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Category: Press Releases
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, April 17, 2012
Passing the Social Welfare Bill in its current format will push more one-parent families into poverty. OPEN, Barnardos and the National Women's Council of Ireland have expressed serious concerns that proposed changes to the One Parent Family Payment in the...
Published: Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Press Release OPEN, Barnardos and the National Women's Council of Ireland have expressed serious concern at proposals to change the One Parent Family Payment (OPFP) outlined in the Social Welfare Bill, published today. The three organisations said that measures in...
Published: Tuesday, April 03, 2012
04 April 2012The NWCI welcomes the move by the Council of Europe to question the Irish government on what interim measures it has in place to respond to women with life threatening pregnancies, while the government ponders over the implementation the 2010...
Published: Thursday, March 15, 2012
A new survey conducted by the National Women's Council of Ireland shows that less than one quarter of voices in radio news and current affairs broadcasting are women.The survey was conducted in March as part of research for the...
Abortion reform, justice for survivors of Magdalen institutions and stronger protections for women experiencing violence were among some of the issues raised at the United Nations today by the Women's Human Rights Alliance (WHRA) Ireland. Addressing the UN Human Rights...
Published: Monday, March 12, 2012
The National Women's Council welcomes the All Party Oireachtas Report on the Single Working Age Payment and the specific inclusion of the needs of women on social welfare. 'The NWCI particularly welcome the recommendation that 'any programme of social welfare...
Published: Thursday, March 01, 2012
Press ReleaseThe Gender pay gap in Ireland is 17.1% according to a new publication launched by the EU Commission on the Gender Pay Gap today. Young women earn more than 90% of male wages but this falls to 71.5% in the 35-44 age...
Published: Friday, January 27, 2012
Press Release27 January 2012The Executive Board of the National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) has today regretfully accepted the resignation of Ms. Susan McKay as Chief Executive of the NWCI with immediate effect.Susan McKay has been Chief Executive of...
Published: Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Press Release Historic bill tastes bittersweet after budget cutbacks The publication today of a historic bill to increase the numbers of women involved in politics comes against the background of an anti-women budget. The Electoral (Amendment) (political funding) bill 2011 makes...
Published: Thursday, December 08, 2011
Barnardos, OPEN and the National Women's Council of Ireland Dublin, 8 December 2011 – Barnardos, OPEN – national network of one-parent families – and the National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) have called on TDs to ensure that measures to change the income disregard applicable...
Published: Monday, December 05, 2011
The government says it set out to be fair – in fact women and children will bear the brunt of this budget. Meanwhile, the voice representing women's groups in Ireland, the National Women's Council of Ireland, has had its funding slashed...
Published: Sunday, December 04, 2011
Ireland's national watchdog on women's rights, the National Women's Council of Ireland, is to have its funding slashed by 35% "This cut is out of all proportion to cuts to other non- governmental organisations and shows a complete disregard for the...
Published: Thursday, December 01, 2011
This assurance was given by the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government Phil Hogan T.D. at a meeting with the National Women's Council of Ireland. The legislation will come into effect at the next general election in 2016...
Published: Wednesday, November 23, 2011
WOMEN'S COUNCIL CEO TO JOIN TANAISTE EAMON GILMORE AND MARY ROBINSON TO LAUNCH GOVERNMENT'S INTERNATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY African women in Ireland have today welcomed the fact that Ireland will tomorrow [Friday] join an international effort...
Published: Sunday, November 20, 2011
Press ReleaseThe intention to cut Child Benefit by at least €10 per month in Budget 2012, is deplorable stated Orla O'Connor, Head of Policy, National Women's Council of Ireland. Child Benefit has now been cut in three successive Budgets and it is...
Published: Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Community Respond to Violence against Women and Children through the power of print.Speaking out on the issue of domestic and sexual abuse is challenging but a challenge that has been taken up by Kerry's own network on violence against...
Published: Sunday, October 09, 2011
Press Release United Nations member states call on government to introduce laws to bring more women into politics. The National Women's Council of Ireland today welcomed recommendations to introduce parity legislation to bring more women into politics made to Minister...
Published: Monday, June 27, 2011
Press Release The National Women's Council of Ireland has called urgently on the Irish government to intervene to protect the lives of Irish trained and other medical staff in Bahrain. At its Annual General Meeting in Dublin yesterday [ Thursday 23rd...
Published: Tuesday, June 21, 2011
NEW CUTS TO WOMEN'S ORGANISATIONS MUST BE REVERSED, SAYS NATIONAL WOMEN'S COUNCIL OF IRELAND "A cut of 50% to a key grant scheme for women's and lone parents groups providing vital supports to women, families and communities will have a disastrous...
Published: Wednesday, June 15, 2011
The National Women's Council of Ireland warmly welcomes the decision of the government to ask an independently chaired committee to clarify any State interaction with the Magdalene laundries. "The Magdalene Laundries were based on an extremely sexist attitude to women,...
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