The All-Island Women’s Forum (AIWF) is an all-island initiative established by the National Women’s Council (NWC) in 2021 to bring together women’s groups and activists from both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Its goal is to foster cooperation, dialogue and inclusion on issues affecting women across the island, especially around the topics of peacebuilding, violence against women, leadership and equality. The Forum five-year Evaluation report describes the activities undertaken from 2021-2025.

Objectives

1. Foster all-island collaboration and solidarity Create a trusted space where women from North and South can build relationships, share experiences, and strengthen cooperation on issues affecting women across the island
2. Drive coordinated policy and advocacy Promote cross-border collaboration to influence policy and advance shared solutions on issues affecting women, bringing feminist perspectives to all-island, national and international policy discussions
3. Advance women's equality and leadership Champion women's rights and equality by supporting women's leadership, participation and representation, while addressing the structural inequalities that affect women through an intersectional feminist approach
4. Strengthen women's role in peacebuilding Support women's leadership in peacebuilding, reconciliation and civic dialogue, ensuring women's voices shape the future of the island in line with the principles of UN Security Council Resolution 1325
5. Centre the diversity of women's voices Ensure the experiences and expertise of women in all their diversity are meaningfully included. Membership should be inclusive of migrant, Traveller, disabled, rural, working-class, LGBTQIA+, and minority ethnic women

Read the All-Island Women's Report 2023

For further information on the work of the All-island Women’s Forum please contact Collette collettemce@nwci.ie

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