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1. Employment Law Today is a special half-day workshop
Excerpt: …Employment Law Today is a special half-day workshop designed to help community, voluntary, and charitable organisations get to grips with the complexities of employment law.Marguerite Bolger is a practicing barrister specialising in employment law. She will facilitate the workshop, focusing on:- Fixed term contracts - Redundancy - The contract of…
Section: Newsflash
Excerpt: …By Brandy PeakeWaiting in the never-ending line at the airport, I thought to myself, what did I get myself into? Little did I know that the month of service at the National Women's Council of Ireland would be one of the best experiences, ever.Sure, I flew over the ocean to…
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3. taking stock of progress towards the Millennium Development Goals
Excerpt: …Dear colleagues and supportersof the Act Now on 2015 campaign, As you know, in less than 3 weeks' time, the UN Summit on the MDGs will take place in New York, taking stock of progress towards the Millennium Development Goals.In addition to the Dóchas position paper sent to you some…
Section: Latest News
4. Findings of the All-Ireland Traveller Health Study
Excerpt: …Mary Harney, Minister for Health & Children, today (Thursday 2nd September, 2010) welcomed the publication of the findings of the All-Ireland Traveller Health Study, which she launched in July 2007.The Department of Health and Children in conjunction with the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in Northern Ireland…
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5. National Women’s Council of Ireland calls for urgent action to get more women into the Dail
Excerpt: …Ireland's already abysmal level of women politicians has fallen still further this week, with announcements from Olwyn Enright and Liz McManus that they are to quit the Dail. Ireland has now plummetted from 84th in the world ranking to 88th, below Sierra Leone. In 1990, we were 37th."Even though half…
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6. Some Men Abuse All Men Can Help
Excerpt: …Announcing New Alliance To Target Irish Men in Ending Violence Against Women Three leading national organisations today (31st August 2010) joined forces for the first time to rally Irish men to become part of the solution to ending violence against women. Rape Crisis Network Ireland (representative group for Rape Crisis…
Section: Newsflash
7. Gender Equality, Religious Diversity and Multiculturalism Conference
Excerpt: …A one-day international conference on Gender Equality, Religious Diversity and Multiculturalism, will be held at UCC on Friday, September 10th 2010, hosted by the Faculty of Law and the Institute of Social Sciences for the 21st century.The conference will address the potential conflicts that arise between religious and cultural claims…
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8. The Fair Hotels campaign 2010
Excerpt: …The Fair Hotels campaign is an initiative of hotel workers and their trade union representatives. Fair Hotels are hotels that treat their staff fairly. Our objective is to support and promote quality employment in the hotel industry in Ireland by encouraging consumers to choose Fair Hotels for leisure, meetings and…
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10. JOB ADVERT - Work with the gay community in Cork
Excerpt: …The Cork Gay Project provides a range of services to gay and bisexual men and their families in the Cork and Kerry region.To further develop these services we require a Community centre worker (part time) applicants must qualify for C.S.P. scheme (see POBAL.ie)Closing date for application 10th September 2010 5pmFor…
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Excerpt: …Review by Michelle Culbert They are everywhere you look. In the centre of town, standing beside you in Spar, doing their shopping and even walking their children to school. If you look around you anywhere in Dublin, you see throngs of women and young girls wearing their pyjamas as outer…
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Excerpt: …Cork Feminista is a new group who hope to create a collective of women and men in Cork who meet once a month to discuss different issues related to women's equality and feminism. We want to provide an opportunity for people to explore their thoughts on equality and feminism and…
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13. Celebrating diversity in Connemara & County Galway
Excerpt: …You are invited to our event themed around the European Year for combating Poverty & Social Exclusion. We are AkiDwA, the African & Migrant Women's Network based in Dublin. We hope to commemorate EY2010 by having a celebration of diversity and social gathering where people from the Connemara area will…
Section: Newsflash
14. Women opting out of the workplace is not a result of choice, but of a lack of it
Excerpt: …Motherhood, the bête noire of 1970s feminism, is emerging as the raison d'être for 2010 feminismWHAT'S REALLY going on with women like Olwyn Enright, who quit a full-time job and head for home? It's convenient to view her move as an isolated one precipitated by the particularly tough working conditions…
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15. Miriam and Olwyn show why women avoid politics
Excerpt: …WHEN oh when is the big shiny penny going to drop with the XY chromosomes that dominate the governing part of the body politic in this country?Could the various hand-wringers in Leinster House perhaps stop moaning about the sad dearth of women in Irish political life long enough to examine…
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16. A Million Women vs. Wal-Mart
Excerpt: …For nine years, Wal-Mart has fought to stave off a class-action lawsuit alleging that the company has long discriminated against its female workers in pay and promotions. So far it has avoided a trial on the merits of the issue. The battleground instead is whether the million or so women…
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Excerpt: …Dear Supporter, As someone who cares about children in the developing world, can I ask for a minute of your time?Last year Ireland made a promise to spend 0.7% of our national income on overseas aid by 2015. We must keep this promise! Please click here to send an email…
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18. Mobilising for Gender Justice Beyond the MDGs! WIDE Opens a new Campaign
Excerpt: …Ten years after the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Declaration was signed by 189 countries, the United Nations will celebrate MDG+10 Review Summit on 20-22 September 2010, in New York.WIDE keeps a critical view on the MDGs framework as a narrow and minimalist focus for measuring development and the advancement of…
Section: Newsflash
19. Information Session for Service Providers
Excerpt: …Information Session for Service Providers working with migrant women who are experiencing gender based violenceThis is a half day information session on the rights and entitlements of migrant women who are experiencing gender based violence.Trainer: Gill Kennedy, Training Officer, Immigrant Council of Ireland
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20. Hold the date! Tuesday, 5th October 2010
Excerpt: …The National Youth Council of Ireland is hosting a conference on youth employment and unemployment at Croke Park Conference Centre, Jones's Road, DublinThis one day event will allow young jobseekers, people in the youth and community sector, academics and policy makers in Government and state agencies to discuss current experiences,…
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