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	Go back				Inez McCormack She became a social worker, active in the civil rights movement in the late 1960’s. In 1976 she was the first woman trade union official to be appointed by the National Union of Public Employees. She is currently N.I Regional Secretary of UNISON, the British public service union. She was elected President of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions in 1999, the first woman to hold this office. She was a founder member of the Equal Opportunities Commission and the Fair Employment Commission in 1976; Deputy Chairperson of the Equal Opportunities Commission from 1978. She has worked in the field of human rights in Northern Ireland, and in the developing world for 25 years, seeking to develop and apply human rights standards to the needs of a variety of disadvantaged groups, trade union members and their communities. In 1999 she was appointed to the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission. She is also on the Board of InterTrade Ireland. She has initiated many innovative projects to help embed the work of the Peace Process, including “Making Women seen and Heard”. While President of ICTU she initiated a number of projects, including “Participation and the Practice of Rights”. She continues to write, broadcast and campaign extensively on human rights, equality and trade union issues. >> Back to top				Documents: The role of equality and human rights in shaping reconciliation – a Northern Ireland perspective
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