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# international-womens-day - Friday 8 March, 2013

Opinion

Column: More power for women will benefit everyone

08/03/13 5,503 Views 81 Comments

Significant advances in the fight against poverty and hunger – as well as a reduction in gender-based violence – could be achieved by giving more power to women, writes Jim Clarken.

Women's Day

Fear of reporting sexual assaults is ‘shameful indictment’, says Higgins

08/03/13 4,830 Views 33 Comments

On International Women’s Day, the President tells an audience at Áras an Úachtaráin that Ireland must support assault victims more.

From The Score Power Rankings

From Katie to Sonia: Here’s Ireland’s top ever sportswomen

08/03/13 1,518 Views 6 Comments

From All Stars and Olympians to inspirational captains and cross country champions – these ladies have done Ireland proud.

From Business ETC Christine Lagarde

IMF open to extending repayment date on Ireland’s €19bn bailout loans

08/03/13 6,768 Views 93 Comments

Christine Lagarde says the IMF has an “open mind” about allowing Ireland to defer its repayments if it helps end the bailout.

From The Daily Edge But When Is?...

Hey guys, it’s in November

08/03/13 10,260 Views 50 Comments

International Men’s Day, that is.

From Business ETC Women's Day

One in five company directors is a woman (and she’s most likely to be called Mary)

08/03/13 4,549 Views 21 Comments

Figures show that number of female directors has increased by 14 per cent since the start of the recession – but over half of all Irish PLCs have no women sitting on their boards.

# international-womens-day - Thursday 7 March, 2013

Opinion

Column: The majority of care givers are women, but it shouldn’t be prescribed upon us

07/03/13 5,964 Views 21 Comments

Traditional gender roles serve as prescriptive claims about how girls and women should act. There are greater choices for both men and women now, so we need to reconcile our competing demands, writes Margaret O’Keefe.

# international-womens-day - Monday 12 March, 2012

Opinion

Column: Why is it cringeworthy to get behind a cause?

12/03/12 4,657 Views 60 Comments

There seems to be a trend towards stigmatising protesters, writes TheJournal.ie columnist Lisa McInerney. What are we afraid of? The Bono effect?

# international-womens-day - Friday 9 March, 2012

Germany

Germany’s biggest-selling daily abandons front page nudes

09/03/12 5,357 Views 12 Comments

To mark International Women’s Day, Bild gives its female staff the day off – and decides to scrap its front-page topless models, something it’s only ever done a few times before.

# international-womens-day - Thursday 8 March, 2012

Photo Opp

Enda Kenny finds alternative photoshoot

08/03/12 5,342 Views 36 Comments

Government photo opp was cancelled today – but Taoiseach still finds himself centrestage with pic to mark International Women’s Day.

From Business ETC Companies

Number of women directors increased by 20% during recession

08/03/12 1,019 Views 9 Comments

Almost 100,000 women are now directors of Irish companies, an increase of almost 50 per cent in the past ten decade.

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08/03/12 4,514 Views No Comments

Nine things you should know this more, including: Occupy Dame St dismantled; bodies found in Dundalk; Syrian minister joins revolution.

International Women's Day

Column: Women and girls hold solution to extreme poverty

08/03/12 2,632 Views 19 Comments

Gender equality is good for everyone, writes Bernadette Crawford, Equality Adviser for Concern Worldwide, on International Women’s Day.

# international-womens-day - Tuesday 8 March, 2011

IWD

Make a night out of International Women’s Day

08/03/11 599 Views 3 Comments

Check out a list of events designed to celebrate and debate IWD in Ireland this evening.

Shocking

Female worker was told her pregnancy is ‘a condition, not a f***ing illness’

08/03/11 3,527 Views 19 Comments

The incident happened within the last month and has been revealed by the trade union UNITE to mark International Women’s Day.

From The Daily Edge Bestseller

Book of blank pages becomes surprise Amazon bestseller

08/03/11 838 Views No Comments

The online retailer sells out of the novelty notebook, masquerading as an expose on what men worry about – other than sex.

Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Do we need an International Women’s Day?

08/03/11 1,279 Views 16 Comments

It’s the centenary of #IWD and Barack Obama has announced March 2011 as “Women’s History Month”: but do you think women need a special day dedicated to their issues at all?

Read Me

Read Me: Equality for women has made progress – but not enough

08/03/11 1,058 Views 4 Comments

Concern Worldwide workers write on International Women’s Day of the discrimination, violence, coerced sex and early marriage that doom many of the world’s little girls to a cruel future.

From Business ETC Equality

Ireland one of the top European countries for promoting women to senior financial positions

08/03/11 554 Views 1 Comment

Ireland ranks second in Europe and 11th globally when it comes to promoting women to senior financial positions.

From The Daily Edge Women

Watch M school James Bond for International Women’s Day

08/03/11 1,198 Views 8 Comments

“For someone with such a fondness for women, I wonder if you’ve ever considered what it might be like to be one?”

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