#Budget2020 - Equality Now- Invest in Women

Published: Thursday, July 18, 2019

We launched our Pre-Budget Submission 2020 'Equality Now - Invest in Women' at a briefing in the Oireachtas on 3rd July 2019. The event was well attended by TDs, Senators and parliamentary staff from across the different parties. Hosted by Catherine Martin, TD, speakers included Orla O'Connor, Director and Cliona Loughnane, Women's Health Coordinator from NWCI, as well as representatives from our member groups; Noeline Blackwell, Dublin Rape Crisis Centre; Ciara Fanning, President ISSU; Anne Genocky and Avril Hanafin, An Cosán. 

The Pre-Budget Submission brings together NWCI's key recommendations in core policy areas and covers the following topics: The Gender Equality Framework, Economic Vulnerability and Poverty, Housing and Homelessnes, Women's Health Services, Violence against Women, Care and Pension Reform. 

We particularly highlighted the need to provide funding for the rollout of free contraception, investment in financial and other supports for lone parents, including the introduction of a Statutory Maintenance Agency, tackling the housing and homelessness crisis, investing in women's health and violence against women services and policies. 

Read  NWCI's full Pre-Budget Submission 2020  'Equality Now - Invest in women'

Read our Press Release - Budget 2020: NWCI calls for free contraception