Category Archives: Policy & Advocacy

Once Again, Poll Shows Majority Want To See Change To Abortion Laws

March 3, 2017 - Media, Policy & Advocacy, Press Release, Repeal the 8th - no comments

STATEMENT FROM ABORTION RIGHTS CAMPAIGN – 3rd March 2017 – For Immediate Release Once Again, Poll Shows Majority Want To See Change To Abortion Laws The Abortion Rights Campaign (ARC)…

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Open Letter to the Citizens’ Assembly

February 23, 2017 - Media, Policy & Advocacy, Repeal the 8th - no comments

We are disappointed not to have been invited to present at the Citizens’ Assembly sessions on 4-5 March. The Abortion Rights Campaign (ARC) is the largest pro-choice group in Ireland….

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Government unable to provide answers on abortion at CEDAW hearings

February 16, 2017 - Media, Policy & Advocacy, Press Release, Repeal the 8th - Tagged: , , , , - no comments

Press Release from the Abortion Rights Campaign – February 16th 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For media inquiries please contact: [email protected] Government unable to provide answers on abortion as Irish State…

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From local to global – how a grass roots organisation gets to speak in front of the UN

February 13, 2017 - Breaking Silence, Policy & Advocacy, Repeal the 8th - no comments

  Last year, ARC got an amazing opportunity to participate in International Women’s Rights Action Watch (IWRAR) Asia Pacific from Global to Local training. This training is specially designed to…

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What unites sex workers’ rights and abortion rights movements?

February 6, 2017 - Breaking Silence, Opinion, Policy & Advocacy, Repeal the 8th, Stigma, Uncategorized - Tagged: , , , , , , - no comments

Reducing stigma & realising bodily autonomy By @CuteCatriona and Grace Wilentz The Abortion Rights Campaign (ARC) and the Sex Workers’ Alliance Ireland (SWAI) are part of a larger, integrated movement for…

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