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1. Clare Intercultural Festival
Excerpt: …You are invited to the 6th Clare Intercultural Festival On Saturday, July 17th 2010 11:00am to 14:00 pm - St. Flannan's College, Ennis Presentation of medals and trophy Guest Speaker - The Lord Mayor of Clare - Cllr. Christy Curtin Soccer; Music; Dance; Children's entertainment; Multicultural Food All Welcome Children…
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2. Sign up to the ERA (Equality and Rights Alliance) IT’S ABOUT YOU campaign
Excerpt: …Log on to www.itsaboutyou.ie and upload a photo of your choice and message. We're building a 'great wall' of photos and messages and we need YOUR photo and message to make it work! It only takes a minute to do, so please log on! Equality is about you.....Everyone's opportunityEquality and…
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3. Marking 20 Years in the Fight Against Poverty
Excerpt: …Click here to read the invite of Marking 20 Years in the Fight Against Poverty
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4. UPDATE - Informed consent in Irish maternity services
Excerpt: …Dear colleague,Since our last communication regarding our campaign on the issue of informed consent in Irish maternity services, much has happened. We have met with the HSE, received correspondence from Minister Harney, and a meeting is arranged between AIMSI and HIQA for July 6th, 2010.Please CLICK HERE to see the…
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5. NOMINATIONS - Carers of the Year Awards 2010
Excerpt: …I am writing in relation to the Carers of the Year Awards 2010 which were launched by Eamon O'Cuiv T.D, Minister for Social Protection Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010. The awards are our way of recognising and rewarding family Carers who dedicate their lives to providing remarkable levels of care in…
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6. Calling all knitters & crocheters to the Intercultural Knit Day!
Excerpt: …Bring your own yarn or cotton balls, needles and friends. Enjoy meeting professionals, newcomers & diverse communities while creating vibrant knits.Join us dressing the sculpture: The Archer II (facing the festival main stage).Please note: don't forget your hat for the sun and/or your umbrella for the rain!
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7. State ‘has fostered Traveller apartheid’
Excerpt: …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 change of policy to reverse the "vicious" circle" which has…
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8. Fine Gael and Labour pledge to review asylum system
Excerpt: …JAMIE SMYTH Social Affairs Correspondent, Irish TimesFINE GAEL and the Labour Party have pledged to fundamentally review the asylum system and consider allowing asylum seekers to work if they get into Government.Both parties strongly criticised the asylum system at the Oireachtas justice committee yesterday, with Fine Gael claiming the situation…
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9. Breaking the silence of genital mutilation
Excerpt: …The Irish Times - Tuesday, July 6, 2010Greater awareness among healthcare workers in Ireland is needed to help women who have undergone 'female circumcision', writes CATHERINE REILLYA WINNING SMILE fails to conceal 19-year-old Amina's* horrific burden, one that can render her bed-bound for days at the asylum seeker hostel in…
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10. The UN General Assembly reached an agreement to promote equality for women
Excerpt: …The UN General Assembly reached an "informal agreement" to establish a single UN body with greater clout to promote equality for women.Jamal Benomar, chief of staff to the General Assembly president, said that the 192-member world body scheduled a meeting to adopt a resolution merging four existing UN bodies into…
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11. Recession causes surge in helpline calls as families break up and lose jobs
Excerpt: …At today's launch of their 2009 Annual Report Karen Kiernan, One Family Director reported that the national askonefamily helpline recorded a 24% increase in calls in 2009 as a direct result of the recession. Commenting on the types of calls received Kiernan said that 'a large part of the 24%…
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Excerpt: …Dear colleague,Since our last communication regarding our campaign on the issue of informed consent in Irish maternity services, much has happened. We have met with the HSE, received correspondence from Minister Harney, and a meeting is arranged between AIMSI and HIQA for July 6th, 2010.Please see the following links and…
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13. Increasing numbers consider abortion ‘because of recession’
Excerpt: …Women in increasing numbers are considering terminating pregnancies as a consequence of the recession, according to Dublin's Well Woman Centre.Chief executive Alison Begas said yesterday that up to one in five of the 2,000 of so women who presented to Well Woman for pregnancy counselling last year cited financial concerns…
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14. FIRST AFRICAN WOMAN AND FIRST TRAVELLER ELECTED TO THE BOARD OF THE NWCI
Excerpt: …Salome Mbugua, CEO of the African & Migrant women's network, AkiDwA, was today elected as deputy chairperson of the National Women's Council at the organisations annual general meeting in Dublin today. Tessa Collins, domestic violence co-ordinator with Pavee Point, was also elected to the board. It is the first time…
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15. Marriage Equality launched We Are Family, a national poster campaign
Excerpt: …Marriage Equality recently launched 'We Are Family', a national poster campaign which gives visibility to lesbian and gay families living in Ireland. The groundbreaking campaign shatters the silence and myths surrounding these families and calls on the Government to recognise and protect same-sex couples and their children.We Are Family posters,…
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16. All-Ireland Traveller Health Study Launch
Excerpt: …The All-Ireland Traveller Health Study, commissioned by the Department of Health and Children, was conducted by University College Dublin with support from Traveller organisations, Primary Health Care Workers and the Health Service Executive. The study represents the first systematic study of Traveller Health circumstances in 22 years. The publication of…
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17. Justice for Magdalene’s Event
Excerpt: …UCC Women's Studies Seminar1.00pm Monday 28th June, 2010Dr James Smith(English Department & Irish Studies Program, Boston College) "Justice for Magdalenes: State Complicity and Constitutional Rights"Venue: O'Rahilly Building Room 101All welcomeJames Smith is the author of the book Ireland's Magdalen Laundries and the Nation's Architecture of Containment (Manchester University Press, 2008)He…
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Excerpt: …For Immediate Release, 22nd June 2010 Fianna Fáil TDs Tom Kitt and Michael Kennedy today personally delivered to Brian Cowan the first 1,000 signatures from an online petition demanding a State apology and distinct redress scheme for survivors of the Magdalene laundries. The significance of such distinguished internal pressure from…
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19. FIRST AFRICAN WOMAN AND FIRST TRAVELLER ELECTED TO THE BOARD OF THE NWCI
Excerpt: …Salome Mbugua, CEO of the African & Migrant women's network, AkiDwA, was today elected as deputy chairperson of the National Women's Council at the organisations annual general meeting in Dublin today. Tessa Collins, domestic violence co-ordinator with Pavee Point, was also elected to the board. It is the first time…
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20. Palestinian women under occupation
Excerpt: …Stephen Lendman comments on a report, published earlier this year entitled, "Am I Not a Human (2): The Suffering of the Palestinian Woman under the Israeli Occupation" Lendman outlines the heartbreaking atrocities that many women have had to endure to have access facilities such as health and maternal care and…
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