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Published: Tuesday, November 26, 2024
National Women’s Council and Women’s Aid Federation NI launch new report examining the issue of domestic violence across the island 26 November Today (26 November) the National Women’s Council (NWC) and Women’s Aid...
Published: Thursday, April 04, 2013
Women are only 9% of board members in Ireland's top private companies. Even though a voluntary target of 40% was set in 1995 for State boards we are still only at 35%. The EU has asked governments to introduce voluntary measures to bring us...
The Immigrant Council of Ireland's launched a new website for its EC ISEC funded Stop Traffick! Project. http://www.stoptraffick.ie/STOP Traffick! is a transnational project on reduction in demand for the sexual services of victims of trafficking. This...
The Equality Budgeting Campaign invites you to a seminar on equality and policy-making. The seminar will look at how equality fares in current approaches to policy-making in Ireland, and will establish what lessons can be learnt from other jurisdictions. Crucially,...
Published: Wednesday, April 03, 2013
The Irish Osteoporosis Society and NWCI will host a roundtable discussion on women and osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is a silent invasive genetic disease which affects both women and men but mostly women who are pre and post-menopausal. 50% of women over 50 years...
This event will provide an opportunity to discuss human rights approaches to achieve the fundamental freedoms and entitlements that contribute to the development of a more equal and sustainable society. A focus of the school is to broaden and spread...
The European Commission has launched a consultation obtain your views on how best to develop measures at EU level to fight female genital mutilation.Female genital mutilation is a specific form of violence against women and girls, involving procedures that...
Justice for Magdalenes (JFM) have published this guide for the personal use of Survivors to assist them in making an account of their current needs and their experiences in the Laundry system. The guide aims to help Magdalene Survivors to...
Following last month's seminar on Abortion - The Lives and Health of Women in cooperation with Doctors for Choice, we published an article by one of the speakers Peadar O'Grady, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist on Suicide in Pregnancy on...
In recent months the National Women's Council of Ireland has become very active on social media. If you want to receive timely updates on latest women's news or upcoming events and campaigns or if you want to promote your own...
Organised by the Abortion Rights Campaign, some fantastic up and coming bands are going to be rocking out for Choice on Saturday April 6th on Nassau St. in the Blarney Inn. Venue holds 400, and the night will be headlined by...
There are currently 16 bridges over the river Liffey in Dublin's city centre. 13 of these bridges are named after men and not one of the bridges is named after a women. This petition is calling on Dublin City council to name...
The 50/50 Group North West will launch the book 'The Road to 50/50 - Gender Quotas for Ireland: Speeches from the Dáil and Seanad'.The book will be launched by Justine McCarthy, Sunday Times columnist and current National Newspapers of Ireland...
Amnesty International and the NWCI are organising a short briefing on the Council of Europe Convention on Combatting and Preventing Violence against Women and Domestic Violence.The aim of the roundtable is to raise awareness and open discussion of the...
The National Women's Council of Ireland and the Bethany Survivors Group are organising a briefing on the Campaign for Justice for Bethany Survivors.Bethany Home (1921 - 1972) was a residential institution in Dublin for women of the Protestant community who were...
The ANU campaign for Truth, Rights and Justice is organising a conference and campaign launch to raise awareness and highlight the extent of sex abuse in Ireland. The conference will aim to expand the grassroots movement by bringing survivors and...
SIPTU will launch its Young Workers Network on 1st May 2013. The launch event will feature the premiere of a new short film on young precarious workers in Ireland and a discussion on the issues that young workers face and how...
Published: Monday, April 01, 2013
The National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) and the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland will host a workshop entitled Women's Community and Political Participation.The overarching theme of the workshop is 'women's participation in post-conflict society'. At this workshop, we...
Sonas Housing is recruiting a Children Support Worker - Relief/Short –Term Contract work.Responsible to: Project LeaderResponsible For: Providing services to children in Sonas Supported Housing Service and Refuge Service on a one-to-one basis, in families and in a...
Published: Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Press Release, 27 March 2013The National Women's Council of Ireland calls on the government to make a clear a statement that childcare costs will remain outside of the proposed Insolvency Arrangements. Statements made by Minister for Transport, Leo Varadkar, in relation...
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