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NWCI address UN CEDAW Committee in Geneva on Ireland’s record on women’s rights

Published: Thursday, February 23, 2017

The National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) was in Geneva last week, for Ireland's first examination in over a decade by the United Nations Committee for the Elimination of All Forms of Violence Against Women (CEDAW). Prior to...

Achievements for women’s equality in 2016

Published: Friday, December 16, 2016

2016 has been a challenging year for many people active in the area of social justice and women’s equality. But in the middle of many difficult news, there have also been some really positive developments. Here are just some...

Have your say on the new National Women’s Strategy 2017 - 2020

Published: Friday, December 16, 2016

The Department of Justice and Equality recently opened its call for submissions to the new National Women’s Strategy 2017-2020. NWCI will be carrying out a significant piece of work on this most important process that will influence the...

We must trust women’s decisions - NWCI’s Submission to Citizens’ Assembly

Published: Friday, December 16, 2016

NWCI has made a submission to the Citizens’ Assembly highlighting the voice of our 180 member organisations in Ireland. In our submission, we call on the members of the Citizens Assembly to recommend a referendum to repeal the Eighth Amendment...

The Istanbul Convention: Measuring the Scale of the Crisis of Violence against Women

Published: Thursday, December 15, 2016

Data collection and analysis around domestic and sexual violence are at crisis point in Ireland. The lack of this vital information shows that we are not doing everything we can to protect women and girls from some of the most...

Gender and Mental Health: The Importance of Gender Sensitive Mental Health Services

Published: Thursday, December 15, 2016

Gender inequalities have a powerful impact on mental health and wellbeing. Ireland currently has a ‘gender blind’ mental health strategy and services. Having a gender perspective will positively affect how support is provided to women and men, and...

NWCI welcomes offer of compensation to Ms Amanda Mellet

Published: Thursday, December 15, 2016

The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) welcomed the offer of compensation by Minister for Health, Simon Harris, to Amanda Mellet arising from ruling of the UN Committee on Human Rights.   The Government must now take action...

NWCI and Age Action call for pension reform

Published: Thursday, December 15, 2016

NWCI and Age Action came together to urge TDs to support a motion from Deputy John Brady calling for pension equality.  While both organisations welcomed the €5 increase to weekly pension payments in Budget 2017, we also emphasised the need...

NWCI welcomes gender quotas for State sponsored sporting boards

Published: Monday, December 12, 2016

The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) has welcomed the news that a minimum of 30% of all sporting boards which receive State funding must be made up of women or else they will face financial sanctions. Orla O...

Welcome to our four new group members!

Published: Wednesday, December 07, 2016

As we close out 2016, we would like to welcome four new group members to NWCI. Herizon is a not-for-profit online forum for female leadership, entrepreneurship, gender equality and gender partnership. They post weekly articles, studies, interviews on female leadership in...

Be part of the story in 2017 and join as a member of NWCI

Published: Wednesday, December 07, 2016

The election of Donald Trump as US President shows that  we can never  take achievements for women’s equality for granted. We need to disucss the real-life stories of women in Ireland and show the benefits of...

#FeministAgenda: AGM morning event discusses priorities for women’s equality

Published: Tuesday, October 18, 2016

What should be part of our #FeministAgenda over the next four years? This was the topic of NWCI's AGM morning event that brought together almost 100 members and friends on the 9th September. At the event, Tánaiste and...

NWCI holds new series of #FemFest workshops

Published: Tuesday, October 18, 2016

In the lead up to #FemFest, our major national conference on young women, NWCI is holding workshops with groups of young women aged 16 - 24 on the topic of feminism. 100 years after the 1916 Easter Rising, we're looking forward to 2116, and...

Be part of the campaign and join NWCI!

Published: Friday, October 14, 2016

NWCI's offers individuals and groups the opportunity to be part of a bigger women's movement and join the campaign for women's equality in Ireland.  Here is some feedback from one of our newest members.  "I'...

Symantec Technology to rename their Dublin Meeting Rooms 50/50

Published: Friday, October 14, 2016

NWCI's member group Symantec Technology Women's Network is delighted to announce that Symantec are seeking to rename half of their meeting rooms after female role models and half after male role models in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts...

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