Still stuck in the Gap

Published: Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Pension auto-enrolment, due to start in September 2025, is the biggest reform to the Irish pension system since the 1960s, aiming to expand occupational pension coverage. NWC’s new report examines the scheme and its impact on gender and care inequalities....

North South Co-operation to Tackle Violence Against Women Dialogue Report

Published: Wednesday, November 27, 2024

North South Co-operation to Tackle Violence Against Women is a culmination of a joint project by the National Women's Council and Women's Aid Federation Northern Ireland in leading the All Island Violence Against Women Working Group, supported by the Department...

NWC Sex For Rent research 2024

Published: Wednesday, July 03, 2024

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

Published: Tuesday, June 25, 2024

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...

Feminist Climate Justice Report

Published: Tuesday, April 09, 2024

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.

A Feminist Vision of Care and Equality

Published: Wednesday, February 07, 2024

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

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

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...

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,...

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...

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...

Every Woman: Towards Reproductive Health, Choice and Care for All

Published: Tuesday, October 25, 2022

The National Women’s Council is calling on the Government to deliver on a new era for women’s reproductive healthcare and adopt a holistic approach to women’s needs across her lifespan. This new report 'Every Woman – Towards Reproductive...

Gender Equality and Sexual Consent in the Context of Commercial Sexual Exploitation

Published: Wednesday, September 21, 2022

A study by the Sexual Exploitation Research Programme UCD, in collaboration with the National Women’s Council