On the 17th of May 2013, Justice for Magdalenes (JFM), the survivor advocacy group, announced the end of its political campaign, begun in June 2009. It contributed to exposing the Irish State and the religious congregations that ran the laundries, and forcing them to take responsibility. Through sustained and relentless activism and engaging with the political forces of the nation, the religious orders and national and international human rights institutions, JFM managed to obtain a formal apology on behalf on the Irish State by An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, and a compensation and redress scheme for former residents of the institutions. This paper proposes to examin...
On 19th February 2013, the Taoiseach and Tánaiste offered an emotional apology to women who had sur...
Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries were residential, commercial and for-profit laundries operated by fou...
Background The systematic sexual, physical and emotional abuses which children experienced in Irela...
Throughout history, Ireland is not regarded as a champion in the area of human rights discourse, but...
In February 2013, the Taoiseach1 issued a State apology to survivors of Ireland’s Magdalene Laundrie...
Magdalene institutions in Ireland date from the (mid-)eighteenth century, and until the late ninetee...
Abstract The recognition perspective is a valuable lens through which identity struggles an...
This article will describe how a project documenting inter- views with survivors of Ireland’s Magdal...
Institutions commonly referred to as Magdalene laundries, or Magdalene asylums, have existed globall...
Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries were residential, commercial laundries housed in Catholic convents whe...
In 2011, the Committee Against Torture (‘the Committee’) made three urgent recommendations13 to Ire...
Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries were residential, commercial and for-profit laundries operated in Cat...
Paragraph 5 of the Committee’s List of issues prior to reporting (LOIPR)i addresses Ireland’s Magda...
Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries were residential, commercial laundries housed in Catholic convents wh...
The girls and women who were incarcerated in Ireland’s Magdalene institutions found themselves under...
On 19th February 2013, the Taoiseach and Tánaiste offered an emotional apology to women who had sur...
Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries were residential, commercial and for-profit laundries operated by fou...
Background The systematic sexual, physical and emotional abuses which children experienced in Irela...
Throughout history, Ireland is not regarded as a champion in the area of human rights discourse, but...
In February 2013, the Taoiseach1 issued a State apology to survivors of Ireland’s Magdalene Laundrie...
Magdalene institutions in Ireland date from the (mid-)eighteenth century, and until the late ninetee...
Abstract The recognition perspective is a valuable lens through which identity struggles an...
This article will describe how a project documenting inter- views with survivors of Ireland’s Magdal...
Institutions commonly referred to as Magdalene laundries, or Magdalene asylums, have existed globall...
Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries were residential, commercial laundries housed in Catholic convents whe...
In 2011, the Committee Against Torture (‘the Committee’) made three urgent recommendations13 to Ire...
Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries were residential, commercial and for-profit laundries operated in Cat...
Paragraph 5 of the Committee’s List of issues prior to reporting (LOIPR)i addresses Ireland’s Magda...
Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries were residential, commercial laundries housed in Catholic convents wh...
The girls and women who were incarcerated in Ireland’s Magdalene institutions found themselves under...
On 19th February 2013, the Taoiseach and Tánaiste offered an emotional apology to women who had sur...
Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries were residential, commercial and for-profit laundries operated by fou...
Background The systematic sexual, physical and emotional abuses which children experienced in Irela...