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Published: Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Alliance of over 40 organisations reminds newly elected TDs of their election promises 18th December 2024 Under the slogan ‘All we want for Christmas is public childcare’, the campaign alliance, Together for Public, gathered outside Leinster House today (Wednesday, 18th...
Published: Thursday, April 13, 2017
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) is the leading national women’s membership organisation seeking equality for women. We represent 180 member groups as well as a wide range of individual members from a diversity of backgrounds,...
Published: Monday, April 10, 2017
On 5 April NWCI launched It Stops Now the campaign of our new EU project Ending Sexual Harassment in Third Level Education (ESHTE). The event took place in the Law Society of Ireland in Dublin. There was great support...
Published: Friday, April 07, 2017
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) welcomes the agreement with the FAI on issues of concern for the Ireland women’s soccer team, and calls for increased investment across the board for women’s sport....
Published: Wednesday, April 05, 2017
• Over 30 per cent of students in Ireland reported feeling sexually harassed or intimidated while in their current educational institution. • 16 per cent of students having experienced some form of unwanted sexual experience . The National Women’s Council of...
Published: Thursday, March 30, 2017
NWCI has welcomed the Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), which arise as a consequence of Ireland’s examination under the Convention in early 2017. In its...
Published: Friday, March 24, 2017
A report today by the Trade Union Congress (TUC), the umbrella organisation of Britain's trade unions, found that Ireland is bottom of the European league for paid maternity leave. Responding to this report, the National Women’s Council...
Published: Friday, March 10, 2017
This International Women's Day 2017, NWCI hosted a special celebration focusing on the rights of women in relation to mental health, in particular women's reproductive rights, as part of the 7th World Congress on Women’s Mental health. ...
Published: Wednesday, March 08, 2017
This International Women's Day 2017, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) hosted a special celebration focusing on the rights of women in relation to mental health and wellbeing, which saw the ‘Dublin Declaration’ on reproductive...
Published: Tuesday, March 07, 2017
“There’s an expectation that women are more comfortable discussing their feelings. I never did that.” Grace “I wanted to not be pregnant anymore, or not be me anymore, or not be here anymore.” BethAnne ...
Published: Monday, March 06, 2017
• Depression and anxiety are more than twice as prevalent amongst women than men. • 1 in 5 women experience some form of domestic violence in Ireland which has huge implications for women’s mental and physical health. •...
Published: Sunday, March 05, 2017
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today presented to the Citizen’s Assembly, highlighting the reasons we need to repeal the 8th amendment, and outlining NWCI’s recommendation for a model that would combine a...
Published: Wednesday, March 01, 2017
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) has today welcomed the official recognition of ethnic status for the Traveller community in Ireland as an important step towards improving the lives of Traveller women and ensuring equality for the...
Published: Friday, February 24, 2017
We have had a great start to the year with a record of eight groups joining NWCI since the start of 2017. This sends a strong message that women across Ireland are standing up and working hard to ensure women&rsquo...
Published: Thursday, February 23, 2017
NWCI is excited to head up a new EU-funded project which aims to prevent and combat Sexual Harassment & Violence affecting women in Third Level Education. The 'ESHTE' Project will launch on the 5th April which will also see...
Published: Thursday, February 16, 2017
I thank the Committee for the opportunity to deliver this joint statement, on behalf of the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI); the leading women’s organisation in Ireland and coordinator of the Shadow Report, non-governmental organisations...
Published: Monday, February 13, 2017
For the first time in over a decade, Ireland is being examined under the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).The Director of the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI), Orla O...
For the first time in ten years, the Irish Government will be examined by the United Nations, under the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). The Director of the National Women’s Council...
Published: Friday, February 03, 2017
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) welcomes the publication of the Domestic Violence Bill, which will pave the way for Ireland’s ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women...
Published: Friday, January 20, 2017
Ireland’s record on the protection and promotion of women’s rights will be under the microscope of the United Nations in Geneva this February, when the Irish Government will be examined under the Convention on the Elimination...
Published: Friday, January 06, 2017
On Nollaig na mBan, a day when traditionally men take over care duties, and women celebrate their Christmas, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) has launched a campaign to promote engagement with the new National Women&rsquo...
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