Changes to the law banning abortion in the North should be considered, the UN said today.

AMNESTY International’s denial that it is pro–abortion is misleading.

WOMEN’S groups nationwide are mobilising to challenge the Government on its efforts to eliminate discrimination against women.

Women’s representative organisations, and those concerned about women’s rights in this country, will endorse the latest report from the United Nations.

I’D like to congratulate Rónán Mullen on his enlightening column (Irish Examiner, July 21) and to take issue with Junior Minister Frank Fahey on his spineless and apologetic stance before the United Nations CEDAW committee on Ireland’s progress in the field of women’s rights — specifically on the issue of the lack of availability of abortion in Ireland.

OUR minister of state with responsibility for equality matters, Frank Fahey, was put through the wringer last week when he updated the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on Ireland’s progress in the field of women’s rights.

NO changes to the law on abortion are planned, the Government told a United Nations hearing on women’s rights yesterday.

Caroline O’Doherty

EQUALITY Minister Frank Fahy yesterday rejected claims that the Irish Government has “an appalling record” on promoting women’s human rights and tackling discrimination.

The Government is set to be embarrassed at the United Nations over its poor record on women’s rights, it was claimed tonight.

A GROUP of Irish women is determined to embarrass the Government over its poor record on women’s rights at the United Nations headquarters in New York later this month.

Former president and UN High Commissioner of Human Rights, Mary Robinson has paid tribute to the work carried out by those responsible for a report on women's human rights.