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Thursday, September 11, 2025

Two new toolkits to serve as conversation starters on the climate crisis

Feminist Communities for Climate Justice launch groundbreaking Climate Justice Toolkits Feminist Communities for Climate Justice (FCCJ), a joint project of...

Wednesday, September 03, 2025

All-Island Event Calls for Action to Promote Women’s Leadership

Women’s voices and experiences are crucial for the functioning of our democracy. Yet, despite many women’s...

Thursday, August 28, 2025

JOIN OUR TEAM: Executive Director

The National Women’s Council (NWC) is looking for an Executive Director to lead Ireland’s largest feminist...

Monday, August 25, 2025

NWC calls for rollout of publicly-delivered childcare in Budget 2026

The National Women’s Council today (25th August) called on the Government to bring in a public system of...

Thursday, August 07, 2025

JOIN OUR TEAM: Women’s Health Coordinator

NWC is hiring a Women’s Health Coordinator to coordinate and lead policy, develop and implement campaigns, and conduct...

Wednesday, July 30, 2025

JOIN OUR TEAM: Social Prescribing Project Lead

The National Women’s Council (NWC) is recruiting a Social Prescribing Project Lead to coordinate and project manage an 1...

Friday, July 25, 2025

JOIN OUR TEAM: P.A. to the Director / Operations Officer

This is a critical time for women’s rights. As the leading representative organisation for women and women&rsquo...

Friday, July 25, 2025

JOIN OUR TEAM: Events & Administrative Assistant

NWC is currently recruiting for an Events & Administrative Assistant This is a critical time for women’s rights....

Thursday, July 10, 2025

Budget 2026 an opportunity to lay down a marker for gender equality

The National Women’s Council today launches Pre-Budget Submission for Budget 2026 The National Women’s Council has called...

Tuesday, July 08, 2025

National Women’s Council Welcomes UN CEDAW Recommendations for Ireland

The National Women’s Council welcomed the concluding observations published today by the UN Committee on the Elimination of...

Tuesday, July 01, 2025

Orla O’Connor to step down from her role as Director of the National Women’s Council

After 23 years working in the National Women’s Council (NWC), the Director, Orla O’Connor, will step down...

Monday, June 30, 2025

Government’s failure to meet EU deadline is missed opportunity to address energy & transport poverty

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

Friday, June 20, 2025

Ireland’s examination by the CEDAW Committee

Ahead of Ireland’s examination by the CEDAW Committee tomorrow (Friday, 20th June), the National Women’s Council ...

Monday, June 16, 2025

Irish civil society organisations spotlight women’s rights concerns

Women continue to face systemic barriers to gender equality which particularly affect those from marginalised communities, the National Women&rsquo...

Thursday, June 12, 2025

National Women’s Council launches new Strategic Plan 2025-2029

Against the backdrop of a rapidly changing global context for women, the National Women’s Council (NWC) today (12th...

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Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Shape the Future of Contraception Access in Ireland – Join an LGBTQ+ Focus Group

The National Women’s Council, in partnership with the Department of Health and Trinity College Dublin, is conducting research...

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Shape the Future of Contraception Access in Ireland – Join a Focus Group

The National Women’s Council, in partnership with the Department of Health and Trinity College Dublin, is conducting research...

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...

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Two new toolkits to serve as conversation starters on the climate crisis