard-hitting report has claimed.It calls for an end to "informal apartheid" of Traveller people and a radical...

Fine Gael and Labour pledge to review asylum system