Feminist Communities for Climate Justice Submission to Moving Together strategy

Published: Tuesday, August 20, 2024

The Feminist Communities for Climate Justice project's submission to the Consultation on Moving Together: A Strategic Approach to the Improved Efficiency of the Transport System in Ireland in collaboration with COPE Galway, Comhdháil na nOileán (Ireland’s Offshore...

NWC Submission on the Draft Primary Curriculum Specification

Published: Monday, June 17, 2024

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 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...

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...

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.

NWC Submission on the Draft General Scheme of a DSGBV Agency Bill

Published: Wednesday, April 12, 2023

NWC welcomes the invitation to make a submission on the Draft General Scheme of a DSGBV Agency Bill. Previous submissions, such as NWC Submission on the Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence and the National Observatory Shadow...

Submission on SICAP New Programme Design

Published: Monday, February 13, 2023

NWC welcomes the invitation to make a submission on the next iteration of the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme. Women’s interests and concerns cut across the full range of community and economic initiatives that are delivered through SICAP....

NWC Submission on the REVIEW OF CIVIL LEGAL AID SCHEME

Published: Tuesday, February 07, 2023

NWC welcomes the invitation to make a submission on the REVIEW OF CIVIL LEGAL AID SCHEME. In 2021, NWC made 2 submissions to the Family Justice Oversight Group1 and the Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence that addressed some...

NWC Submission on the Senior Cycle SPHE Redevelopment

Published: Thursday, December 08, 2022

The National Women’s Council welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment’s brief and background paper for the redevelopment of the Senior Cycle Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) curriculum which is...

NWC Submission on the General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Sexual Offences and HT) Bill 2022

Published: Tuesday, October 25, 2022

The National Women's Council submission on the General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2022.