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Category: Press Releases
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: Monday, May 25, 2020
Today (25th May 2020) marks the second anniversary of the day that 1,429,981 people voted to repeal the 8th Amendment and remove the constitutional ban on abortion in Ireland. To mark this momentous change for women in Irish society the Irish Film...
Published: Thursday, May 21, 2020
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today highlighted the disproportionate impact of the Covid-19 crisis on women and new ways to build and reimagine a society based on feminist values as we move into a recovery phase. ...
Published: Friday, May 15, 2020
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today launched on online survey, “Women's Experiences of Caring during COVID-19”. Dr Cliona Loughnane, NWCI’s Women’s Health Coordinator said, “Women still carry a...
Published: Thursday, May 14, 2020
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today wrote to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC), regarding the exclusion of women returning from maternity leave from the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS), and the Minister for...
Published: Thursday, May 07, 2020
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today responded to the discussions on the future the Pandemic Unemployment Payment, saying now is the time to get welfare payments right for women. Orla O’Connor, Director of NWCI...
Published: Friday, May 01, 2020
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today commented on the publication of the CSO Women and Men in Ireland Report, the first report since 2016, saying that the stark gender differences show that gender equality must be...
Published: Friday, April 24, 2020
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI), the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) and SIPTU’s Big Start Campaign today wrote to Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe highlighting an irregularity in the administration of the Temporary...
Published: Friday, April 17, 2020
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today called on both Fianna Fail and Fine Gael to publicly commit to providing comprehensive public childcare in the next term of Government. Speaking at the Geary Institute conference today, Director...
Published: Thursday, April 16, 2020
The National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) today said the new framework document will not provide the recovery needed for women. Orla O'Connor, Director of NWCI said, "This Framework document was an opportunity to...
Published: Tuesday, April 14, 2020
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today (Thursday, 9 April 2020) launched their Feminist Future Programme for Government document, saying there can be no going back and calling on the new Government to significantly invest in...
Published: Friday, March 27, 2020
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) welcomed Minister for Health Simon Harris’s Dail comments last night that women will be able to access remote abortion care from their healthcare providers. Orla O’Connor, Director...
Published: Wednesday, March 25, 2020
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) has today welcomed the special intervention in childcare, as well as the wage subsides announced, saying these measures will have positive impacts on women who are being hardest hit by Covid 19. ...
Published: Thursday, March 05, 2020
Programme for Government commitments to women’s equality must be centre stage this International Women’s Day, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) said at its ‘Celebrate the Changemakers’ event with general election...
Today, students across Ireland are taking a stand against sexual violence and harassment in third level education, as part of the nationwide It Stops Now campaign is being run by the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI), the...
Published: Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Following the publication of today’s HIQA report into maternity services in Ireland, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) has called on all newly elected politicians to make fully funding the maternity strategy a red line...
Published: Monday, February 10, 2020
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today recognised the monumental change that General Election 2020 has heralded, breaking the two party system of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáíl. NWCI also described the General Election as...
Published: Friday, January 31, 2020
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) has today criticised political parties for not making ending violence against women a headline issue, and called for commentators to question parties on their policies to change Ireland&rsquo...
Published: Sunday, January 26, 2020
As part of our #FemGen general election campaign, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) has asked party leaders from the main political parties to answer four key questions outlining their commitment to women’s equality. The...
Published: Friday, January 24, 2020
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today said that 90 candidates across 35 constituencies have signed up to their Feminist Ireland manifesto, including Ministers Katherine Zappone and Josepha Madigan and party...
Published: Thursday, January 23, 2020
As nominations close for the 2020 General Election, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today said that the bigger political parties will have a lot of work to do, when the gender quota rises to 40% in 2023. ...
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