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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: Friday, May 17, 2019
We held our first Women’s Mental Health Network event in May, focusing on perinatal mental health. Women can experience poor mental health during the perinatal period – during pregnancy and a year post-birth. Research has found that 10-15%...
Published: Wednesday, May 15, 2019
The year 2019 marks the 120th anniversary of the advent of the County Councillor on Ireland’s democratic landscape. The first County Councils were formed in 1899 following the passing the previous year of the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898. The Act...
Published: Tuesday, February 19, 2019
More than 150 young women from across Ireland came together for FemFest, the largest conference for young feminist women in Ireland on Saturday, January 19th in Liberty Hall. January marked the centenary of the first sitting of Dá...
Published: Monday, February 18, 2019
“It’s great to have a space for women to come together to share their own experiences, their stories and their strategies for bringing about change.”(quote from participant) NWCI together with nine of our member organisations...
Published: Tuesday, January 01, 2019
My Options is a new HSE freephone service that provides free and confidential counselling to people experiencing an unplanned pregnancy. My Options is provided by the HSE’s Sexual Health and Crisis Pregnancy Programme (SHCPP). My Options will be...
Published: Tuesday, August 28, 2018
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: Tuesday, July 03, 2018
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...
Published: Monday, March 26, 2018
Established by The Community Foundation for Ireland in 2010, The Women’s Fund for Ireland is a long-term philanthropic fund. Its mission is to encourage philanthropy among women, to improve the lives of women and girls through social change grant...
Published: Thursday, February 22, 2018
After the successful launch of NWCI's Every Woman Healthcare Model - Accessible, affordable healthcare options for all women and girlsl last year, we have been busy over the last few weeks talking to as many people as possible...
Published: Wednesday, December 20, 2017
2017 was full of trials and triumphs for women’s equality. As always, we are grateful to our members and supporters for all their help in advancing the issues important to women in Irish society. Here are just some examples...
Published: Thursday, October 05, 2017
NWCI is pleased to announce the publication of the first ESHTE Project Report, A Review of Data on Prevalence of Sexual Violence and Harassment of Women Students in Higher Education in the EU. The report provides an overview of...
Published: Tuesday, October 03, 2017
NWCI developed two resources on campaigning for pension equality for women, following engagement over many years with women negatively impacted by the pensions system, and a series of workshops earlier this year with women in Kerry and Cork affected by...
Published: Friday, September 29, 2017
The last five months have been very busy and we are delighted to announce that five New Groups Members have joined NWCI: The Shona Project helps young Irish girls through all the challenges associated with growing up in Ireland today....
Published: Monday, July 10, 2017
NWCI has organised a series of workshops on pension equality in Cork and Kerry working with our members and key stakeholders. The project aimed to engage and empower older women to advocate for direct personal access to pensions that take...
Published: Friday, July 07, 2017
This is an exciting time for NWCI. Change is happening for women in Ireland and we would like you to be part of that. If you are an excellent communicator, have good IT and organisational skills, and are interested in...
Published: Thursday, June 29, 2017
NWCI has welcomed the Citizens Assembly report on the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution. In particular, NWCI welcomes the clear recommendation to remove the Eighth Amendment from the Constitution, to legislate for abortion on-request and the wider recommendations on reproductive...
Published: Friday, May 19, 2017
More than 50 NWCI group and individual members came together on the 16 May to discuss NWCI's position on repealing the Eighth Amendment and to share ideas how members can be involved in the campaign going forward. At the event,...
Published: Tuesday, May 09, 2017
In response to a call to support the Department of Housing, Community, Planning and Local Government to develop guidelines to monitor, review and implement Local Economic and Community plans, NWCI made a submission in April 2017. Local Community Development Committees (LCDCs)...
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