Published: Thursday, May 14, 2020
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today wrote to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC), regarding the exclusion of women returning from maternity leave from the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS), and the Minister for...read more
Published: Thursday, May 07, 2020
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today responded to the discussions on the future the Pandemic Unemployment Payment, saying now is the time to get welfare payments right for women. Orla O’Connor, Director of NWCI...read more
Published: Friday, May 01, 2020
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today commented on the publication of the CSO Women and Men in Ireland Report, the first report since 2016, saying that the stark gender differences show that gender equality must be...read more
Published: Friday, April 24, 2020
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI), the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) and SIPTU’s Big Start Campaign today wrote to Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe highlighting an irregularity in the administration of the Temporary...read more
Published: Friday, April 17, 2020
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today called on both Fianna Fail and Fine Gael to publicly commit to providing comprehensive public childcare in the next term of Government. Speaking at the Geary Institute conference today, Director...read more
Published: Thursday, April 16, 2020
The National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) today said the new framework document will not provide the recovery needed for women. Orla O'Connor, Director of NWCI said, "This Framework document was an opportunity to...read more
Published: Tuesday, April 14, 2020
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today (Thursday, 9 April 2020) launched their Feminist Future Programme for Government document, saying there can be no going back and calling on the new Government to significantly invest in...read more
Published: Friday, March 27, 2020
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) welcomed Minister for Health Simon Harris’s Dail comments last night that women will be able to access remote abortion care from their healthcare providers. Orla O’Connor, Director...read more
Published: Wednesday, March 25, 2020
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) has today welcomed the special intervention in childcare, as well as the wage subsides announced, saying these measures will have positive impacts on women who are being hardest hit by Covid 19. ...read more
Published: Thursday, March 05, 2020
Programme for Government commitments to women’s equality must be centre stage this International Women’s Day, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) said at its ‘Celebrate the Changemakers’ event with general election...read more
Published: Thursday, March 05, 2020
Today, students across Ireland are taking a stand against sexual violence and harassment in third level education, as part of the nationwide It Stops Now campaign is being run by the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI), the...read more
Published: Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Following the publication of today’s HIQA report into maternity services in Ireland, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) has called on all newly elected politicians to make fully funding the maternity strategy a red line...read more
Published: Monday, February 10, 2020
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today recognised the monumental change that General Election 2020 has heralded, breaking the two party system of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáíl. NWCI also described the General Election as...read more
Published: Friday, January 31, 2020
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) has today criticised political parties for not making ending violence against women a headline issue, and called for commentators to question parties on their policies to change Ireland&rsquo...read more
Published: Sunday, January 26, 2020
As part of our #FemGen general election campaign, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) has asked party leaders from the main political parties to answer four key questions outlining their commitment to women’s equality. The...read more
