Review of adoption laws, 1999

Submitted by: Social and Employment Issues Committee  The National Council of Women, whilst welcoming the enactment of the Adoption (Inter-country Aspects) Act 1999 and acknowledging government initiatives to improve adoption procedures nationally, urges that...

Employment rights for homeworkers, 2006

Submitted by: The National Group on Homeworking    The National Council of Women in Conference assembled, concerned that homeworkers lack the same employment rights and protections as those employed in UK factories or offices, calls upon the Government...

Women asylum seekers, 2006

Submitted by: Cheltenham Branch    The National Council of Women in conference assembled, noting that (a) many women seeking asylum are reluctant to talk to men, (b) their well-founded fears of persecution are often of an intimate nature, and (c) further...