Published: Monday, November 29, 2010
Experts from NI and the Republic, Scotland and the US, are to gather in Derry this week to discuss cross border strategies to deal with the legacy of the Troubles for victims of sexual and domestic violence. Those taking part...read more
Published: Monday, November 22, 2010
The majority of workers in the lowest paid sectors of the economy - retail, hotels and restaurants, childcare - are women. On average, women are paid 10.7% less than men. In the private sector, women are paid almost 20% less than men....read more
Published: Tuesday, November 02, 2010
The National Women's Council of Ireland shares the anger of those hurt by unjust and reckless health cuts, including many women who are our members. The mismanagement of the HSE under Minister Mary Harney's watch has been scandalous. We have...read more
Published: Monday, October 18, 2010
Release Date: Monday 18th October 2010Comments Made By Susan McKay, chief executive of the National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) at The Poor Can't Pay launch of Campaign to Demand that TDs Protect People on Lowest Incomes from Further CutsWe...read more
Published: Tuesday, September 14, 2010
The appointment of a long time champion of women's rights to the new post of United Nations Under Secretary for Women is good news for the world's women, according to the National Women's Council of Ireland. "Michelle Bachelet, formerly Chile's...read more
Published: Thursday, September 02, 2010
Ireland's already abysmal level of women politicians has fallen still further this week, with announcements from Olwyn Enright and Liz McManus that they are to quit the Dail. Ireland has now plummetted from 84th in the world ranking to 88th,...read more
Published: Sunday, August 22, 2010
22% increase in demands on Ruhama's services...In its Annual Statistics Report for 2009, published today, Ruhama confirmed that it had assisted 196 women affected by prostitution throughout the year. This included a significant number of women who had been trafficked into this...read more
Published: Thursday, August 19, 2010
One month ahead of crucial UN Summit, NGOs urge the Government to publish a plan to deliver on Ireland's aid commitments.The 67 anti-poverty groups and NGOs in the "Act Now on 2015" campaign have called on the Government to urgently publish...read more
Published: Tuesday, August 03, 2010
The National Women's Council has criticised women TDs who oppose measures to correct the extreme under representation of women in Dail Eireann. "The reasons why so few women make it into political power in Ireland and elsewhere have been well...read more
Published: Saturday, May 29, 2010
"The proposed Social Welfare Bill will harm children and create a new generation of latch key kids," according to the CEO of the National women's Council, Susan McKay. "It will also force women to leave work and put their families...read more
Published: Wednesday, May 26, 2010
PRESS RELEASESixteen Muslim women living in Ireland, North and South, will today [27/05/10] launch a collection of their personal stories in an exciting new publication from the National Women's Council of Ireland. The book is to be launched by Mary White...read more
Published: Sunday, May 23, 2010
The National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) is urging women to swap their 'Heels for Hammers' and join Habitat for Humanity (HFH) Ireland's Women's Build in Romania this October."The National Women's Council of Ireland is proud to support this...read more
Published: Thursday, May 20, 2010
Dr. Soraya Rahim Sobhrang from Afghanistan today received the 2010 Front Line Award for Human Rights Defenders At Risk. The Award was presented by Andrea Corr, at a prestigious ceremony in Dublin's City Hall attended by diplomats, political and business leaders...read more
Published: Tuesday, April 20, 2010
OUTLAW BARBARIC MUTILATION OF WOMEN, SAYS NWCI.Female genital mutilation (FGM) must be outlawed in Ireland, and it must become an offence to take a child abroad for the purpose of performing FGM on her, according to the National Women's...read more
Published: Tuesday, March 09, 2010
ROSY PICTURE NOT ONE WE RECOGNISE, SAY WOMEN'S GROUPS. The National Women's Council of Ireland is astonished by the speech made by Minister John Moloney at the Commission on the Status of Women in New York this week. The Minister...read more
