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NWCI, SIPTU and ICTU write to Minister Donohoe re: maternity leave and Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme

Published: Thursday, April 23, 2020

Minister Paschal Donohoe Department of Finance Government Buildings, Merrion Street Upper, Dublin 2 By email 23rd April 2020 Dear Minister Donohoe We are writing to you to highlight a concerning irregularity in the administration of the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) as...

New Government must firmly commit to comprehensive public childcare

Published: Friday, April 17, 2020

The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today called on both Fianna Fail and Fine Gael to publicly commit to providing comprehensive public childcare in the next term of Government. Speaking at the Geary Institute conference today, Director...

NWCI says new Framework document will not provide Covid-19 recovery for women

Published: Thursday, April 16, 2020

The National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) today said the new framework document will not provide the recovery needed for women. Orla O'Connor, Director of NWCI said, "This Framework document was an opportunity to...

#Covid19 and Programme for Government: No going back, new Government must show long term commitment

Published: Tuesday, April 14, 2020

The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today (Thursday, 9 April 2020) launched their Feminist Future Programme for Government document, saying there can be no going back and calling on the new Government to significantly invest in...

NWCI welcomes Minister Harris’s commitment to remote abortion access

Published: Friday, March 27, 2020

The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) welcomed Minister for Health Simon Harris’s Dail comments last night that women will be able to access remote abortion care from their healthcare providers. Orla O’Connor, Director...

NWCI welcomes childcare intervention and wage subsidy

Published: Wednesday, March 25, 2020

The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) has today welcomed the special intervention in childcare, as well as the wage subsides announced, saying these measures will have positive impacts on women who are being hardest hit by Covid 19. ...

Programme for Government commitments to women’s equality must be centre stage

Published: Thursday, March 05, 2020

Programme for Government commitments to women’s equality must be centre stage this International Women’s Day, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) said at its ‘Celebrate the Changemakers’ event with general election...

It Stops Now: students take a stand against sexual violence and harassment

Published: Thursday, March 05, 2020

Today, students across Ireland are taking a stand against sexual violence and harassment in third level education, as part of the nationwide It Stops Now campaign is being run by the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI), the...

Full funding for maternity services must be red line in programme for government negotiations

Published: Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Following the publication of today’s HIQA report into maternity services in Ireland, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) has called on all newly elected politicians to make fully funding the maternity strategy a red line...

General Election 2020 heralds monumental Change - but no Breakthrough on Numbers of Women elected

Published: Monday, February 10, 2020

The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today recognised the monumental change that General Election 2020 has heralded, breaking the two party system of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáíl. NWCI also described the General Election as...

Violence against women must be a red line issue in last week of GE2020

Published: Friday, January 31, 2020

The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) has today criticised political parties for not making ending violence against women a headline issue, and called for commentators to question parties on their policies to change Ireland&rsquo...

Who is your feminist Taoiseach?

Published: Sunday, January 26, 2020

As part of our #FemGen general election campaign, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) has asked party leaders from the main political parties to answer four key questions outlining their commitment to women’s equality. The...

#FemGen - High profile politicians sign up to NWCI’s manifesto

Published: Friday, January 24, 2020

The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today said that 90 candidates across 35 constituencies have signed up to their Feminist Ireland manifesto, including Ministers Katherine Zappone and Josepha Madigan and party...

Highest percentage of women running ever, but only two women more standing than 2016

Published: Thursday, January 23, 2020

As nominations close for the 2020 General Election, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today said that the bigger political parties will have a lot of work to do, when the gender quota rises to 40% in 2023. ...

#FemGen: Pre-election give aways provide no solutions, here are 10 ways to show long term commitment

Published: Tuesday, January 21, 2020

The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today (Tuesday, 21 January 2020) launched their Feminist Ireland manifesto, saying pre-election give aways provide no solutions, and instead called on general election candidates to show their commitment to women...

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