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“Women Beyond the Dáil: Access, Representation, and Retention in Irish Local Government”

Published: Tuesday, June 25, 2024

“Women Beyond the Dáil: Access, Representation, and Retention in Irish Local Government”

Following the Local and European election results in Ireland in 2024, it is evident that women continue to face significant barriers in accessing public life. “Women Beyond the Dáil: Access, Representation, and Retention in Irish Local Government” commissioned by the...

NWC Submission on the Draft Primary Curriculum Specification

Published: Monday, June 17, 2024

NWC Submission on the Draft  Primary Curriculum Specification

The National Women’s Council provided feedback on the Wellbeing curriculum, specifically focusing on Social, Personal, and Health Education (SPHE), as part of the consultation process for the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment’s Draft Primary Curriculum Specifications. In...

Feminist Communities for Climate Justice Response to Revised Energy Poverty Action Plan Consultation

Published: Wednesday, May 15, 2024

The Feminist Communities for Climate Justice project's submission in response to the Revised Energy Poverty Action Plan Consultation 2024

Feminist Climate Justice report summary

Published: Friday, April 12, 2024

This 12 page report summarises the full baseline review of Irish environmental and climate policy for the National Women’s Council (NWC) and Community Work Ireland (CWI) Feminist Communities for Climate Justice project (FCCJ) from the perspective of intersectional feminist climate...

Feminist Climate Justice Report

Published: Tuesday, April 09, 2024

Feminist Climate Justice Report

This report provides a baseline review of Irish environmental and climate policy for the National Women’s Council (NWC) and Community Work Ireland (CWI) Feminist Communities for Climate Justice project (FCCJ) from the perspective of intersectional feminist climate justice.

Feminist Communities for Climate Justice Climate Action Plan 2024 Submission

Published: Friday, April 05, 2024

The Feminist Communities for Climate Justice project's submission in response to Climate Action Plan 2024 consultation.

Submission on the European Semester and Ireland’s National Reform Programme 2024

Published: Monday, March 11, 2024

Key to tackling structural gender inequalities is government investment in public services and social infrastructure. This is necessary for advancing women’s equality in Ireland and for the evolution of our society into a fair and equitable one. The National...

Submission on reform of means-testing and Increase for a Qualified Adult, JOC on Social Protection

Published: Thursday, February 29, 2024

NWC submits that the state should move away from the aspects of the social protection system which are based on dependent payments such as the Increase for a Qualified Adult (IQA), towards a fully individualised social protection system where each...

A Feminist Vision of Care and Equality

Published: Wednesday, February 07, 2024

A Feminist Vision of Care and Equality

ActionAid Ireland and the National Women’s Council have jointly launched a report, a Feminist Vision of Care and Equality, which shows inextricable links between care, gender and economic inequality both at a global and national level. Significantly more care...

Care Section of the Baseline Research - Feminist Communities for Climate Justice project

Published: Tuesday, February 06, 2024

Care Section of the Baseline Research - Feminist Communities for Climate Justice project

As part of the Feminist Communities for Climate Justice project, a team of researchers from the Department of Applied Social Studies at University College Cork – Dr. Fiona Dukelow, Dr. Catherine Forde, and Edith Busteed – created a baseline review of Irish...

Monitoring the Implementation of Zero Tolerance

Published: Friday, December 08, 2023

Monitoring the Implementation of  Zero Tolerance

With support from Community Foundation Ireland, the National Observatory on Violence against Women and Girls have produced Ireland’s first monitoring report on the implementation of the first year of the Third National Strategy (June 2022-June 2023). The purpose of this...

NWC Submission on the Draft specification for Senior Cycle SPHE

Published: Tuesday, November 21, 2023

NWC Submission on the Draft specification  for Senior Cycle SPHE

The National Women’s Council provided feedback to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment’s draft specification for Senior Cycle Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) curriculum which is being updated and will be in place in September 2024. In...

Post Budget Analysis Snapshot

Published: Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Post Budget  Analysis Snapshot

Read our Post Budget Analysis to find out what Budget 2024 means for women

Post Budget 2024 Analysis Snapshot

Published: Friday, October 13, 2023

Budget 2024 has significant positive elements for women, including investment in childcare and funding to tackle violence against women, an extension of child benefit and free secondary school books. However, it is a short-term budget that will not advance gender equality,...

The Women’s Budget: Pre-Budget Submission 2024

Published: Tuesday, October 03, 2023

Budget 2024 presents the Government with an extraordinary opportunity to invest in a future for Ireland which is sustainable, just, caring and fair – a future where the state leads in tackling gender inequalities head-on, and one in which no woman is...

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