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Published: Tuesday, November 26, 2024
National Women’s Council and Women’s Aid Federation NI launch new report examining the issue of domestic violence across the island 26 November Today (26 November) the National Women’s Council (NWC) and Women’s Aid...
Published: Tuesday, December 11, 2012
The purpose of this new paper is to document a needs analysis conducted by the Migrants Rights Centre of Ireland (MRCI) of the situation of migrant care workers undertaking care work with older persons in the private homes and in...
Press Release, 12 December 2012The National Women's Council of Ireland will present its submission on the review of legislation on prostitution in Ireland at today's hearing of the Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality.Orla O'Connor, Director of the National Women's...
Published: Sunday, December 09, 2012
Just three days before Taoiseach Enda Kenney launched the Constitutional Convention in Dublin castle TDs, Senators and their advisors gathered in the AV room in Leinster House for a NWCI briefing on the Constitution. The briefing was hosted by Labour...
The EWL Secretariat in Brussels is seeking to recruit a Communications and Press Officer. This is a challenging and rewarding post for a multi-skilled and motivated individual. If you are up to the task, download the application form and apply...
The week before the budget announcement NWCI and PACUB made a final joint appeal to the government not to cut child benefit. At the press conference, both organisations highlighted the significant impact any cut to child benefit would have on...
Published: Tuesday, December 04, 2012
Cuts to vital payments such as child benefit or the back to school allowance will be the tipping point into poverty for many families and must be reversed. In response to the announced Budget 2013, Orla O'Connor, Director of the National...
Four Leading Groups Call for All Children to have Equal Access to ChildcareDublin, 5 December 2012 – Start Strong, OPEN, Barnardos and the National Women's Council of Ireland have rejected moves by the Departments of Social Protection and Children and Youth Affairs to...
Published: Thursday, November 29, 2012
Press Release, 30 November 2012Children are not the cause of this recession but they are paying for itAs we approach Budget 2013, the National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) and PACUB (Protest against Cuts to Child Benefit) are making a final joint...
Published: Monday, November 26, 2012
The NWCI today welcomes the long awaited publication of the report of the Expert Group on abortion and in particular the recommendation that legislation is the most appropriate way to give effect to the X case.Orla O Connor, Director...
Published: Sunday, November 25, 2012
Women's Aid has produced a brilliant new awareness raising video which you can log into via Facebook for a personalised interaction. You can also watch the video without using Facebook. The video is a way you can support and show...
Published: Thursday, November 22, 2012
The planned changes to the social welfare system in the upcoming budget will lock women in a triple burden of care, domestic work and precarious employment if their needs are not addressed, a new report by the National Women's Council...
More than 16,000 people participated in our online e-mail campaign Legislate for X since its start at the beginning of November. More than 68,000 e-mails were sent to TDs from all constituencies urging them to make legislation for X a government priority....
The Women's Human Rights Alliance (WHRA) is planning a half day conference on Realising Women's Right to Health in Ireland to highlight UN and global standards on the right to health that are particularly applicable to realising women's right to...
The Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Act 2012 came into force on 20 September 2012. With support from the HSE, NWCI member AkiDwA is undertaking several step to raise awareness and to ensure women and girls are fully protected. As part of this...
The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland is currently running a campaign calling on Minister Richard Bruton to sign the ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers before 12 December, a global day of action.Domestic work is one of the largest...
Equality and innovation go hand in hand. Innovation is as relevant to equality as to business. Equality NGOs are reaching new audiences, employing new technologies and finding new solutions to longstanding equality challenges. Sports and arts organisations are becoming equality...
To mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the Irish Feminist Network and Sonas Housing will hold a screening of critically acclaimed Spanish movie, Take My Eyes. The award winning film is a nuanced and thoughtful depiction...
The European Women's Lobby, of which the NWCI is a member organisation, is currently running a campaign calling on European Commission President Barroso to establish a European Year to End Violence against Women and Girls.To date, the EU has...
Published: Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Press Release, 22 November 2012Making Jobs work for Women The planned changes to the social welfare system in the upcoming budget will lock women in a triple burden of care, domestic work and precarious employment if their needs are not addressed,...
Published: Sunday, November 18, 2012
A new report by the NWCI and the HSE will change the way the HSE delivers its services to women and men. The report Equal but Different: A Framework for Integrating Gender Equality in Health Service Policy, Planning and Service...
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