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Published: Friday, November 26, 2021
We are delighted to have received support from the Department of Rural and Community Development to host a conference on women in rural communities to mark International Women's Day on the 8th March 2022. As part of our preparation we...
Published: Thursday, November 25, 2021
NWC have received funding from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to develop a toolkit that can be used by all Local Authorities to enable actions to be taken to support councillors with caring responsibilities. Research will be...
Published: Wednesday, June 30, 2021
At the beginning of June, NWC gave evidence at the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage. We welcome reform in this area and are supportive of a number of proposals. We are asking the commission to also...
Published: Monday, November 09, 2020
NWC is happy to announce that three new members have joined and we look forward to working with them going forward. Mental Health Reform is the leading national coalition on mental health in Ireland. They have over 70 member organisations, representing...
Published: Monday, September 14, 2020
Want to know more about holding a virtual AGM during COVID-19? Boardmatch in partnership with Arthur Cox and Charities Institute Ireland have put together a guide to help run Virtual Annual General Meetings. You can also check out technical...
NWC and our members in the women's community sector came together at the beginning of Covid-19 to share information and to support each other. We conducted a survey of our members and friends in the women'...
COVID-19 has changed the way we have been living our lives in Ireland since March 2020. The National Collective of Community-Based Women’s Networks (NCCWN) have developed a survey asking women across the country to share their experiences...
Published: Thursday, February 13, 2020
NWCI ran a highly successful #FemGen campaign, which saw our members contact their local general election candidates and ask them to commit to 10 key asks for women’s equality, if they were elected to the Dáil. Overall, 128...
We are starting a project to reach out to women with disabilities. We want you to get involved to help us reflect your experiences better in all our work and campaigns for women's equality. We want to talk...
Published: Wednesday, February 12, 2020
One year into abortion provision in Ireland, the conference will review the first year of abortion care in Ireland and assess progress towards a comprehensive model of reproductive and sexual healthcare following Repeal. The conference will take...
Published: Tuesday, February 11, 2020
The Citizens’ Assembly on gender equality has begun its work. The citizens met for the first time on 25th January and will be meeting again on the 14th and 15th February to commence its deliberations The Assembly,...
Published: Monday, February 10, 2020
NWCI is delightedt to welcome four new group members. Aitheantas is an Adoptee Identity Rights group that advocates for all Adoptees affected by the coercive and forced adoption policies of the past. They also focus on the impact...
Published: Friday, February 07, 2020
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) and St Patrick’s Mental Health Service (SPMHS) have come together to develop a Women’s Mental Health Network (WMHN). This is a network of people and organisations...
On 6th February, NWCI member groups came together for a Stakeholder Engagement Forum to discuss priorities for women’s health and to feed into the work of the Women’s Health Taskforce. The event was co-hosted by the...
We recently held an exploratory discussion with women councillors and women’s community groups on developing local caucuses. Members of the Women’s Parliamentary Caucus also joined the discussion to share their insights of being members of the...
NWCI has published new research 'Women Beyond the Dáil - More Women in Local Government' which explores women’s underrepresentation in local government and makes clear actionable recommendations to address this. This research was one...
Published: Friday, October 18, 2019
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...
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