Agenda for the 2016 AGM held by ARC on 19 November 2016. The meeting convened ARC members from around the country and reported back on the working group activities during the year. Topics discussed at the AGM included: ARC's position within the pro-choice movement and the importa
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A factsheet outlining what ARC believes to be the ideal circumstances under which abortion would be legalised and implemented in Ireland. Best practice includes its free availability on the public health system, the lack of grounds-based access (e.g. only in cases of rape), avail
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A flyer created to encourage people to question their elected representatives on their position on abortion rights. The leaflet includes suggested questions such as "What is your position on abortion?" "What is your party's position on abortion?" and "Do you agree that there shou
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A leaflet guide to responding to common arguments used against abortion. The leaflet depicts common arguments in a column of speech bubbles, and responses in another column, with a bubble at the top reading "When they say....We say...."
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A letter submitted to the Department of the Taoiseach in advance of the setting up of the Citizens' Assembly on the Eighth Amendment. The Citizens' Assembly (An Tionól Saoránach) is a periodic assembly of randomly selected citizens, established in Ireland in 2016 to consider
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A large 4-page booklet containing information for voters wishing to further the cause of repealing the eighth amendment when voting in the 2016 Irish general election. The pack includes information about ARC; a section "Why we want people to talk to their politicians and vote pro
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A submission to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), in advance of CEDAW's 1474th and 1475th meetings in February 2017, where it considered the combined sixth and seventh periodic reports of Ireland. The ARC submission highlighted what
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A factsheet providing a guide to how Irish politics work. Topics include: "Why is the constitution so important?" "How do you call a referendum?" "How do I let my representatives know I want them to repeal the Eighth?". The leaflet was part of ARC's civic engagement programme
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A joint submission by ARC, Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI) and Sexual Rights Ireland (SRI) to the 25th Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Ireland. The UPR is a periodic review of the human rights records of all 193 UN Member States. The 25th UPR took place in May 2016.
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