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POLITICS FROM BLACKSTAFF WOMEN'S WORK The Story of the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition KATE FEARON kate fearon is from south Armagh, Northern Ireland. She was educated atQueen's University Belfast where she graduated with a ba in English in 1994. During her time at Queen's she played an active role in student politics and was president ofthe Students' Union from 1992 to 1993. After graduating she moved to Dublin to work as Women's Rights Officer for the Union ofStudents in Ireland. She returned to Northern Ireland in 1995 to take up the post of assistant director of the political think-tank. Democratic Dialogue. She completed an M.S.Sc. in Irish politics in 1997 and currently works as a political adviser to the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition. She is the editor of two collections of essays. Power , Politics Positionings: Women in Northern Ireland (1996) and Politics: TheNext , Generation (1997). A third collection, which brings together diverse writings by young women in Northern Ireland, is forthcoming with the Women's Press. Digitized by the Internet Archive 2015 in https://archive.org/details/womensworkstoryoOOkate WOMEN'S WORK The Story of the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition KATE FEARON THE BLACKSTAFF PRESS BELFAST Firstpublished in 1999by The BlackstaffPressLimited BlackstaffHouse,WildflowerWay, ApolloRoad Belfastbt126ta, NorthernIreland ©Kate Fearonand the NorthernIrelandWomen'sCoalition, 1999 All rightsreserved Theauthorshaveasserted their rightunder the Copyright, Designs and PatentsAct 1988 tobeidentified as the authors ofthiswork TypesetbyTechnisetTypesetters, Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside Printed inEnglandby Biddles Limited Acipcatalogue record forthisbook is available from the BritishLibrary isbn 0-85640-653-8 Acknowledgements My role in this book is more of amanuensis than author, and I would like to thank all of those who shared their stories so readily with me. I hope I have reflected their views accurately and with sensitivity. I should like to thank those who read early drafts: Ann Hope, Elizabeth Porter, and Mari Fitzduff, and Annie Campbell and Jane Wilde, whose sharp eyes caught and challenged manynuances ofthe later drafts. The role oftwo talented, generous and gifted women also needs to be acknowledged. Avila Kilmurray, whose idea it was to compile a contemporaneous history of the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition, and Monica McWilliams are owed special thanks for their ever-ready advice and support. Finally, I would like to thank my family and friends for then- encouragement in this endeavour. For Granny Cas, a strong woman. And Hughie. Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS V 1 The First Election 1 2 Building a Team 39 3 The Forum 51 4 The Talks 69 5 Putting the Agreement to the People 122 6 The Assembly Elections: Taking Our Place 134 APPENDICES 1 Not Just in Northern Ireland 160 2 niwc Candidates in the 1996 Forum/ Entry to Negotiations Elections 165 3 Women Candidates by Party in the 1996/Entry to Negotiations Elections (Constituency Lists) 168 4 Overall Votes, 1996 Forum/Entry to Negotiations Elections 169 NOTES 170 BIBLIOGRAPHY 174 INDEX 178
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