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Title: Irish Deaf Women


1
Irish Deaf Womens Group
  • Deirdre Byrne-Dunne
  • Chairwoman

2
Brief history of Irish Deaf Womens Group
  • 1992
  • Members Irish Sign Language Literacy
  • Linguistic Minority Group
  • Geographical and why

3
NWCI Zest 4 Grant
  • July 2006 May 2007
  • First time (Part-time staff committee)
  • Three workshops Assertiveness, Citizenship and
    Empowerment.
  • Forum 10th March link to International Womens
    Day
  • DVD Domestic Violence, Rape Sexual Harassment

4
Workshops
Assertiveness November 2006 Citizenship January 2007 Empowerment April 2007
Dublin 17 Participants Cork 23 Participants Athlone 24 Participants
1 Deaf Facilitator 4 Deaf Case Studies 5 Deaf women with different issues. 1 Deaf from Northern Ireland
5
DVD
  • Domestic Violence, Rape and Sexual Harassment
  • 4 Deaf women signed
  • Launch on 8th March and will give to all Deaf
    women in Ireland for free.

6
Forum 10th March 2007
  • Park Inn Hotel
  • Gaining Strength Together
  • Maura Buckley Past and Today Livelihood of
    Deaf Women
  • Carolyn Nabarro (UK) Gaining Strength Together
  • 7 Deaf women presented about their own area
    Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Limerick, Clare, Waterford,
    Cork, Kilkenny, Wexford, Portlaoise, Monaghan,
    Belfast, Kerry, West Cork, Derry and Donegal

7
Irish Deaf Womens Groups hope for future
  • Set up more network of Deaf Womens Group around
    Ireland
  • More grants
  • Need own office
  • Full time-staff

8
Thank you
  • Irish Deaf Society
  • National Womens Council of Ireland
  • IDWG committee
  • IDWG Steering committee
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