RAPE CRISIS CENTRE: Sexual Abuse and Violence - responding to change is the theme of a conference to mark the 25th anniversary of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre.
Speakers include Irish Times correspondent Lara Marlowe who will talk about rape as a weapon of war while journalist and author Susan McKay will discuss the Rape Crisis Centre's struggle to change Ireland. McKay is the author of Without Fear - 25 years of the Rape Crisis Centre which will be launched at the conference. The conference will be held at the National College of Ireland, IFSC, Mayor Street, Dublin on Monday next. Booking on tel: 01 2898533 or info@claraclark.ie
HEALTH GOES PUBLIC: Why do some people get sick and others don't when exposed to the same pathogens? Just what exactly is "health" and how can we preserve and maintain it? Such questions will be discussed at a public talk of the Anthroposophical Society in Ireland tomorrow at 8pm. The talk is one of a series held on consecutive Wednesdays in Greenacres, Upper Kilmacud Road, Dublin (beside Airfield House).
The Anthroposophical Society was founded by philosopher Rudolf Steiner in the 1920s to explore human wisdom. Since then, about 10,000 institutions (schools, care-homes, banks, farms and hospitals) have developed around the world following the Steiner principles. Tel: 01 2987618 for more details.
SMOKING CESSATION SCHOOL: The HSE North West Smoking Cessation Service is hosting its second winter school in the Clarion Hotel, Sligo on November 8th and 9th. Experts from the United States, France and England will present information on smoking cessation strategies and prevention targeted at young people and women.
For further details, contact Tracey Flood, smoking cessation officer, on tel: 1850 200 687.
TOURETTE MEETING: The Irish Tourette Syndrome Association is holding an open meeting in the Alexander Hotel Merrion Square, Dublin, next Sunday at 2.30pm.Tourette Syndrome is a neurological involuntary movement disorder, characterised by motor and vocal tics. It begins in childhood or early adolescence and occurs six times more often in boys than girls.