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No further Cuts to Child Benefit : NWCI responds to IMF suggestions

Published: Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Child Benefit is critical for families to support the costs of raising children. Now more than ever low and middle income families are relying on Child Benefit as an essential part of household budgets, stated Orla O'Connor, Acting CEO National...read more

Female smoking in Ireland reaches crisis point

Published: Tuesday, July 03, 2012

Female smoking in Ireland reaches crisis point as 'Big Tobacco' targets Irish women and girlsIrish Cancer Society hosts conference to address women and smoking problemWednesday, 4th July 2012: At a conference in Dublin today the Irish Cancer Society will highlight how...read more

Ireland should legislate for corporate quotas

Published: Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Press ReleaseThe National Women's Council of Ireland today called on the government to legislate for quotas to increase the number of women on corporate Boards, before an EU directive forces us to.Commenting, at the end of the EU consultation,...read more

Affordable Childcare for All by 2014: Wishing Won’t Get Us There, Minister

Published: Monday, April 23, 2012

Dublin, 24 April 2012 - The three organisations behind the 7 Is Too Young campaign have said that they continue to have grave concerns about changes to the One Parent Family Payment as set out in Section 4 of the Social Welfare and Pensions...read more

OPEN, Barnardos and the National Women’s Council of Ireland welcome Joan Burton’s acknowledgement

Published: Wednesday, April 18, 2012

OPEN, Barnardos and the National Women's Council of Ireland have welcomed Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton's, acknowledgment that lone parents should not lose the One Parent Family Payment when their youngest child reaches the age of 7 unless a comprehensive...read more

National Women’s Council of Ireland urges TDs to support legislation on abortion

Published: Wednesday, April 18, 2012

The NWCI welcomes the tabling of legislation on abortion to give effect to the X case in the Dail this evening by Clare Daly TD by way of the Medical Treatment (Termination of Pregnancy in Case of Risk to Life...read more

7 is Too Young

Published: Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Passing the Social Welfare Bill in its current format will push more one-parent families into poverty. OPEN, Barnardos and the National Women's Council of Ireland have expressed serious concerns that proposed changes to the One Parent Family Payment in the...read more

‘Minister, I’m 7. Who’s going to mind me?’ Statement by OPEN, Barnardos and the National Women’s Cou

Published: Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Press ReleaseĀ OPEN, Barnardos and the National Women's Council of Ireland have expressed serious concern at proposals to change the One Parent Family Payment (OPFP) outlined in the Social Welfare Bill, published today. The three organisations said that measures in...read more

PRESS RELEASE National Women’s Council of Ireland call for interim measures to vindicate the rights

Published: Tuesday, April 03, 2012

04 April 2012The NWCI welcomes the move by the Council of Europe to question the Irish government on what interim measures it has in place to respond to women with life threatening pregnancies, while the government ponders over the implementation the 2010...read more

Less than 1 in 4 ‘on-air’ voices are women.

Published: Thursday, March 15, 2012

A new survey conducted by the National Women's Council of Ireland shows that less than one quarter of voices in radio news and current affairs broadcasting are women.The survey was conducted in March as part of research for the...read more

‘Women’s Rights are Human Rights’ Women’s Human Rights Alliance addresses United Nations

Published: Thursday, March 15, 2012

Abortion reform, justice for survivors of Magdalen institutions and stronger protections for women experiencing violence were among some of the issues raised at the United Nations today by the Women's Human Rights Alliance (WHRA) Ireland. Addressing the UN Human Rights...read more

National Women’s Council of Ireland welcomes the recommendations of the All Party Oireachtas Report

Published: Monday, March 12, 2012

The National Women's Council welcomes the All Party Oireachtas Report on the Single Working Age Payment and the specific inclusion of the needs of women on social welfare. 'The NWCI particularly welcome the recommendation that 'any programme of social welfare...read more

National Women’s Council of Ireland and SIPTU call for action on the Gender Pay Gap in Ireland on E

Published: Thursday, March 01, 2012

Press ReleaseThe Gender pay gap in Ireland is 17.1% according to a new publication launched by the EU Commission on the Gender Pay Gap today. Young women earn more than 90% of male wages but this falls to 71.5% in the 35-44 age...read more

Executive Board of National Women’s Council of Ireland accepts resignation of Susan McKay as CEO

Published: Friday, January 27, 2012

Press Release27 January 2012The Executive Board of the National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) has today regretfully accepted the resignation of Ms. Susan McKay as Chief Executive of the NWCI with immediate effect.Susan McKay has been Chief Executive of...read more

Historic bill tastes bittersweet after budget cutbacks

Published: Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Press Release Historic bill tastes bittersweet after budget cutbacks The publication today of a historic bill to increase the numbers of women involved in politics comes against the background of an anti-women budget. The Electoral (Amendment) (political funding) bill 2011 makes...read more

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