The Irish Observatory on Violence Against Women welcomes the opportunity to input into the development of the 2019 Policing Priorities. In this submission we provide our recommendations for how the draft priorities can be strengthened to prevent violence against women (VAW),...

NWCI supports a gender neutral HPV vaccination programme as vaccinating both girls and boys would reduce HPV related disease in Ireland, particularly reducing the risk of women getting cervical cancer NWCI recognises cervical cancer as a major health issue for...

The Government is making proposals to change how the contributory state pension is calculated. Government plans propose that the current system of yearly averaging be replaced with a Total Contributions Approach from 2020. We believe an universal pension system which gives...

Transparency around pay is essential, so that we can remove the question of gender-influenced pay. Pay transparency is an internationally recognized tool in closing the gender pay gap. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, the International Labour Organisation and...

Traveller women experience stark health inequalities due to structural inequalities and social determinants of health, including poor accommodation conditions, poverty, illiteracy and discrimination.1 Traveller women have also identified significant barriers to health services, including: discrimination and racism (both at individual...

On the eve of the National Day of Action against Homelessness and the Housing Crisis (7th April 2018), the National Women’s Council of Ireland has launched a paper documenting the impact of homelessness on women’s health. The paper outlines...

In February 2018, NWCI made a submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health which is undertaking Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Assisted Human Reproduction (AHR) Bill. NWCI welcomes the development of legislation on AHR, which when implemented can have a significant...

A Chathaoirleach and members of the committee, Thank you for the invitation to appear before the Committee and the opportunity to comment on the Equality Budgeting initiative led by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DEPR) and undertaken by...

In January 2018, NWCI welcomed the opportunity to input into the work of the Joint Oireachtas Committee to develop ‘a single, long-term vision for mental health care and the direction of mental health policy in Ireland’. As the differing health needs...

NWCI made a submission to the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland. Our submission addresses the reform of policing as it relates to women and equality for women in Ireland, focusing on two key themes – women in leadership...

The Community Platform is a network of 27 national networks and organisations in the community and voluntary sector working to address poverty, social exclusion and inequality. On the 12th December, Universal Health Coverage Day, the Community Platform of which NWCI are...

NWCI’s mission is to achieve equality for women, central to that is the achievement economic independence and economic equality. The gap in earnings between women and men goes to the heart of inequality between women and men in the...