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Published: Thursday, November 21, 2024
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWC) and Women for Election are calling on general election candidates to commit to increasing women’s representation in the next Dáil term. NWC have highlighted 10 key asks for...
Published: Friday, November 29, 2019
Coinciding with the 16 Days of Action on Violence against Women, the Women’s Mental Health Network – a collaboration between St Patrick’s Mental Health Services and the National Women’s Council of Ireland - today hosts...
Published: Thursday, November 28, 2019
NWCI has called on Government to address the unacceptably high levels of poverty among lone parents in response to the publication of data by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) today (28.11.19) showing that 33.5 per cent of lone parents are at...
Published: Thursday, November 21, 2019
Women’s inequality should come with a mental health warning, say the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today as they launched a new online campaign on women’s mental health. Running over three days, the...
Published: Thursday, November 14, 2019
Women represent just 24% of councillors elected to local government in Ireland, and we need gender quotas implemented now to increase this by the next local elections in 2024. This is one of the key recommendations from new research launched today by...
Published: Wednesday, October 30, 2019
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions have today jointly called on the Government to commit to passing the Gender Pay Gap Information Bill before Christmas. Orla O’Connor, Director...
Published: Tuesday, October 29, 2019
The National Women’s Council of Ireland today welcomed the option of a universal State funded contraception scheme made in the Working Group on Access to Contraception report and called on the Government to showcase their commitment to...
Published: Monday, October 21, 2019
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) welcomed the historic moment from midnight tonight that reproductive rights and marriage equality will be realised across the whole island of Ireland. Orla O’Connor, Director of NWCI said, &ldquo...
Published: Friday, October 18, 2019
With the announcement of Budget 2020, the National Women’s Council of Ireland welcomed progress toward one of our key recommendations, the establishment of a Statutory Maintenance Agency. Minister Regina Doherty announced the establishment of “a judge-led group to...
NWCI was delighted to be recognised as one of the first Sustainable Development Goal champions by the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment Richard Bruton T.D. at the Ploughing Championships. Together with 11 other organisation, NWCI was chosen...
Published: Thursday, October 17, 2019
NWCI has launched an online survey seeking the views of young women aged 16-25 on the issues that affect them and the campaigns that matter to them. The responses to this survey will help to shape #FemFest, NWCI’s...
Published: Wednesday, October 16, 2019
NWCI would like to welcome 11 new groups to our membership. Health The Abortion Access Campaign West is a Galway based group initiative that has evolved out of the Local Together For Yes Group following repeal of the 8th Amendment....
Women from West Clare came together at a public gathering in Kilrush Library on the 15th October to call for better local services in the Kilrush area. The event was organised by the National Women’s Council ...
The year long Women for Change project has come to a close. A final closing event was held in the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission on the 12th September. The event marked the culmination of a year long...
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today launched an online survey seeking the views of young women aged 16-25 on the issues that affect them and the campaigns that matter to them. The responses to this survey...
Published: Tuesday, October 15, 2019
NWCI is supporting a new campaign called 'Four Day Week Ireland' that aims to start a public conversation on the case for reduced working hours. The campaign is supported by a coalition of trade unions, businesses, environmentalists, women’s...
The Abortion Working Group, chaired by NWCI, is a collective of civil society organisations and healthcare providers. The purpose of the group is to provide a space for information sharing and collective advocacy for groups working to ensure safe access...
Women from Clare will come together at a public gathering to call for better local services in the Kilrush area today. The event is being organised by the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) and the West...
Published: Friday, October 11, 2019
October saw a great step forward for women’s health in Ireland. A new Women’s Health Taskforce has been established by the Department of Health. It will be led by Secretary General Jim Breslin and Director General...
Published: Thursday, October 10, 2019
NWCI welcomed the opportunity to respond to the Oireachtas Committee on Justice and equality consultation concerning online harassment, harmful communications and related offences. Online violence against women is an overt expression of the gender discrimination and inequality that exists offline. ...
Published: Wednesday, October 09, 2019
In response to the Budget 2020 announcement by Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Katherine Zappone, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today welcomed the €54 million investment, which is largely targeted at those on lowest incomes to...
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