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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: Tuesday, February 11, 2014
The Aim of this Research The National Women’s Council of Ireland youth initiative, the Y Factor, are seeking a suitably qualified researcher(s) to undertake research on young women and labour market activation, looking at unemployment, emigration and...
Published: Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Congratulations to The Y Factor’s prize winner, Tara, for her blog entry on her experience with healthcare services. And thanks to all the young people who contributed to our campaign by sharing their experiences with us. ...
One the first day of International Women’s Week, Saturday 1st March at NUI Galway, the USI and The Y Factor will jointly hold a conference aimed at feminist societies in 3rd level institutions across the country. The purpose...
Published: Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Thank you to the NWCI team who joined us in the Flora Women's Mini Marathon. We had a good day, got some exercise and fresh air, raised awareness of who we are and what we do and did a...
NWCI received a generous donation during January from an anonymous source, so we would like to say that we are sincerely grateful and hope this message reaches this kind person. Donations and support from people are what helps keep our...
To all our members, our AGM is planned for 6th June, please keep the date free in your diary. Check out our newsflash next month, or our website for further details in the coming weeks.
Published: Monday, January 27, 2014
Arlette Bomahou, whose mother is from Togo, is 38 years of age, competes in the 90kg+ category and lives in Sandyford with her boyfriend Ciaran. She decided to represent the Irish team for the Powerlifting World Championship in Glasgow last month...
This publication looks at the lives of 14 Irish women, all daughters, many of them mothers and through their eyes tells how life has changed for women since the Irish people voted by referendum to join the EU...
Women's Aid is a leading national organisation that has been working in Ireland to stop domestic violence against women and children since 1974. We provide support and information through our National Freephone Helpline and one to one support services...
On Nollaig na mBan – a day when traditionally women sat back and let men take over housekeeping duties – NWCI's Director, Orla O'Connor had an opinion piece in the Irish Times in which we looked forward and...
Published: Tuesday, January 14, 2014
WANT TO MAKE A CHANGE? BE PART OF THE MOVEMENT FOR WOMEN’S EQUALITY – BECOME A MEMBER TODAY Would you like to help make important changes in the lives of women and girls? Do you seek...
Published: Monday, January 06, 2014
Today on Nollaig Na mBan- a day when traditionally women sat back and let the men take over the housekeeping duties - the National Women’s Council of Ireland have asked government and society to look at 2014 as...
Published: Monday, December 16, 2013
A major thank you for all those who Ran In The Dark with us to raise money for women's equality, and in particular to all those who made donations! Here's to next year!
Presentations were given to UNSCR 1325 & The Participation and Representation of Women by Shirley Graham and Salome Mbugua, who represent NWCI on the Department of Foreign Affairs 1325 monitoring committee. Shirley Graham's presentation Salome Mbugua's presentation
As we come to the end of 2013 we wanted to share with you some of successes for women that have been achieved by NWCI and all of our supporters in our campaign for women's equality. 2013 has been a significant...
As we come to the end of 2013 we wanted to share with you some of successes for women that you helped achieve by being a member of NWCI and supporting in our campaign for women's equality. 2013 has been a...
Following the confirmation in a recent Irish Independent/ Today FM Behaviour and Attitudes Survey that one in four couples feel they are too poor to start a family, National Women’s Council of Ireland is renewing calls for...
The EU Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favour of gender quotas for publicly listed boards, and the Irish government must respond regarding what action they will take to promote gender equality in economic decision making. The vote saw MEPs ...
NWCI fully supports women being forced to take a case to the UN for fundamental rights in the instance of fatal foetal abnormalities. It is terrible to see yet more women forced to international courts in search of their...
HISTORY is a story about a place. A fourteen acre site in Inchicore called St. Michael’s Estate, and a history that spans the housing of imprisoned 1916 revolutionaries to the building of Ireland’s first social housing in...
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