Abortion - Policy Position Paper of the National Women’s Council of Ireland

Published: Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Abortion is a significant contention in Irish society and one that remains unresolved. The NWCI acknowledges the entrenched social, religious and political views on both sides of the debate. Though recent events have brought abortion back into the public domain,...

Review of Joint Labour Committees - Submission by the NWCI 2013

Published: Monday, March 11, 2013

The JLCs regulate areas of work that are generally paid at rates marginally above the statutory minimum wage. They are acknowledged as being important in the absence of a fair system to determine wages at this level. The JLCs are...

Putting People First - Putting Women in the Picture

Published: Sunday, January 20, 2013

This documents sets out proposals in relation to Local Government Reform. New structures must ensure the successful engagement of women and theﾠproposed policy on Community and Local Governmentﾠmust enable a focus on women, particularly marginalised and socially and...

Women and Smoking: Time to face the Crisis

Published: Monday, January 14, 2013

More women in Ireland are now dying from lung cancer than from breast cancer. Smoking is the leading preventable cause of lung cancer. Despite all that is known about the dangers of smoking, almost 1 in 3 women in Ireland smoke. Women...

Careless to Careful Activation - Making Activation work for Women

Published: Wednesday, November 21, 2012

NWCI Submission to the Review of Legislation on Prostitution

Published: Monday, November 19, 2012

Equal but Different: A Framework for Integrating Gender Equality in Health Service Policy, Planning

Published: Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Healthcare provision has so far been gender blind and this report aims to apply a much needed gender lens to healthcare services in Ireland.

NWCI Pre-Budget Submission 2013 - Final version

Published: Thursday, October 25, 2012

The Constitution, Gender and Reform

Published: Monday, September 24, 2012

The paper is a working paper drafted for consultation with members. After this consultation process the final contents of the text will be broken down in to sub-sections and published as individual policy documents for submission to the Constitutional Convention....

Submission to the European Commission Consultation on the 2013 EU Citizenship Report ‘EU citizens

Published: Friday, September 14, 2012

The NWCI welcomes the European Commission proposal to designate 2013 as the European Year of Citizens as an important step towards building a European Union that promotes equality between women and men. However the NWCI shares the concerns of the European...

NWCI submission to the Council of Europe on A,B,C versus Ireland

Published: Thursday, August 02, 2012

The NWCI has been closely monitoring the Government response to the implementation of the A, B and C v Ireland case and we are deeply concerned with the lack of progress. NWCI views the response to date of the Irish...

Annual Report 2011

Published: Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Click on the link below to read about all our work and activities during 2011.

NWCI Amalgamated 2011 accounts

Published: Sunday, June 17, 2012

NWCI Submission on New Human Rights and Equality Commission

Published: Monday, June 11, 2012

IntroductionThe National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) is the national representative organisation of women in Ireland. Our mission is to achieve women's equality, empowering women to work together, while recognising and mobilising difference, in order to remove structural political, economic,...

Additional Comments to the NWCI Observations on the Review of the National Women’s Strategy

Published: Monday, June 11, 2012

IntroductionThe NWCI welcomes the opportunity to provide additional comments to our 'Observations on the Review of the National Women's Strategy (NWS) (2007-2016)' which we submitted in July 2010. The Observations and recommendations which we made in July 2010 are still very...