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Published: Tuesday, July 01, 2025
After 23 years working in the National Women’s Council (NWC), the Director, Orla O’Connor, will step down from her role in the coming months to take up a new position as Executive Director of St...
Published: Monday, October 08, 2012
With the recent commencement by Minister James Reilly of the Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Act 2012, female genital mutilation (FGM) is now specifically prohibited in Ireland. A person resident in Ireland found guilty of an offence under the new law...
The Citizens Information Board has published their National Calendar of Training Events. When applying for courses, please send applications to the appropriate Regional Office outlined.Contact details and further information on courses, including learning outcomes and application are available on...
This article first appeared in The Irish Times, 9 October 2012Kitty Holland SECTORS OF the population dominated by women have become 'special targets' in Government efforts to cut costs, a foremost expert on social policy has said.Dr Pauline Conroy, speaking...
Published: Sunday, October 07, 2012
Protect Women's Equality in Budget 2013 On the occasion of its seminar 'Bearing the Brunt? Women and the Recession' today, the National Women's Council calls on the Government to protect women's equality in Budget 2013 and put equality at the centre of...
Experts from Ireland and Iceland came together at our seminar "Bearing the Brunt? Women and the Recession" on 8th October 2012 to highlight the different impact of the recession on women.Presentations of the speakersDr Ursula Barry and Dr Pauline Conroy:...
Published: Wednesday, October 03, 2012
In the run up to Budget experts from Ireland and Iceland will come together at the Seminar 'Bearing the Brunt: Women and the Recession', on Monday, 8th October, to highlight the different impact of the recession on women. The seminar...
Published: Monday, October 01, 2012
This story first appeared in the Irish Times, Tue, Oct 02, 2012MARY MINIHAN THE GOVERNMENT is set to press ahead with cuts in child benefit rates despite strong protests from Opposition politicians and social justice groups. A proposal for a two-tiered...
This article was first published on Breakingnews.ie on 1 October 2012 The National Women's Council is calling for a report recommending a massive cut to child benefit to be published in full.The Children's Minister has tried to allay fears about...
The article was first published on clare.fm, 1 October 2012 The National Women's Council is calling for a report recommending a massive cut to child benefit to be published in full. The Children's Minister has tried to allay fears about the...
This article was first published on Newstalk.ie on 1 October 2012 The Minister for Children says no decisions have been made on whether or not to cut child benefit in the December Budget.It is reported that an advisory group has...
This article was first published in The Irish Examiner, 1 October 2012 The National Women's Council is calling for a report recommending a massive cut to child benefit to be published in full.The Children's Minister has tried to allay fears about...
Orla O'Connor speaking on The Last Word with Matt Cooper on proposals to cut child benefit and taxing maternity benefit. The Last Word with Matt Cooper, Monday, 1 October 2012
Published: Sunday, September 30, 2012
The National Women's Council of Ireland calls on Minister Burton to provide clarity with regard to new proposals to cut Child Benefit and to make publicly available the Report on Child Income Supports of the Tax and Welfare Advisory Group...
Published: Thursday, September 27, 2012
The National Women's Council of Ireland has appointed Orla O'Connor, former Head of Policy, as the new Director. She will be taking over her new role at the NWCI with immediate effect. In accepting the post Ms O'Connor stated:"I...
Published: Wednesday, September 26, 2012
To mark International Decriminalisation of Abortion day on 28 September 2012 the United Left Alliance has initiated a public meeting on the struggle over decades to legislate for the X case and to achieving abortion rights in Ireland. The meeting also aims...
There are lots of new faces in the NWCI team.Elva O'Callahan is Project Coordinator of our new youth project The Y-Factor. She works together with Laura Maloney, The Y-Factor Development Worker. Elva and Laura can be contacted at: elvaoc...
Are women bearing the brunt of the recession? Are cuts to public services impacting on women more? What are the implications of further public spending cuts for women?Increasing evidence is emerging that the recession is having a disproportionate impact...
On Global Day for Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion, Friday, 28th September, the NWCI calls on the Irish government to make publicly available the findings of the Expert Group and to introduce legislation for the constitutional right...
Published: Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Members and Friends from across the country came together at our Members and Friends Meeting in Cork on the 24th September to learn more about the Constitutional Convention and discuss NWCI's involvement in the process. At the meeting NWCI launched...
5050 North West Group, Sligo Leitrim Extending Positive Relations Project and the National Women's Council of Ireland organise a morning seminar on Political Parties - The inside Story from the Party Organisers. Hear how it all works - the structures, processes,...
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