On 8 March, a government referendum proposed to change the Irish Constitution by extending the definition of the family (Amendment 39) and replacing Article 41.2 on the work of mothers in the home with wording that diminished the State’s obligation to support caring in the home and outside (Amendment 40).
The government suffered a comprehensive defeat as both proposals were voted down by the electorate by a large margin. In the family referendum, the No vote was 67.7%; in the care referendum, the No vote was 73.9%. The latter is the highest ever No vote in a referendum in the history of the State. Read our statement on this outcome here.
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Recent news from GWS Ireland
Free Margaretta D’Arcy, Free Shannon
Dear friends, Please find below a statement from Global Women’s Strike demanding that our dear friend and colleague Margaretta D’Arcy, be released. She has been jailed for three months in Ireland, for protesting the use of Shannon’s civilian airport for US wars. She is only allowed one phone call a day and two half-hour visits…
Letter of thanks from Margarett D’Arcy
Dochas Women’s PrisonMount JoyNC RoadDublin 7 (posted 25 Feb 2014) Dear Women, I am overwhelmed with your support and amazed with your energy, it is hard work when the State incarcerates women who are doing the work that the Irish State should be doing. Protecting our neutrality, bringing justice, affirming its devotion to the ideal…
How Can Women Defeat Austerity? Selma James talks at Maynooth.
Founder of the Wages for Housework campaign and coordinator of the Global Women’s Strike, Selma James brought a lifetime of movement experience to bear in this electrifying talk. Asked to speak to organisers’ needs in the current crisis, she spoke to a roomful of 30 activists and researchers passionately, clearly and incisively for an hour…
Journey with the Revolution, Galway Film Tour, 12 July
Film TourGalway Tuesday 6th March 7pmNational University of Ireland, Galway Tyndall Theatre Arts/Science Bldg
Coming to Galway, Photography Exhibition, 12-16th March.
The Global Women’s Strike invites you to an inspiring exhibition of 30 beautiful colour photos with captions by and about the lives of women participating in the Strike in many countries. Dublin Arts Block, University College Dublin, Mon 5th – Fri 9th March. Hosts: UCD Students’ Union. Coming to Galway: National University of Ireland, Galway…
Demonstration in Dublin against a Shell pipeline in Co.Mayo Ireland, 24 February 2007
A rural community in the west of Ireland is fighting a group of companies led by Shell who are trying to build a life-threatening gas pipeline & polluting refinery in their area. There was about 850-1000 people at the demonstration. They were mainly from the Left, the Parties, trade unions, NGOs and a big contingent…
Nomination by Maggie Ronayne from Strike Ireland to the president of her university and the National University of Ireland
Dear President, I write to nominate President Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías for an honorary doctorate at the National University of Ireland, Galway. President Chávez is the head of State of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. He was first elected to this post in 1998 and has won eight elections and referendums since then. He has…
Why the Irish Constitution Must Recognise Workers In the Home and Pay Equity
By Maggie Ronayne, Ireland Current Affairs Weekly, 2 September 2005 Some say Article 41.2 of the Constitution is sexist and should be abolished. While it is sexist to refer to work in the home as a woman’s “life” and “duty”, it would be even more sexist to obliterate the only constitutional recognition of unwaged caring work…
Global Women’s Strike Calls Women to Shannon Airport
Press statement, Global Women’s Strike Global Women’s Strike Calls Women to Shannon Airport on 8th March! by Global Women’s Strike Working Group Galway. Global Women’s Strike Women in Ireland say No War — Invest in Caring Not Killing — Globalise Neutrality The Global Women’s Strike is organising a national event against war at Shannon airport…
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