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Tuesday, September 24, 2024
A new civil society alliance, which launched today (24th September 2024), is demanding a 40% gender quota for local election candidates...
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Alliance of 30 organisations calls for public system of early childhood education and care Organisations say the current childcare system is...
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Feminist Communities for Climate Justice say Ireland needs a new approach to food production Thursday 12th September 2024 Feminist Communities for...
Thursday, September 05, 2024
The National Women’s Council expresses our strong solidarity with women and girls in Afghanistan just over three years...
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
NWC says SPHE must be a mandatory subject in order to tackle the root cause of gender-based violence Violence...
Thursday, August 22, 2024
The only solution to the childcare crisis is a public system, says NWC The National Women’s Council say...
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
The National Women’s Council extends our deepest sympathies to the family, friends, and loved ones of Nell McCafferty...
Tuesday, August 06, 2024
Research on Marginalised Women’s Experiences of the Free Contraception Scheme NWC, in partnership with the Department of Health,...
Tuesday, July 09, 2024
Ireland failing new mothers with severe and complex mental health needs: NWC Women who need in-patient care following childbirth are...
Wednesday, July 03, 2024
The National Women’s Council (NWC) today called on government to be ambitious and feminist in their approach to...
Friday, June 28, 2024
Two years on from the Zero Tolerance Strategy, how far are we from Zero Tolerance for violence against women? National...
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Women and minorities grossly under-represented at local level: NWC Women’s representation at local level is stagnant at 26% ...
Friday, June 14, 2024
The National Women’s Council (NWC) is delighted to announce Dr Jennifer Okeke as NWC’s new Chairperson...
Monday, June 10, 2024
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today (10th June 2024) welcomed the women elected as Councillors in the...
Thursday, May 30, 2024
The National Women’s Council says quotas are needed to address the democratic deficit In the run-up to the...
Monday, June 17, 2024
As part of the Feminist Communities for Climate Justice project's #FeministClimateJustice Community Work in a Changing Ireland Certificate...
Tuesday, March 05, 2024
Some good has come from this care referendum. We are thinking and talking about care. I will be voting yes...
Friday, March 01, 2024
We are fortunate to have a written Constitution. It was carefully crafted almost ninety years ago so that we would...
Thursday, February 22, 2024
Dr Laura Cahillane is an associate professor in law at the University of Limerick Let’s get one thing...
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
‘Feminist Communities for Climate Justice’ - a joint project between the National Women’s Council and Community...
Thursday, November 09, 2023
Your browser does not support the audio element. I was invited today by the National Women's Council to...
Wednesday, November 08, 2023
Why is constitutional change important? I want to start by asking the question: to what extent constitutional change is...
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
At least 860 women travelled from Ireland to the UK to access abortion since the Eighth Amendment was repealed....
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Across the span of our lifetimes, we are all likely to care for and receive care from others. Both are...
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
The past number of years have been transformative for women’s healthcare in Ireland. Abortion is now available...
Tuesday, July 19, 2022
At 9.1% in June, inflation is at levels not experienced in almost 40 years. Each week brings news of further price increases,...
Thursday, December 10, 2020
This year has been like no other. As the global 16 Days of Action on violence against women end today, we...
Saturday, October 10, 2020
Covid-19 impacted on every family in Ireland, through the loss of a loved one, the loss of a job or...
Sunday, February 02, 2020
One in four women in Ireland experience physical and sexual violence, yet we have heard precious little on the issue...
Sunday, January 26, 2020
As part of our #FemGen general election campaign 2020, NWCI has asked the party leaders of the main political parties to...
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