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<p class=Default align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=6
color=black face=Georgia><span style='font-size:22.0pt'>AkiDwA (the African and
migrant women's network) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=Default align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=6
color=black face=Georgia><span style='font-size:22.0pt'>would like to invite
you to the launch of our new publication<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=Default align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=6
color=black face=Georgia><span style='font-size:22.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=Default align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=6
color=black face=Georgia><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-weight:bold'>‘Am
Only Saying It Now’</span></font></b><font size=6><span style='font-size:
22.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=Default align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=6
color=black face=Georgia><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Experiences
of Women Seeking Asylum in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Ireland</st1:place></st1:country-region></span></font></b><font
size=6><span style='font-size:22.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=Default align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=6
color=black face=Georgia><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Tuesday,
31</span></font></b><b><font size=4><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-weight:
bold'>st </span></font></b><b><font size=6><span style='font-size:22.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>May 2010</span></font></b><font size=6><span
style='font-size:22.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=Default align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=6
color=black face=Georgia><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-weight:bold'>from
11am to 1pm @</span></font></b><font size=6><span style='font-size:22.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=Default align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=6
color=black face=Georgia><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=Default align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=6
color=black face=Georgia><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Best
Western Pery's Hotel, Glentworth street, Limerick</span></font></b><font
size=6><span style='font-size:22.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=Default align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=6
color=black face=Georgia><span style='font-size:22.0pt'>Registration begins at
10.30am<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=Default align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=6
color=black face=Georgia><span style='font-size:22.0pt'>Light lunch
refreshments will be made available<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=Default align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=4
color=black face=Georgia><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>P</span></font><font
size=4 color=blue><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:blue'>lease RSVP to
info@akidwa.ie or Lucy on 018148582 by 29</span></font><font size=1 color=blue><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;color:blue'>th </span></font><font size=4 color=blue><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:blue'>May 2010</span></font><font size=4><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=Default align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color=black face=Georgia><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=Default align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color=black face=Georgia><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=Default align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color=black face=Georgia><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Background
of AkiDwA</span></font></b><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=Default align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1
color=black face=Georgia><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=Default align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
color=black face=Georgia><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Akina Dada wa Africa,
AkiDwA (Swahili for sisterhood) is the only ethnic minority-led national
network of African and migrant women living in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Ireland</st1:place></st1:country-region>. The non-governmental
organisation with charitable status was established in August 2001 by a group
of African women to address the needs of an expanding population of African and
migrant women resident in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Ireland</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
The organisation is a recognised authority on migrant women’s issues and
a representative body for migrant women, irrespective of their national or
ethnic background, culture, religious beliefs or socio-economic or legal
status. AkiDwA’s advocacy approach is based on a gender perspective and
the organisation promotes an equal society, free of racism, discrimination and
stereotyping.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-weight:bold'>www.akidwa.ie</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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