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Published: Thursday, November 21, 2024
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWC) and Women for Election are calling on general election candidates to commit to increasing women’s representation in the next Dáil term. NWC have highlighted 10 key asks for...
Published: Wednesday, August 01, 2018
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today (30.07.18) welcomed the launch of the Government’s ‘Better Balance for Better Business’ initiative: an independent business-led review group of gender balance in governance and senior management in...
Published: Thursday, July 26, 2018
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today expressed solidarity with the Lloyds pharmacy workers, 92% of whom are women, and called on the employer to engage in discussions with their trade union Mandate. Orla O’Connor, Director...
Published: Tuesday, July 10, 2018
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today welcomed the Government’s commitment to ensure universality of access and the inclusion of safe-access zones in the forthcoming legislation for abortion care in Ireland. Orla O’Connor,...
Published: Thursday, July 05, 2018
NWCI today welcomed the announcement by Government to hold a referendum in October to delete Article 41.2 of the Constitution and remove a clause referring to a woman’s place in the home. NWCI also welcomed the commitment to hold...
Published: Tuesday, July 03, 2018
This conference provided a unique opportunity for practitioners, participants, academics, policy makers, funders and other stakeholders to share perspectives on current contexts and challenges for community work. The conference was organised jointly by Community Work Ireland, the Department...
NWCI has called for crucial investment in the planned Women’s Health Action Plan at the National Economic Dialogue on 27 June 2018. It also called on the Government to issue an Equality Statement to be read alongside Budget 2019...
NWCI is delighted to welcome two new group members FIT (Fasttrack into Information Technology) and GOWN Gynaecology - expanding our membership in the areas of STEM and reproductive health. FIT are the national coordinators of Ireland’s...
From organising the World Congress on Women's Mental Health to launching our Every Woman Healthcare Model to discussing women's equality with An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar at Femfest, 2017 was a busy year for NWCI. Read about all of...
Published: Friday, June 29, 2018
We are delighted to welcome our newly elected Board members of NWCI. NWCI's Board of Directors for the period 2018 - 2020 includes: Ellen O'Malley-Dunlop, Chairperson Sarah Benson, Deputy Chaiperson Vivienne Glanville Catriona Graham Suzanna Griffin...
Published: Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Almost 100 members and supporters came together at Women Making History - NWCI's AGM morning event on 21 June 2018 to mark the resounding yes vote in the referendum to repeal the 8th Amendment from the Irish Constitution. Speakers discussed the factors...
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today called for an investment of at least 100,000 Euros into the planned Women’s Health Action Plan at the National Economic Dialogue. It also called on the Government to...
Published: Thursday, June 21, 2018
The repeal referendum has changed Ireland, NWCI’s ‘Women Making History’ event, opened by the Minister for Health Simon Harris, heard this morning. The resounding yes vote by over 1.4million people shows that...
Published: Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Do You Know Who Is Fighting For Your Rights? by The Daily Slog Pay equality, convictions for domestic violence, childcare subsidies, pension rights for women who took time out to care for their families. These are just some of...
Published: Friday, June 15, 2018
We were absolutely thrilled to win the Sockies social media award for Best Twitter - Non Profit for the second year in a row and a second Sockies award for its Zero Budget Campaign #FeministsAreEverywhere in 2017. In addition,...
Published: Tuesday, June 12, 2018
In response to the first findings of the inquiry into CervicalCheck, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) welcomes Dr Scally’s call for additional resources to be made available to document the experiences of women. NWCI...
Published: Sunday, May 27, 2018
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) hails the momentous Yes vote to remove the 8th Amendment from the Constitution as a historic moment of change in Ireland for women and girls. ...
Published: Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Ahead of polling day on Friday, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) is calling on voters across the country to vote Yes this Friday to repeal the 8th Amendment from the Constitution. Orla O’Connor, Director...
Published: Monday, May 14, 2018
NWCI believes it is vital to support, respect and protect women at all times, but especially during and after this historic Referendum campaign. In particular, we must acknowledge the possible impact of the campaign on women and their partners...
With less than two weeks to go until polling day, one of the lead organisations of Together for Yes, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) launched its ‘Who needs your Yes?’ campaign in Dublin today. ...
Published: Friday, May 11, 2018
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today called on the Government to urgently agree the provision of compassionate supports for the 209 women affected by the CervicalCheck controversy. Orla O’Connor, Director of the National Women&rsquo...
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