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1. New Alliance calls for 40% Gender Quotas in Local Elections
Excerpt: …A new civil society alliance, which launched today (24th September 2024), is demanding a 40% gender quota for local election candidates as a key measure to address gender inequality in the next programme for government. The group is dedicated to addressing the imbalance of representation of women at all levels…
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2. Alliance of 30 organisations calls for public system of early childhood education and care
Excerpt: …Alliance of 30 organisations calls for public system of early childhood education and care Organisations say the current childcare system is broken and cannot deliver the service children deserve Press release embargoed to 00:01AM on Thursday 19 September A new civil society alliance, Together for Public, which launched today (19th…
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3. Call for financial supports for women in agriculture
Excerpt: …Feminist Communities for Climate Justice say Ireland needs a new approach to food production Thursday 12th September 2024 Feminist Communities for Climate Justice (FCCJ) – a joint project between the National Women’s Council (NWC) and Community Work Ireland (CWI) – today highlighted the important role of women farmers for sustainable,…
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4. Together for Public - Delivering early education and care for every child
Excerpt: …Drop your sandwich & lift the banner May 1st outside the Dáil to demand action on public childcare The childcare crisis continues to put huge pressure on women and families across the country. Public childcare was a key ask during the General Election campaign. Almost 100 days into the Government…
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5. NWC stands in solidarity with women in Afghanistan
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council expresses our strong solidarity with women and girls in Afghanistan just over three years after the takeover by the Taliban. Since 2021, there have been extreme regressions and reversions of civil and democratic rights and freedoms in Afghanistan. NWC roundly condemns these moves which include the…
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6. National Women’s Council reiterates call for SPHE curriculum to address gender-based violence
Excerpt: …NWC says SPHE must be a mandatory subject in order to tackle the root cause of gender-based violence Violence against women is at epidemic levels in Ireland, with Women’s Aid receiving over 40,000 disclosures of domestic abuse in 2023. In the same year, the Gardaí received a domestic abuse…
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7. The only solution to the childcare crisis is a public system, says NWC
Excerpt: …The only solution to the childcare crisis is a public system, says NWC The National Women’s Council say a public system of Early Childhood Education and Care could be piloted alongside private provision to ensure every child in the country has a place The National Women’s Council (NWC) has said…
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8. National Women’s Council pays tribute to Nell McCafferty
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council extends our deepest sympathies to the family, friends, and loved ones of Nell McCafferty on her death today. We are all indebted to Nell. She was unafraid to name injustice wherever she saw it, and at times she was deeply unpopular for it. But her work…
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Excerpt: …Research on Marginalised Women’s Experiences of the Free Contraception Scheme NWC, in partnership with the Department of Health, is seeking a suitably qualified researcher to investigate women’s awareness and experiences of the Free Contraception Scheme to date, in addition to exploring women’s attitudes towards contraception more broadly. The research will have…
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10. Ireland failing new mothers with severe and complex mental health needs: NWC
Excerpt: …Ireland failing new mothers with severe and complex mental health needs: NWC Women who need in-patient care following childbirth are separated from their babies, according to a new National Women’s Council report One in five women will experience mental health difficulties in the perinatal (pre- and post- childbirth) period.…
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11. Budget 2025 last opportunity for this government to steer Ireland towards gender equality
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council (NWC) today called on government to be ambitious and feminist in their approach to Budget 2025. The organisation said that, as the government’s last chance to improve gender equality, they must make significant structural investments and reform in public services that meet the needs of all…
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12. Two years on from the Zero Tolerance Strategy, how far are we from Zero Tolerance?
Excerpt: …Two years on from the Zero Tolerance Strategy, how far are we from Zero Tolerance for violence against women? National Women’s Council says leniency of Cathal Crotty sentence is not unusual The National Women’s Council (NWC) says unduly lenient sentencing in gender-based violence cases exposes the implementation deficits in the…
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13. Women and minorities grossly under-represented at local level: NWC
Excerpt: …Women and minorities grossly under-represented at local level: NWC Women’s representation at local level is stagnant at 26% New research, commissioned by the National Women’s Council (NWC) and published today, finds that women and minoritised people are grossly under-represented in local politics. The organisation is calling for gender quotas…
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14. #FeministClimateJustice Study Visits
Excerpt: …As part of the Feminist Communities for Climate Justice project's #FeministClimateJustice Community Work in a Changing Ireland Certificate Programme in collaboration with Department of Applied Social Studies at Maynooth University, participants carried out study visits at a variety of community spaces to learn directly from the people working in and with…
Section: Guest Blog
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council (NWC) is delighted to announce Dr Jennifer Okeke as NWC’s new Chairperson and Shirley Scott as NWC’s new Deputy Chairperson. Both were elected by NWC members at NWC’s Annual General Meeting yesterday, 13th June 2024. Dr Jennifer Okeke is the Anti-Trafficking Coordinator with the Immigrant Council…
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16. No breakthrough for women in Local Elections 2024
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today (10th June 2024) welcomed the women elected as Councillors in the Local Elections but is very disappointed about the missed opportunity to break the critical barrier of 40% for women’s representation in Local Government. NWC called on all political parties to commit…
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Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council says quotas are needed to address the democratic deficit In the run-up to the local elections, the National Women’s Council (NWC) has welcomed the record number of women running at 31%, but says we need much more women on the ballot to achieve 50/50 representation. NWC…
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18. Ireland South EU election candidates asked to commit to pro-women policies
Excerpt: …Women candidates in the constituency will this morning be asked to commit to feminist policies This morning women candidates running for EU Election in Ireland South will be asked to commit to a feminist manifesto and support the rights and lives of women and girls at EU level. The women…
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Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council says public childcare is the only way to ensure affordable and accessible childcare for all Ahead of the National Economic Dialogue (NED), the National Women’s Council (NWC) has said that Budget 2025, as the last budget of the current Government, presents an opportunity for government to…
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Excerpt: …Women in extreme housing difficulty are being forced to make a choice between sexual exploitation and homelessness, according to a new report from the National Women’s Council. Published today, the report recommends that landlords engaging in sex-for-rent exploitation should be criminalised, including the proposing of such an arrangement even when…
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