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Ireland signs Istanbul Convention

Published: Thursday, November 05, 2015

After a long campaign by the National Women's Council of Ireland, our members and women throughout the country, Ireland has finally signed the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, also known...

Ireland to be examined under CEDAW

Published: Thursday, November 05, 2015

In October NWCI co-ordinated a submission as part of Women’s Human Rights Alliance (WHRA) to the UN Committee overseeing the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). Ireland hasn’t reported...

Action Aid Campaign Training

Published: Wednesday, September 02, 2015

Are you under 30 and looking to make change in the world? Free Campaign Training for anyone interested in women’s rights, equality and change making! ActionAid is looking for eight dynamic young people to join a week of international...

Irish Heart Foundation Red Alert Campaign

Published: Wednesday, September 02, 2015

Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of women in Ireland. There needs to be public awareness of this fact because women and men have different experiences of cardiovascular health, in diagnosis, treatment and health outcomes. Women’s symptoms...

Budget 360: Turn Things Around for Women

Published: Wednesday, September 02, 2015

NWCI will launch our 2016 Pre-Budget Submission on Monday September 14. Our submission will be available on our website from 9am that morning. Ireland simply cannot afford a budget which delivers more of the same or offers only small adjustment to our...

NWCI calls on Minister Kelly to invest in women

Published: Wednesday, September 02, 2015

In a letter to the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government Alan Kelly, NWCI called for urgently-needed funding to be restored to women’s community groups in Budget 2016. Austerity and cutbacks over recent years have disseminated community development...

NWCI welcomes new domestic violence bill

Published: Wednesday, September 02, 2015

The Heads of the new Bill on Domestic Violence were published by Minister Frances Fitzgerald in July, and NWCI welcomed the new measures to be introduced to protect women from domestic violence. 1 in 5 women in Ireland experience domestic violence and...

NWCI Longford members meeting on putting women at the centre of local government planning

Published: Tuesday, September 01, 2015

The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today held a meeting with women's organisations from across the Midlands region, to explore women’s representation in local government in late June. The event was held in conjunction...

What women want to see in their #FeministFutures

Published: Tuesday, August 25, 2015

What do you want to see in your Feminist Futures? With this question NWCI started a discussion on social media a few days before our Annual General Meeting to inform the debate on the day. The response was phenomenal and...