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Published: Friday, November 26, 2021
We are delighted to have received support from the Department of Rural and Community Development to host a conference on women in rural communities to mark International Women's Day on the 8th March 2022. As part of our preparation we...
Published: Tuesday, October 15, 2019
NWCI is supporting a new campaign called 'Four Day Week Ireland' that aims to start a public conversation on the case for reduced working hours. The campaign is supported by a coalition of trade unions, businesses, environmentalists, women’s...
The Abortion Working Group, chaired by NWCI, is a collective of civil society organisations and healthcare providers. The purpose of the group is to provide a space for information sharing and collective advocacy for groups working to ensure safe access...
Published: Friday, October 11, 2019
October saw a great step forward for women’s health in Ireland. A new Women’s Health Taskforce has been established by the Department of Health. It will be led by Secretary General Jim Breslin and Director General...
Published: Thursday, October 10, 2019
NWCI welcomed the opportunity to respond to the Oireachtas Committee on Justice and equality consultation concerning online harassment, harmful communications and related offences. Online violence against women is an overt expression of the gender discrimination and inequality that exists offline. ...
Published: Wednesday, October 09, 2019
We were delighted to attend the celebration of our group member Women in Touch in Granard, Co. Longford on the 8th October. Women in Touch are a peer led women's social support group. They joined NWCI ...
Published: Thursday, July 18, 2019
We launched our Pre-Budget Submission 2020 'Equality Now - Invest in Women' at a briefing in the Oireachtas on 3rd July 2019. The event was well attended by TDs, Senators and parliamentary staff from across the different parties. Hosted by Catherine Martin,...
In the lead up to the European Elections on May 24th, NWCI launched our #Feminist Europe campaign and held a series of public hustings events in Cork, Galway and Dublin. 250 people attended our European election events and over 150 people tuned...
More women candidates than ever before ran in the Local Elections 2019. To celebrate their achievements and discuss their leadership journey, NWCI invited a diverse panel of newly elected women Councillors and women canidates to our AGM morning event, New Voices...
Published: Wednesday, July 17, 2019
In May, NWCI was deeply concerned to learn of a funding crisis in the UN which threated to postpone the CEDAW session scheduled for the final quarter of 2019, as well as the sessions of a number of other treaties. This...
Published: Friday, July 12, 2019
NWCI made a submission as part of the Seanad Public Consultation on Travellers Towards a more equitable Ireland post recognition. The official recognition of Travellers’ ethnic status should enable the Government to introduce gender specific objectives, targets,...
The local elections on May 24th were an important chance to increase women’s representation, and to elect more women to local authorities. We welcomed the increased number of women elected as Councillors in the Local Elections but we...
Published: Wednesday, July 10, 2019
NWCI has received funding from the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government to enable us to carry out a piece of research with councillors and relevant stakeholders. The aim of this research is to increase our knowledge and...
Published: Tuesday, July 09, 2019
Each year the Department supports small public awareness initiatives to promote awareness of the Day and to support the work of the Irish 17 October Committee in networking with the groups responsible for the various commemorative initiatives and projects nationwide. Please...
Published: Wednesday, July 03, 2019
The aim of this prize is to reward and encourage tangible initiatives and achievements by civil society organisations and/or individuals that have made a significant contribution to promoting European identity and integration. The overall objective of the prize is...
Published: Tuesday, May 21, 2019
NWCI launched our #FeministEurope campaign in April and held a series of hustings events for candidates across the country in each constituency for the European elections. The events in Dublin, Galway and Cork were well attended and candidates were asked...
Published: Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Take part in NWCI’s women for change project “I would like to make relevant connections and learn more about making a change” (Quote from participant) NWCI together with nine of our member organisations were successful in...
The year 2019 marks the 120th anniversary of the advent of the County Councillor on Ireland’s democratic landscape. The first County Councils were formed in 1899 following the passing the previous year of the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898. The Act...
On Friday 3rd May we launched our Feminist Manifesto for Local Elections. We are calling on all candidates to support our feminist manifesto for local communities and to actively promote women’s rights. Public representatives must commit to...
Ireland’s gender pay gap of 13.9% has serious implications for a woman’s lifetime earnings, her life and career decisions and her ability to live in older years with a decent income. The Gender Pay Gap Information Bill...
Published: Thursday, May 09, 2019
Northern Ireland Women's European Platform NIWEP represents women's organisations in Northern Ireland in the European Women's Lobby, as part of the UK Joint Committee on Women. NIWEP also represents Northern Ireland at the United Nations, as an...
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