WOMEN workers are seriously undermined by the economic downturn, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) has revealed.

An outspoken economist in charge of slashing public spending is to speak about the recession at this weekend’s Green Party convention.

CIVIL rights groups have questioned the survival of the Equality Authority after five more resignations from the cash-strapped agency.

One of Ireland’s most prestigious golf clubs was taken to the highest court in the country today in a bid to overturn its policy to refuse women membership.

Equality Authority chief Niall Crowley’s resignation over a funding cut was a principled and courageous stance, rights groups claimed today.

VICTIMS of domestic abuse were remembered at the launch of a campaign to stop violence against women.

Government plans to merge five equality and rights agencies are being met with increased opposition.

The lack of women in the Dáil is unacceptable, Ceann Comhairle John O’Donoghue said today.

Doctor James Reilly told reporters today that he is still seeking to establish whether more cases of misdiagnosis in cancer have occurred.

The National Women's Council of Ireland will protest outside the Dail today in a mark of solidarity with women affected by the breast cancer scandal.

Ryanair was reprimanded by advertising chiefs today for dressing a model as a provocative schoolgirl during a school-term flight sale.

FOLLOWING a special meeting of the Violence Against Women (VAW) non-governmental sector, we strongly rejected the recently announced COSC: the Irish Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence (Irish Examiner, May 17).

MATHEMATICIANS advise that an equation should be treated as a balance whereby the left side always equals the right.

A DEPARTMENT of Justice report recommended an intervention approach to tackle domestic violence be rolled out nationally, but six months later the pilot project is closing down.

TRAFFICKING in women and children for sexual exploitation is one of the most serious human rights violations in today’s world. This commerce in people is on the increase across Europe as organised crime expands and becomes more profitable.

Thousands of women will be trafficked into Germany to work as prostitutes during this summer’s football World Cup, it was claimed today.

THE arrival of a Stringfellow’s lapdancing club in Dublin is another nail in the coffin of a safe and equal society for women, the Rape Crisis Network of Ireland (RCNI) said yesterday.

THE National Women’s Council yesterday welcomed the appointment of another female judge to the Supreme Court.

The National Women’s Council today welcomed the appointment of another female judge to the Supreme Court.

PRESSURE must be put on the Government to develop an ambitious strategy to tackle “persistent gender inequality” in Ireland, it was claimed yesterday.

NEXT month the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) will launch its brown envelope campaign as part of its national social welfare reform strategy, which places demands on the Government to reform the social welfare system.

REFLECTING the diverse contributions of women in modern society, International Women’s Day was marked throughout the country yesterday through words, art, music and expressions of solidarity.

The National Women’s Council has called for a "No" vote in the upcoming citizenship referendum.

WOMEN should force credit card companies to stop supporting the porn industry by threatening to take their business elsewhere.

The Irish branch of Amnesty International has launched a campaign aimed at highlighting violence against women.

The National Women's Council is not endorsing the new national agreement.

THE National Women’s Council are planning a campaign of protest at the choice of Portmarnock Golf Club to host next year’s Nissan Irish Open over its failure to admit female members.

Women’s groups are pressing for more representation in political and decision-making bodies in Ireland.