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Senator Ivana Bacik opened the AkiDwA Conference on FGM in October 2019 by calling on the Irish Government to commit the resources needed to develop a national action plan to eradicate all forms of the harmful traditional practice. FGM is estimated to have already affected more than 5000 women and girls living in Ireland. Senator…
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I read a great article by Walter Mugdan the EPA’s Director of Emergency Response, about how toxic and dangerous cleaning fluids like Perc can be when they are allowed to contaminate public water supplies. Much US water and air was contaminated by toxic chemicals like Perchlorethylene, a chlorinated solvent, which was verywidely used in dry…
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An increase in extreme weather events driven by climate change. will create widespread food insecurity in coming months and years, becausecombined with increasing conflicts, trade disputes, and overutilization of natural resources. All these factors will create a perfect storm affecting both production, supply and people’s ability to buy food. Climate change is the greatest long-term…
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Issues of interest Thyroid Support Ireland is a patient network that began in Ireland in 2008
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https://www.rte.ie/news/2019/1115/1091001-nigeria-remittances/
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Sister Joan McManus, of the Sisters of Mercy, who died last Sunday, played a key role the early development of AkiDwA. Sister Joan helped AkiDwA to get started back in 1999, at a time when migrant women in Ireland had no proper place to meet and many of us found to difficult to find anyone…
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A new report says the situation is complicated, but a banned Chlorine bomb was very likely delivered by helicopter in Douma, killing 49 people and wounding more than 600. Excessive force was also likely used in Raqqa, where ISIL mingled with civilians to protect themselves and stopped people reporting atrocities. It’s all very complicated, By…
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