The Irish Family Planning Association and the Women’s Studies Centre, UCD School of Social Justice will host a conference on ‘Building the Reproductive Justice Movement’ on October 16th next at 2pm in the Morrison Hotel. The keynote speakers will be Loretta Ross, SisterSong, USA and Dr Ruth Fletcher, Keele University. A panel discussion chaired by […]
Tags: Disability · Equality · Feminism
Re-reading the Report of An Bord Snip Nua last week I noted the recommendations to remove several areas of the Equality brief from the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform to the Department of Enterprise and Employment. Included in the report are the following:- Reallocate the statutory employment and occupational benefits responsibilities of the […]
Tags: Equality · Equality Authority · Green Party · Irish Politics
Released this week on DVD and arrived in the mail today – Heavy Load. I saw a shortened version of the documentary on BBC 4 a few months ago and it’s no ordinary documentary about disability. I love the story behind getting permission to play Kylie’s ‘Can’t Get You Out of My Head’. But even […]
Tags: Disability
Batt O’Keefe, Minister for Education, has told primary schools that resource teachers for children with learning disabilities are to be withdrawn if they have less than 9 children in the school – it’s a particularly nasty cut especially as getting assessed for a learning disability and required supports is so difficult so the excuse of […]
Tags: Disability · Irish Politics · Recession
I’ve received a copy of the resignation letter of David Joyce, Congress Equality Officer and ICTU representative on the board of the Equality Authority. In the letter the impact of the 43% on the budget of the authority combined with the refusal of the Minister to meet with the board to discuss their proposals for […]
Tags: Equality · Irish Politics