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We are recruiting for a Campaign Coordinator!

Published: Thursday, January 28, 2021

The National Women’s Council (NWC) is the leading national women’s membership organisation seeking equality for women. We represent 190-member groups as well as a wide range of individual members from a diversity of backgrounds, sectors, and...

NGO Alliance Call on Government to take Ten Urgent Actions to Keep One Parent Families Afloat during

Published: Wednesday, January 27, 2021

The National One Parent Family Alliance says that unless urgent measures are implemented, lone parents and their children will be disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 restrictions and school closures. The newly established National One Parent Family Alliance (NOPFA) says that as...

#EveryWeekCounts - National Women’s Council launches online campaign to extend Parent’s Leave

Published: Monday, January 25, 2021

The National Women’s Council (NWC) today launched a new online campaign #EveryWeekCounts, urging its supporters to write to their TDs to call for the immediate extension of paid Parent’s Leave by three weeks. The Government committed...

Citizens’ Assembly – National Women’s Council welcomes strong support for public childcare model

Published: Sunday, January 17, 2021

Responding to the feedback from citizens following yesterday’s session of the Citizens’ Assembly on Care, the National Women’s Council (NWC) today welcomed the strong support of the citizens for a publicly funded childcare model that...

Citizens’ Assembly – State investment in care is key for women’s equality

Published: Saturday, January 16, 2021

Presenting to the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality today (Saturday, 16th January) which focused on the topic of ‘Care’, the National Women’s Council (NWC) highlighted the gendered nature of care as a key reason...

Mother and Baby Home Report highlights damning treatment of women and children by the State

Published: Tuesday, January 12, 2021

In response to the publication of the report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters today, the National Women’s Council (NWC) called on the Government to renew its focus on ensuring...

Gender should be a protected ground in Hate Crime Legislation

Published: Thursday, December 10, 2020

Marking the end of the 16 Days of Action on Gender Based Violence, violence against women organisations in Ireland called on the Government to include gender as a protected ground in the forthcoming Hate Crime legislation. The call was made at...

#NotJustInYourHead NWC launches new social media campaign on young women’s mental health

Published: Monday, December 07, 2020

NWC launches new social media campaign on young women’s mental health “”It’s not dramatic” “It’s not ‘attention-seeking’” ‘It’s not ‘just in your head...

National Women’s Council calls for better paid family leave and a Universal State Pension

Published: Friday, December 04, 2020

Ahead of its presentation to the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality which will be continuing the focus on the topic ‘Women and Work’ tomorrow, the National Women’s Council (NWC) today (4 December) highlighted the importance of...

#AllWomen – National Women’s Council launches new Campaign

Published: Thursday, December 03, 2020

To mark International Day for Persons with Disabilities today (3 December) the National Women’s Council (NWC) launched a new social media campaign #AllWomen – Disabled women in their own words. The campaign aims to provide a space for disabled...

#AllWomen Campaign - Disabled women in their own words

Published: Thursday, December 03, 2020

To mark International Day for Persons with Disabilities, 3rd December 2020, the National Women’s Council launched a new social media campaign #AllWomen – Disabled women in their own words. The campaign aims to provide a space for disabled women...

NWC Advocacy Update: Parental Leave

Published: Tuesday, December 01, 2020

NWC previously called for increased parental leave for Budget 2021 and even though an additional three weeks of paid Parent’s Leave was granted in October, we were disappointed that the extra leave was not available ...

National Women’s Council calls for gender to be a protected ground in Hate Crime legislation

Published: Wednesday, November 25, 2020

On International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the National Women's Council write to Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee to ensure that gender is a protected ground in Hate Crime legislation. Read the full letter...

Important call for tender - National Strategy on Violence against Women

Published: Tuesday, November 24, 2020

The purpose of this request for tender (RFT) is to seek tenders for the Consultancy Expertise to Review the current Government Strategy on DSGBV and develop the Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence. The three parties...

Government fails women affected by CervicalCheck scandal