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.

See the An All-Island Vision for Women's Equality: All-Island Women's Forum Strategy 2026-2028

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

Other materials:

• Read the All-Island Women's Report 2023
• The Forum five-year Evaluation report describes the activities undertaken from 2021-2025

Current Members of the AIWF (September 2026)

1. 50:50 NI - Aoife Clements
2. AkiDwA - Salome Mbugua
3. Centre for Crossborder Co‑operation - Lisa Cartmill & Beth Neeson
4. Community Work Ireland - Rachel Doyle
5. Coolock Development Council - Adele O’Connor
6. Disability Action NI - Nuala Toman
7. Donegal Traveller Project - Ann Friel
8. HERe NI - Sophie Nelson
9. Individual - Margaret Martin
10. Individual - Lydia Gratis
11. Individual, Community Activist - Eileen Weir
12. Individual, Writer, Campaigner, Peacebuilder - Emma De Souza
13. Individual, Community Development & Feminist Activist - Joanna McMinn
14. Individual, Feminist & LGBTQI+ Activist - Ailbhe Smyth
15. Individual, Previous NI Youth Forum Rep - Nicole Parkinson Kelly
16. Individual, Previous UN Youth Delegate - Tara Grace Connolly
17. Individual, Transitional Justice Institute - Eilish Rooney
18. LGBT Ireland - Collette O’Regan
19. Longford Women’s Link - Kathleen Dowd
20. See Her Elected - Megan Flynn‑Dixon
21. Migrant Centre NI - Paulina Zalewska
22. NI Rural Women’s Network (NIRWN) - Paula McAliskey
23. NI Women’s Budget Group - Alexandra Brennan
24. Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts + Equality - Mary Moynihan
25. Social Change Initiative - Avila Kilmurray
26. Women’s Aid Federation NI (WAFNI) - Sonya McMullan
27. Women’s Collective Ireland - Miriam Holt & Vivienne Glanville
28. Women’s Platform - Dervilia Kernaghan
29. Women’s Resource & Development Agency (WRDA) - Elaine Crory
30. Youth Work Ireland - Tracey McArdle

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

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