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Gender Matters Seminar

Published: Monday, April 14, 2014

Did you know that generally women and men have different experiences of cardiovascular health in treatment, diagnosis and health outcomes?  Gender stereotyping and a lack of awareness of female symptoms (shoulder and abdominal pain rather than severe chest pain)...

Your Health Matters – Building Positive Attitudes to Young Women and their Health

Published: Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Congratulations to The Y Factor’s prize winner, Tara, for her blog entry on her experience with healthcare services.  And thanks to all the young people who contributed to our campaign by sharing their experiences with us. ...

Save The Date: GenCon – a national conference for Femsocs co-hosted by The Y Factor and the USI

Published: Wednesday, January 29, 2014

One the first day of International Women’s Week, Saturday 1st March at NUI Galway, the USI and The Y Factor will jointly hold a conference aimed at feminist societies in 3rd level institutions across the country. The purpose...

Thank you to our donor

Published: Tuesday, January 28, 2014

NWCI received a generous donation during January from an anonymous source, so we would like to say that we are sincerely grateful and hope this message reaches this kind person. Donations and support from people are what helps keep our...

Save the Date: NWCI AGM

Published: Tuesday, January 28, 2014

To all our members, our AGM is planned for 6th June, please keep the date free in your diary. Check out our newsflash next month, or our website for further details in the coming weeks.

NWCI Blog: Female Powerlifters Take Home the Gold

Published: Monday, January 27, 2014

Arlette Bomahou, whose mother is from Togo, is 38 years of age, competes in the 90kg+ category and lives in Sandyford with her boyfriend Ciaran. She decided to represent the Irish team for the Powerlifting World Championship in Glasgow last month...

Nollaig na mBan publication: Inspiring Women, Inspiring Stories

Published: Monday, January 27, 2014

This publication looks at the lives of 14 Irish women, all daughters, many of them mothers and through their eyes tells how life has changed for women since the Irish people voted by referendum to join the EU...

Could 2014 be the year that women are put at the centre of societal change?

Published: Monday, January 27, 2014

On Nollaig na mBan – a day when traditionally women sat back and let men take over housekeeping duties – NWCI's Director, Orla O'Connor had an opinion piece in the Irish Times in which we looked forward and...

Run In The Dark Thank You!

Published: Monday, December 16, 2013

A major thank you for all those who Ran In The Dark with us to raise money for women's equality, and in particular to all those who made donations! Here's to next year!

Presentations to UNSCR 1325 & The Participation and Representation of Women

Published: Monday, December 16, 2013

Presentations were given to UNSCR 1325 & The Participation and Representation of Women by Shirley Graham and Salome Mbugua, who represent NWCI on the Department of Foreign Affairs 1325 monitoring committee. Shirley Graham's presentation Salome Mbugua's presentation

2013 Successes for Women that NWCI and our members helped to create!

Published: Monday, December 16, 2013

As we come to the end of 2013 we wanted to share with you some of successes for women that you helped achieve by being a member of NWCI and supporting in our campaign for women's equality. 2013 has been a...

Investment required in Early Years Startegy

Published: Monday, December 16, 2013

Following the confirmation in a recent Irish Independent/ Today FM Behaviour and Attitudes Survey  that one in four couples feel they are too poor to start a family, National Women’s Council of Ireland is renewing calls for...

NWCI calls on government to make a commitment to get more women on boards

Published: Monday, December 16, 2013

The EU Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favour of gender quotas for publicly listed boards, and the Irish government must respond regarding what action they will take to promote gender equality in economic decision making.  The vote saw MEPs ...

Terminations for Medical Reasons: NWCI supports women taking case to UN

Published: Monday, December 16, 2013

NWCI fully supports women being forced to take a case to the UN for fundamental rights in the instance of fatal foetal abnormalities.  It is terrible to see yet more women forced to international courts in search of their...

HISTORY presented by Theatre Club

Published: Monday, December 16, 2013

HISTORY is a story about a place. A fourteen acre site in Inchicore called St. Michael’s Estate, and a history that spans the housing of imprisoned 1916 revolutionaries to the building of Ireland’s first social housing in...

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