Women’s groups to press State on rights

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

The first war cries were heard yesterday at a conference in Galway organised by the Women’s Human Rights Alliance (WHRA) in co-operation with the Irish Centre for human Rights, National University of Ireland, Galway and the Irish Council for Civil Liberties.

As well as putting public pressure on the Government to deliver on its obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), using the United Nations’ agreement as a tool in mounting a High Court challenge is also being considered.