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Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Legislation to criminalise the purchase of sex is key to ending violence against women

The National Women’s Council (NWC) today (26th March 2025) welcomed the long-awaited publication of the Review of Part 4 of...

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

30 years after Beijing, progress on women’s rights and equality is under threat

30 years ago, 189 governments from across the world signed the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which became the most comprehensive...

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Survivor voices are key to tackling violence against women

Marking the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action at the CSW in New York next week, the National...

Thursday, March 06, 2025

Women must be key architects of Ireland’s future

Since the Brexit referendum in 2016, conversations about the constitutional future of the island of Ireland have gained momentum. In this...

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

All Aboard – Public transport must be accessible to all

Most of our trips in Ireland are taken by car, but 68% of all trips are for distances of less than 1...

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Mary McAleese chairs Women’s Assembly on future of the island of Ireland

50 women thought leaders from across the island of Ireland gathered in Dublin today (Tuesday, 11th February) to explore and elevate...

Friday, February 07, 2025

Missing women will impact the quality of our political decision

The National Women’s Council (NWC) today (7th February) welcomed the nomination of 7 women by the...

Thursday, January 30, 2025

WMHN to shine light on how physical health conditions can adversely impact women’s mental health

On Wednesday, 29 January, the Women’s Mental Health Network, a collaboration between St Patrick’s Mental Health Services...

Thursday, January 30, 2025

National Women’s Council expresses disappointment at gender imbalance in Irish Government

The National Women’s Council (NWC) today expressed its deep disappointment at the significant gender imbalance in the new...

Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Public childcare must be a priority for the next Government

Alliance of over 40 organisations reminds newly elected TDs of their election promises 18th December 2024 Under the slogan ‘All we...

Friday, December 13, 2024

Call for gender quotas at local level and at Cabinet

The Gender Quotas Alliance has written to all new TDs, party leaders, and General Secretaries to call for urgent action...

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Pension auto-enrolment fails to tackle inequality in our pension system for women

While the forthcoming pension auto-enrolment scheme will increase pension coverage, it will not address the structural inequalities faced by women...

Thursday, December 05, 2024

A warm home should not be a luxury: Feminist Communities for Climate Justice hosts webinar on energy

Feminist Communities for Climate Justice (FCCJ) – a joint project between the National Women’s Council (NWC) and Community...

Monday, December 02, 2024

No breakthrough for women in General Election 2024

No breakthrough for women in General Election 2024 National Women’s Council calls for Local Election gender quotas   ...

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Women’s organisations call for cross-border cooperation to tackle domestic violence

National Women’s Council and Women’s Aid Federation NI launch new report examining the issue of domestic...

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Thursday, October 17, 2024

My journey into Feminism and Climate Justice through a Community Work lens

Olitha is currently a volunteer Donegal Intercultural Platform and undertook the NUI Level 7 Community Work in a Changing Ireland –...

Monday, June 17, 2024

#FeministClimateJustice Study Visits

As part of the Feminist Communities for Climate Justice project's #FeministClimateJustice Community Work in a Changing Ireland Certificate...

Tuesday, March 05, 2024

Jennifer Horgan: Yes vote would recognise care as beating heart in body of our State

Some good has come from this care referendum. We are thinking and talking about care. I will be voting yes...

Friday, March 01, 2024

Mary McAleese keynote address for Yes Yes Campaign

We are fortunate to have a written Constitution. It was carefully crafted almost ninety years ago so that we would...

Thursday, February 22, 2024

Laura Cahillane: The ‘women in the home’ provision is hardly suitable for a modern Constitution

Dr Laura Cahillane is an associate professor in law at the University of Limerick Let’s get one thing...

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Why We Need Feminist Climate Justice

‘Feminist Communities for Climate Justice’ - a joint project between the National Women’s Council and Community...

Thursday, November 09, 2023

Vicky Phelan - Keynote Speech at FemFest 2019

Your browser does not support the audio element.   I was invited today by the National Women's Council to...

Wednesday, November 08, 2023

Constitutional change: how to bring feminist and disability perspectives together

Why is constitutional change important?  I want to start by asking the question: to what extent constitutional change is...

Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Orla O’Connor: Why are so many Irish women still travelling to the UK for abortions?

At least 860 women travelled from Ireland to the UK to access abortion since the Eighth Amendment was repealed....

Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Orla O’Connor: Properly valuing care is crucial to women’s equality

Across the span of our lifetimes, we are all likely to care for and receive care from others. Both are...

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Orla O’Connor: Every woman needs access to reproductive healthcare during her lifespan

The past number of years have been transformative for women’s healthcare in Ireland.  Abortion is now available...

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Orla O’Connor: Government must provide childcare and increase social welfare

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

Orla O’Connor: We must recognise harassment for what it is – it is gender-based violence

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 hit women hard, now Budget 2021 must support women

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

Orla O’Connor: Why is ending violence against women not an election issue?

One in four women in Ireland experience physical and sexual violence, yet we have heard precious little on the issue...

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