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Published: Thursday, January 30, 2025
On Wednesday, 29 January, the Women’s Mental Health Network, a collaboration between St Patrick’s Mental Health Services and the National Women’s Council (NWC), is hosting an event to explore the intersection between long-term physical health...
Published: Monday, March 11, 2024
The National Women’s Council (NWC) today expressed its deep disappointment about the clear no vote in both the family and care referendums. While the reasons for this are complex, the result is a clear wakeup call that...
Published: Friday, October 13, 2023
National Women’s Council releases snapshot gender analysis of Budget 2024, says it has significant positive elements, but is not a roadmap to gender equality Budget 2024 has significant positive elements for women, including investment in childcare and...
Published: Tuesday, October 10, 2023
National Women’s Council welcomes investment in tackling violence against women in Budget 2024 In response to Budget 2024, the National Women’s Council (NWC) today (10th October) strongly welcomed a ...
Published: Saturday, November 19, 2022
Women aged 16-25 will gather on Saturday to discuss topics important to them, particularly sexual violence, body diversity, and bystander culture – ie the need for everyone to play their part in addressing sexual violence and promoting zero tolerance. FemFest...
Published: Thursday, May 12, 2022
In April 2022, The National Womens Council alongside a number of civil society organisations, working locally and nationally, so-signed a letter to the Taoiseach. The letter and attached proposals expressed deep concerns about the overall lack of coordination and coherence...
Published: Wednesday, April 27, 2022
The Director of the National Women’s Council of Ireland, Orla O’Connor, presents to the Oireachtas Health Committee on the ongoing issues for women and pregnant people who need abortions in Ireland. NWC said there are...
Published: Friday, November 26, 2021
We are delighted to have received support from the Department of Rural and Community Development to host a conference on women in rural communities to mark International Women's Day on the 8th March 2022. As part of our preparation we...
Published: Thursday, November 25, 2021
NWC have received funding from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to develop a toolkit that can be used by all Local Authorities to enable actions to be taken to support councillors with caring responsibilities. Research will be...
Published: Tuesday, October 05, 2021
The National One Parent Family Alliance (NOPFA) has today called for Budget 2022 to prioritise one parent families. Launching the Alliance’s pre-budget priorities, Chair of the Alliance, Karen Kiernan of One Family said: “Years of reports, research and...
Published: Friday, September 24, 2021
NWC, on behalf of the Irish Observatory on Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG), is seeking a researcher to undertake the development of: 1. A Model Shadow Report[1] 2. An Implementation Report[2] The project aims to build the capacity of the Observatory...
Published: Wednesday, July 21, 2021
NWC is delighted to announce that the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) has joined as a member group. DRI is a national digital repository for Ireland’s humanities, social sciences, and cultural heritage data, providing reliable, long-term,...
Published: Wednesday, June 30, 2021
At the beginning of June, NWC gave evidence at the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage. We welcome reform in this area and are supportive of a number of proposals. We are asking the commission to also...
Published: Tuesday, June 29, 2021
The National Women’s Council is the leading national representative organisation for women and women’s groups in Ireland, founded in 1973. We have over 190-member groups and a large and growing community of individual supporters. The ambition of...
Published: Monday, June 28, 2021
NWC, ICCL, FLAC and SiSi are calling for an independent review of the cancelled emergency calls and the failure of An Garda Síochána (AGS) to appropriately respond to emergency calls since the start of 2019. This...
Published: Thursday, June 24, 2021
NWC is currently recruiting for a Finance Officer This is an exciting time for NWC. Change is happening for women in Ireland, and we would like you to be part of that. If you are passionate about feminism...
NWC is currently recruiting for a Women’s Health Officer. This is an exciting time for NWC. Change is happening for women in Ireland, and we would like you to be part of that. If you are passionate...
NWCI is currently recruiting for a Digital Communications and Fundraising Officer This is an exciting time for NWC. Change is happening for women in Ireland, and we would like you to be part of that. If you are passionate about...
Published: Thursday, June 03, 2021
Dr Catherine Day, Chair of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality, met with National Women’s Council (NWC) members today (3rd June) to discuss the citizens’ recommendations and next steps at NWC’s Annual General Meeting. The...
Published: Wednesday, April 21, 2021
In its presentation to the Pension Commission, the National Women’s Council (NWC) today called for urgent action to address the deep inequalities in our pension system for women, and for a universal State pension for all. Currently, women...
Published: Monday, April 19, 2021
NWC is delighted to support the HEA in the launch of the first National Sexual Harassment and Sexual Violence Survey in Higher Education. We hope this will be a catalyst for reform and action. All students and staff should be...
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