NWC Submission on the Draft specification for Senior Cycle SPHE

Published: Tuesday, November 21, 2023

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

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...

NWC Submission to the Task Force on Safe Participation in Political Life

Published: Sunday, October 01, 2023

NWC Submission to the Task Force on Safe Participation in Political Life

Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

Published: Wednesday, September 27, 2023

On 25 September, the National Women’s Council made a written submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. This is ahead of Ireland's State Report that Government will submit to the Committee in 2024. This report will outline...

NWC Audited Accounts 2022

Published: Monday, September 25, 2023

Final audited accounts for the National Women's Council of Ireland 2022

Input on Online Safety

Published: Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Submission to the Task Force on Safe Participation in Political Life

Published: Tuesday, September 12, 2023

NWC welcomes the opportunity to make a written submission to the Task force on Safe Participation in Political Life, having particular regard to the challenges women, including minority and marginalised women face in politics today.

Gender-sensitive Mental Health

Published: Friday, June 16, 2023

This research examines current best practices in gender-sensitive mental health care, maps current practices and gaps in practices in Ireland and, based on the findings from the literature and qualitative research carried out for this report, identifies comprehensive recommendations for...

Shifting the Narrative: Annual Report 2022

Published: Tuesday, June 06, 2023

NWC's Annual Report 2022 provides an overview of our key events, campaigns and activities throughout the year.

Her Rural Future: Key demands for women in Rural Ireland

Published: Wednesday, May 24, 2023

The National Womens Council and its members have developed this document outlining the key challenges and solutions for women in rural Ireland to ensure every woman enjoys true equality and no woman is left behind.

Social media and online hostility

Published: Tuesday, May 16, 2023

'Social media and online hostility: Experiences of women in Irish journalism', a new research report by Dr Dawn Wheatley from the School of Communications at Dublin City University, describes how women journalists in Ireland are navigating social media as part...

Report: the Intersection of Criminal Justice, Family Law and Law Child Care re DV & sexual violence

Published: Wednesday, May 03, 2023

Read the Report on the Intersection of the Criminal Justice, Private Family Law and Public Law Child Care Processes in relation to Domestic and Sexual Violence, commissioned by NWC in collaboration and funded by the Department of Justice. The research...

Towards A Zero Tolerance Approach - A Good Practice Guide

Published: Tuesday, April 25, 2023

NWC are proud to publish "Towards A Zero Tolerance Approach: A Good Practice Guide to the implementation of "Safe, Respectful, Supportive and Positive – Ending Sexual Violence and Harassment in Higher Education" (the Framework)." The Good Practice Guide has been supported...