It is good to see the the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child demanding detailed answers from the Vatican, with regard to the Vatican’s obligations under the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child. These detailed questions expose the Vatican’s self-serving...
These are the talks from the panel on politics and campaigning at Atheist Ireland’s international conference in Dublin on Empowering Women Through Secularism on 29-30 June 2013. Rachel Donnelly, Galway Pro Choice Maryam Namazie, Fitnah Sinead Kennedy, NUI Maynooth Ann Marie Waters, One Law For...
This is Bengali author and physician Taslima Nasrin giving the keynote address at Atheist Ireland’s international conference in Dublin on Empowering Women Through Secularism on 29-30 June 2013. In this extract, Taslima reads her poem Noorjahan, about a victim of stoning.
...These are the talks from the panel on human rights at Atheist Ireland’s international conference in Dublin on Empowering Women Through Secularism on 29-30 June 2013. Dan Barker, FFRF, USA Maryam Namazie, Fitnah and CEMB Jane Donnelly, Atheist Ireland
...These are the talks from the panel on separation of church and state at Atheist Ireland’s international conference in Dublin on Empowering Women Through Secularism on 29-30 June 2013. Ann Brusseel, Flemish parliamentarian Annie Laurie Gaylor, FFRF, USA Elida Radig, Progressive Atheists, Australia Michael Nugent,...
These are the talks from the panel on promoting secular values in society at Atheist Ireland’s international conference in Dublin on Empowering Women Through Secularism on 29-30 June 2013. Leonie Hilliard, Atheist Ireland Nina Sankari, Polish Rationalist Association Farhana Shakir, legal consultant, Pakistan PZ Myers,...
These are the talks from the panel on reproductive rights and Irish abortion law at Atheist Ireland’s international conference in Dublin on Empowering Women Through Secularism on 29-30 June 2013. Ailbhe Smyth, UCD, Ireland Anthea McTiernan, journalist, Ireland Ophelia Benson, author, USA Ross Kelly, Doctors...
Jane Donnelly of Atheist Ireland introduces Annie Laurie Gaylor of the Freedom From Religion Foundation at the opening of the international conference in Dublin on Empowering Women Through Secularism on 29-30 June 2013.
...It’s just a week now to Atheist Ireland’s international conference on Empowering Women Through Secularism, in the Alexander Hotel in Dublin on 29-30 June 2013. We have a marvelous speaker line-up, including Dan Barker, Ophelia Benson, Ann Brusseel, Clare Daly, Carlos Diaz, Doctors for Choice,...
Michael Nugent and Jane Donnelly wrote a chapter on secular education and human rights for the book ‘Towards Mutual Ground – Pluralism, Religious Education and Diversity in Irish Schools’ edited by Gareth Byrne and Patricia Kieran and published last week by Columba Press. Other contributors...