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Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Women from across Northern Ireland and beyond have come together to demand a future where they are not just participants,...
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
In response to the publication of the Government’s Climate Action Plan 2025, Feminist Communities for Climate Justice (FCCJ),...
Friday, April 11, 2025
NWC is currently recruiting for Policy and Campaigns Officer This is a critical time for women’s rights. As...
Thursday, April 10, 2025
NWC is currently recruiting for a Membership and Communications Coordinator (Maternity Leave Cover) This is a critical time for...
Wednesday, April 09, 2025
As we approach the first 100 days of the new Government, the National Women’s Council (NWC) today (9th April)...
Tuesday, April 08, 2025
The Private Members Bill Prohibition of Advertising or Importuning Sex for Rent Bill 2025, introduced by Labour Senator Laura Harmon in...
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
The National Women’s Council (NWC) today (26th March 2025) welcomed the long-awaited publication of the Review of Part 4 of...
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
30 years ago, 189 governments from across the world signed the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which became the most comprehensive...
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Marking the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action at the CSW in New York next week, the National...
Thursday, March 06, 2025
Since the Brexit referendum in 2016, conversations about the constitutional future of the island of Ireland have gained momentum. In this...
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Most of our trips in Ireland are taken by car, but 68% of all trips are for distances of less than 1...
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
50 women thought leaders from across the island of Ireland gathered in Dublin today (Tuesday, 11th February) to explore and elevate...
Friday, February 07, 2025
The National Women’s Council (NWC) today (7th February) welcomed the nomination of 7 women by the...
Thursday, January 30, 2025
On Wednesday, 29 January, the Women’s Mental Health Network, a collaboration between St Patrick’s Mental Health Services...
The National Women’s Council (NWC) today expressed its deep disappointment at the significant gender imbalance in the new...
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Olitha is currently a volunteer Donegal Intercultural Platform and undertook the NUI Level 7 Community Work in a Changing Ireland –...
Monday, June 17, 2024
As part of the Feminist Communities for Climate Justice project's #FeministClimateJustice Community Work in a Changing Ireland Certificate...
Tuesday, March 05, 2024
Some good has come from this care referendum. We are thinking and talking about care. I will be voting yes...
Friday, March 01, 2024
We are fortunate to have a written Constitution. It was carefully crafted almost ninety years ago so that we would...
Thursday, February 22, 2024
Dr Laura Cahillane is an associate professor in law at the University of Limerick Let’s get one thing...
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
‘Feminist Communities for Climate Justice’ - a joint project between the National Women’s Council and Community...
Thursday, November 09, 2023
Your browser does not support the audio element. I was invited today by the National Women's Council to...
Wednesday, November 08, 2023
Why is constitutional change important? I want to start by asking the question: to what extent constitutional change is...
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
At least 860 women travelled from Ireland to the UK to access abortion since the Eighth Amendment was repealed....
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Across the span of our lifetimes, we are all likely to care for and receive care from others. Both are...
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
The past number of years have been transformative for women’s healthcare in Ireland. Abortion is now available...
Tuesday, July 19, 2022
At 9.1% in June, inflation is at levels not experienced in almost 40 years. Each week brings news of further price increases,...
Thursday, December 10, 2020
This year has been like no other. As the global 16 Days of Action on violence against women end today, we...
Saturday, October 10, 2020
Covid-19 impacted on every family in Ireland, through the loss of a loved one, the loss of a job or...
Sunday, February 02, 2020
One in four women in Ireland experience physical and sexual violence, yet we have heard precious little on the issue...
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