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1. What Women Want – Consultation Checklist for Local Community Development Committees
Excerpt: …This consultation checklist was developed by the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) for use by Local Community Development Committees when consulting on policies and services affecting their communities. This work was funded by the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government. Section 49A of the Local Government Reform Act…
Section: Publications
2. Fold and Rise - A feminist perspective on the folding and unfolding of time.
Excerpt: …Traveller women took part on 29th June 2016 in a bread making workshop as part of an NWCI event organised by Artists Fold and Rise and Pavee Point. Kneading and folding dough was used in the half-day workshop with Pavee Point’s Traveller Community Health Workers as a metaphor for women’s…
Section: Latest News
3. NWCI at the National Economic Dialogue
Excerpt: …NWCI's Niamh Allen and Eilis Ní Chaithnia attended the National Economic Dialogue at the end of June. The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) called on the Government to ensure that Budget 2017 tackles the scale of the challenge of women’s equality, prioritising investment in essential public services and infrastructure,…
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Excerpt: …The World Congress on Women’s Mental Health is coming to Dublin next March 2017, and this is your chance to be involved! There is a Call for Abstracts, to present at a symposium or workshop on different issues relating to women’s mental health, and the deadline has been extended until…
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5. Charter of Zero Tolerance on Violence against Women available to download
Excerpt: …NWCI secured funding from The Women’s Fund of the Community Foundation of Ireland to draw up a Charter of Zero Tolerance on Violence against Women to be used by various organisations in order to show their commitment to tackling all forms of violence against women in Ireland. This is now…
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6. Date for your Diary - civil society engagement with the CEDAW process
Excerpt: …The UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is an international human rights treaty that focuses on the development and advancement of women's rights (More information here). In ratifying CEDAW, Ireland committed to taking concrete steps to improve the status of women in Irish…
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7. NWCI calls on the government to hold an immediate referendum to repeal the 8th amendment
Excerpt: …Ireland’s prohibition and criminalisation of abortion services violated the human rights of a woman living in Ireland and caused her “intense physical and mental suffering” according to a ground-breaking ruling from the United Nations Human Rights Committee in mid June —a first for any international human rights court or committee.…
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8. NWCI calls for the government to tackle the scale of the challenge for women’s economic equality
Excerpt: …At the National Economic Dialogue today, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) called on the Government to ensure that Budget 2017 tackles the scale of the challenge of women’s equality, prioritising investment in essential public services and infrastructure, particularly childcare, and narrowing the gender pay and pensions gap. Childcare…
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9. No more excuses – NWCI calls on Government to end the violation of women’s human rights
Excerpt: …Responding to the groundbreaking UN Committee ruling on Irish abortion law, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today called on the Government to hold a referendum to repeal Article 40.3.3 (the Eighth Amendment) of the Constitution without further delay. Niamh Allen, Head of Membership and Development at NWCI said,…
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11. UN Committee finds Ireland’s abortion laws subjected woman to cruel and inhuman treatment
Excerpt: …Ireland’s prohibition and criminalisation of abortion services violated the human rights of a woman living in Ireland and caused her “intense physical and mental suffering” according to a ground-breaking ruling from the United Nations Human Rights Committee—a first for any international human rights court or committee. The U.N. committee found…
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13. Charter of Zero Tolerance on Violence Against Women
Excerpt: …This Charter was developed by the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI), with support from The Women’s Fund for Ireland at the Community Foundation for Ireland.
Section: Publications
14. 32nd Dail must make progress on women’s equality
Excerpt: …• 4 women appointed to Cabinet, the same number as 2011 • A missed opportunity by An Taoiseach to honour pre-election commitment to a 50:50 Cabinet • Former NWCI Chairperson and former NWCI CEO hold Cabinet positions Following the announcement of the Cabinet for the 32nd Dail, the National Women’s…
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15. Enda Kenny must remember his pre-election commitment and appoint a gender balanced Cabinet
Excerpt: …Last December Taoiseach Enda Kenny pledged to appoint equal numbers of women and men in cabinet if Fine Gael is returned to power. This commitment was echoed by Michéal Martin in a letter to the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) during the General Election campaign. In advance of the…
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16. Women in Ireland deserve an independently governed National Maternity Hospital
Excerpt: …In response to reports that the St Vincent’s Healthcare Group is refusing to allow submission of the planning application for the new National Maternity Hospital to be co-located on the St Vincent’s University Hospital site, unless the National Maternity Hospital dissolves its corporate structure and becomes a subdivision of St…
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17. NWCI congratulates Alice Mary Higgins on her election to Seanad Éireann
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) congratulates Alice Mary Higgins on her election to Seanad Éireann. Alice Mary is currently Policy and Campaigns Officer with NWCI and took leave to campaign in the NUI Seanad election. Orla O’Connor, Director, NWCI said, “We are delighted that Alice Mary Higgins, a…
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18. Gender proofing our healthcare system will improve health outcomes for all patients
Excerpt: …Over the coming months Ireland will be examined by the UN under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and will be required to report on how it promotes women’s right to health. Against this backdrop the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) hosted…
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19. Call for Papers for 1916 Hidden Histories Conference at NUI Galway and UCD
Excerpt: …Call for papers for inter-institutional conferences taking place at NUI Galway and UCD next October as part of the arts and research project, '1916: Home: 2016'. The conferences juxtapose the 20 year anniversary of the closure of the last Magdalene laundry with the centenary of the Rising to question, and…
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20. NWCI condemns suspended sentence for woman in Northern Ireland
Excerpt: …In response to media reports that a woman in Northern Ireland received a suspended sentence for procuring abortion pills over the Internet, Orla O'Connor, Director of NWCI said, "NWCI condemns the suspended sentence for the woman in Northern Ireland. Women in Ireland, North and South, have the right to the…
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