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Monday, May 18, 2026

Sex For Rent exploitation must be made a specific crime

Press release, 18 May 2026 It is high time that sex for rent exploitation is criminalised, according to the Civil Society...

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

National Women’s Council welcomes renewed focus on barriers to abortion

Press release, 12 May 2026 Barriers to abortion services are paternalistic, medically unnecessary, and must be removed, according to a letter from...

Tuesday, May 05, 2026

Call for public childcare to be delivered in government’s action plan

The childcare crisis will not end unless the government takes immediate steps towards a public system of early years education...

Sunday, April 26, 2026

Survivor experiences central to tackling violence against women

Survivor engagement can significantly improve policies in tackling violence against women. Yet, in Ireland, too often this has happened in...

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Barriers to accessing contraception remain for older and marginalised women

“I said, this is my second baby, and the nurse said to me, oh my God you’re...

Monday, April 13, 2026

NWC tells UN that Ireland is policy-rich but implementation poor when it comes

Worsening Housing Crisis Undermining Women's Fundamental Rights and Safety The National Women’s Council tells UN that Ireland...

Thursday, April 09, 2026

JOIN OUR TEAM: Senior Policy Co-Ordinator

NWC is hiring a Senior Policy Coordinator to lead and coordinate policy development, advocacy, research, and campaigns in line with...

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Community supports for health & wellbeing focus of new joint project NWC & HSE launch new project

Marking Social Prescribing Day tomorrow, 26 March, the National Women’s Council (NWC) will launch a new project looking at...

Wednesday, March 04, 2026

Close the Gap: NWC demands better leave for parents

At a rally at the Dáil today (4 March), the National Women’s Council (NWC) called for better-paid...

Friday, February 20, 2026

Gender equality must be central to our climate change planning

The impact of environmental breakdown, and the strategies to mitigate against it, are being felt differently by women...

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Perpetrators of abuse should be removed from family homes rather than survivors of violence

The National Women’s Council says women and children are being trapped between abuse and homelessness The National Women...

Monday, February 09, 2026

National Women’s Council welcomes commitment to collect data on equality

We need equality data to understand access of disabled women, migrant women, and Traveller and Roma women to public services ...

Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Invitation to Tender - NWC Mental Health Toolkit

The National Women’s Council (NWC), with support and funding from HSE Mental Health, is seeking an experienced researcher...

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

NWC welcomes publication of first Phase of new Childcare Action Plan

NWC welcomes positive actions in childcare Plan but warns that real structural reform is needed...

Friday, December 12, 2025

For far too long, women’s stories have been written out of Irish history

National Women’s Council welcomes recommendation to set up women’s museum The National Women’s Council ...

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Friday, May 01, 2026

Corrinne Hasson: Gender-based violence -  It’s time to recognise survivors as experts by experience

Lavinia Kerwick. Aisling Vickers. Natasha O’Brien. Hazel Behan. Nikita Hand. Ciara Mangan. Margaret Loftus. The list could go...

Monday, April 27, 2026

Doireann Crosson: Contraception is free, but it’s not reaching everyone who needs it

The Free Contraception Scheme introduced in 2022 has been one of the key advancements for women’s health in recent...

Thursday, April 02, 2026

Corrinne Hasson: Women are waiting nine years for endometriosis diagnosis

According to the World Health Organisation 1 in every 10 women worldwide has endometriosis. In Ireland, we don’t have official...

Monday, March 09, 2026

Corrinne Hasson: Caring for children affects women more, and a change is needed

The time between the birth of a child and their first day of school is both a lifetime and the...

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