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. ...read more
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...read more
Published: Thursday, March 05, 2020
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...read more
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...read more
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...read more
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...read more
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...read more
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...read more
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. ...read more
Published: Tuesday, January 21, 2020
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today (Tuesday, 21 January 2020) launched their Feminist Ireland manifesto, saying pre-election give aways provide no solutions, and instead called on general election candidates to show their commitment to women...read more
Published: Wednesday, January 15, 2020
With the 2020 General Election set for Saturday February 8, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today criticised the bigger political parties for not doing enough to ensure an increased number of women elected to the 33rd Dail. ...read more
Published: Tuesday, January 14, 2020
NWCI today announced Chairperson Ellen O’Malley Dunlop will step down, to allow her to run as a candidate for Fine Gael in Dublin South West in the general election. Sarah Benson, Deputy Chairperson will represent the role of...read more
Published: Thursday, December 19, 2019
As the first year of legal abortion provision for women in Ireland comes to a close, the Abortion Working Group, chaired by the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) and made up of 23 groups working together to ensure...read more
Published: Friday, December 06, 2019
The Irish Observatory on Violence Against Women, an independent network of 18 grassroots and national organisations, will hold an important seminar, this Friday 6 December 2019, with Garda Commissioner Drew Harris as a keynote speaker. The Observatory calls for Domestic Homicide Reviews to...read more
Published: Tuesday, December 03, 2019
As counting for the by-elections gets underway, #FemFest, Ireland’s largest gathering of young women organised by the National Women’s Council of Ireland was held today (30.11.19) in Dublin. #FemFest heard how mental health, reproductive health...read more
