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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 ...

Thursday, December 11, 2025

Feminist Climate Justice Project calls for sustained investment in community-centred climate action

The Feminist Communities for Climate Justice (FCCJ) project, a partnership between the National Women’s Council of Ireland and...

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Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Shape the Future of Contraception Access in Ireland – Join an LGBTQ+ Focus Group

The National Women’s Council, in partnership with the Department of Health and Trinity College Dublin, is conducting research...

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Shape the Future of Contraception Access in Ireland – Join a Focus Group

The National Women’s Council, in partnership with the Department of Health and Trinity College Dublin, is conducting research...

Thursday, October 17, 2024

My journey into Feminism and Climate Justice through a Community Work lens

Olitha is currently a volunteer Donegal Intercultural Platform and undertook the NUI Level 7 Community Work in a Changing Ireland –...

Monday, June 17, 2024

#FeministClimateJustice Study Visits

As part of the Feminist Communities for Climate Justice project's #FeministClimateJustice Community Work in a Changing Ireland Certificate...

Tuesday, March 05, 2024

Jennifer Horgan: Yes vote would recognise care as beating heart in body of our State

Some good has come from this care referendum. We are thinking and talking about care. I will be voting yes...

Friday, March 01, 2024

Mary McAleese keynote address for Yes Yes Campaign

We are fortunate to have a written Constitution. It was carefully crafted almost ninety years ago so that we would...

Thursday, February 22, 2024

Laura Cahillane: The ‘women in the home’ provision is hardly suitable for a modern Constitution

Dr Laura Cahillane is an associate professor in law at the University of Limerick Let’s get one thing...

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Why We Need Feminist Climate Justice

‘Feminist Communities for Climate Justice’ - a joint project between the National Women’s Council and Community...

Thursday, November 09, 2023

Vicky Phelan - Keynote Speech at FemFest 2019

Your browser does not support the audio element.   I was invited today by the National Women's Council to...

Wednesday, November 08, 2023

Constitutional change: how to bring feminist and disability perspectives together

Why is constitutional change important?  I want to start by asking the question: to what extent constitutional change is...

Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Orla O’Connor: Why are so many Irish women still travelling to the UK for abortions?

At least 860 women travelled from Ireland to the UK to access abortion since the Eighth Amendment was repealed....

Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Orla O’Connor: Properly valuing care is crucial to women’s equality

Across the span of our lifetimes, we are all likely to care for and receive care from others. Both are...

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Orla O’Connor: Every woman needs access to reproductive healthcare during her lifespan

The past number of years have been transformative for women’s healthcare in Ireland.  Abortion is now available...

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Orla O’Connor: Government must provide childcare and increase social welfare

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

Orla O’Connor: We must recognise harassment for what it is – it is gender-based violence

This year has been like no other. As the global 16 Days of Action on violence against women end today, we...

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