The Women’s Assembly: A Feminist Shared Future

Published: Wednesday, March 05, 2025

Ireland is undergoing profound political and social change, from the lasting impact of Brexit and the Good Friday Agreement to urgent global challenges like climate change and the rise of the far right. Despite these issues deeply affecting women’s...

A Feminist Analysis of the Programme for Government 2025

Published: Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Submission to the Electoral Commission Public consultation on the addresses of candidates on ballots

Published: Friday, January 31, 2025

National Women’s Council General Election Manifesto 2024: One Pager

Published: Tuesday, November 12, 2024

A one page summary of the National Women's Council's Feminist Manifesto for the 2024 General Election.

National Women’s Council General Election Manifesto Supporting Document 2024

Published: Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Women’s rights and gender equality must be at the forefront of the upcoming general election. Women and girls continue to face significant social and economic inequalities, with marginalised women facing additional challenges. Women are facing a housing and homelessness...

Joint Submission to the Consultation on a new Fuel Poverty Strategy for Northern Ireland

Published: Wednesday, March 12, 2025

The Feminist Communities for Climate Justice project's and Environmental Justice Network Ireland's joint submission to the Consultation on a new Fuel Poverty Strategy for Northern Ireland

Programme for Government - NWC Recommendations

Published: Wednesday, December 18, 2024

This Programme for Government will shape the next five years and must pave the way for real gender equality, underpinned by genuine policy commitments. The incoming Government must commit to tackling the widespread systemic gender inequalities we face and fully...

Still stuck in the Gap

Published: Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Pension auto-enrolment, due to start in September 2025, is the biggest reform to the Irish pension system since the 1960s, aiming to expand occupational pension coverage. NWC’s new report examines the scheme and its impact on gender and care inequalities....

North South Co-operation to Tackle Violence Against Women Dialogue Report

Published: Wednesday, November 27, 2024

North South Co-operation to Tackle Violence Against Women is a culmination of a joint project by the National Women's Council and Women's Aid Federation Northern Ireland in leading the All Island Violence Against Women Working Group, supported by the Department...

NWC’s Submission to the next National Strategy for Women and Girls

Published: Tuesday, November 26, 2024

The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth is in the process of developing a successor strategy to the Women and Girls Strategy 2017-2020. This new strategy aims to address ongoing and emerging needs in supporting and promoting gender...

A Feminist Analysis of Budget 2025

Published: Tuesday, October 08, 2024

While Budget 2025 contained welcome permanent measures, including investment in a women’s health package, permanent social protection measures and funding for Cuan in tackling violence against women - there was also an over-reliance on temporary one-off payments rather than structural...

Alliance for Gender Quotas at Local Level position paper

Published: Monday, September 23, 2024

A new civil society alliance, which was launched today, called for the introduction of gender quotas at local level to address the imbalance of representation of women at all levels of politics. Led by the National Women’s Council (NWC),...

Feminist Communities for Climate Justice Submission to Moving Together strategy

Published: Tuesday, August 20, 2024

The Feminist Communities for Climate Justice project's submission to the Consultation on Moving Together: A Strategic Approach to the Improved Efficiency of the Transport System in Ireland in collaboration with COPE Galway, Comhdháil na nOileán (Ireland’s Offshore...

Perinatal Mental Health: Listening to Women and Shaping the Road Ahead

Published: Tuesday, July 09, 2024

NWC Audited Accounts 2023

Published: Monday, July 08, 2024

Final audited accounts for the National Women's Council of Ireland 2023