Submission to DFAT consultation on Ireland’s second National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security

Published: Monday, September 01, 2014

The National Women's Council of Ireland was integrally involved in the drafting process of the first Irish National Action Plan on United Nations resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. In response to a consultation paper circulated by the Conflict Resolution...

Civic, Social and Political Education in the New Junior Certificate Programme: NWCI/The Y Factor Submission January 2014

Published: Tuesday, January 21, 2014

National Women’s Council of Ireland Submission to the Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland

Published: Monday, January 20, 2014

NWCI Submission on the Child Family Income Support Report

Published: Monday, May 27, 2013

The submission by the National Women's Council to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection

NWCI Submission to the Constitutional Convention on Dail Electoral Reform

Published: Friday, May 17, 2013

NWCI Submission to the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children May 2013

Published: Wednesday, May 08, 2013

Review of Joint Labour Committees - Submission by the NWCI 2013

Published: Monday, March 11, 2013

The JLCs regulate areas of work that are generally paid at rates marginally above the statutory minimum wage. They are acknowledged as being important in the absence of a fair system to determine wages at this level. The JLCs are...

Putting People First - Putting Women in the Picture

Published: Sunday, January 20, 2013

This documents sets out proposals in relation to Local Government Reform. New structures must ensure the successful engagement of women and theﾠproposed policy on Community and Local Governmentﾠmust enable a focus on women, particularly marginalised and socially and...

NWCI Submission to the Review of Legislation on Prostitution

Published: Monday, November 19, 2012

Submission to the European Commission Consultation on the 2013 EU Citizenship Report ‘EU citizens

Published: Friday, September 14, 2012

The NWCI welcomes the European Commission proposal to designate 2013 as the European Year of Citizens as an important step towards building a European Union that promotes equality between women and men. However the NWCI shares the concerns of the European...

NWCI submission to the Council of Europe on A,B,C versus Ireland

Published: Thursday, August 02, 2012

The NWCI has been closely monitoring the Government response to the implementation of the A, B and C v Ireland case and we are deeply concerned with the lack of progress. NWCI views the response to date of the Irish...

NWCI Submission on New Human Rights and Equality Commission

Published: Monday, June 11, 2012

IntroductionThe National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) is the national representative organisation of women in Ireland. Our mission is to achieve women's equality, empowering women to work together, while recognising and mobilising difference, in order to remove structural political, economic,...

Additional Comments to the NWCI Observations on the Review of the National Women’s Strategy

Published: Monday, June 11, 2012

IntroductionThe NWCI welcomes the opportunity to provide additional comments to our 'Observations on the Review of the National Women's Strategy (NWS) (2007-2016)' which we submitted in July 2010. The Observations and recommendations which we made in July 2010 are still very...

Submission to Ireland’s Draft Report to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural

Published: Sunday, June 10, 2012

Women's Human Rights AllianceThe Women's Human Rights Alliance (WHRA) was established in 2001 as a coalition of women and women's organizations promoting a women's human rights approach to the advancement of women's equality in Ireland. The Alliance works to promote women's...

Consultation on Your Health is Your Wealth A Public Health Policy Framework for a Healthier Ireland

Published: Sunday, June 10, 2012

The National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) is a non-governmental organisation representing women's groups in Ireland. The NWCI currently has 170 member organisations affiliated to it, representing an estimated 500,000 women. As the representative organisation of women in Ireland, the NWCI works...