Published: Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Ireland's National Plan of Action to Address Female Genital Mutilation - one year since the launchFor immediate release : 25th November 2009Today marks the one year anniversary of the launch of Ireland's National Action Plan on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). One...read more
Published: Sunday, November 22, 2009
1 MILLION REASONS TO OPPOSE CUTS TO CHILD BENEFIT IN BUDGET 2010Joint appeal to be launched by PACUB, OPEN, One Family, Children's Rights Alliance and National Women's Council of IrelandThis Thursday, 26th of November 2009, a unique joint appeal will strongly oppose...read more
Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009
The National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) responded to the Minister of Social and Family Affairs, Mary Hanafin's proposals to create three different bands for Child Benefit payments as fundamentally flawed as there is no recognition for the costs of...read more
Published: Wednesday, November 04, 2009
NATIONAL WOMEN'S COUNCIL OF IRELANDPRESS STATEMENTFor immediate releaseThursday 05.11.09 Women ready and willing to bring an end to Gentlemen's Club politics, says National Women's Council of Ireland."Women are ready, willing and able to enter and change the Gentlemen's Club that...read more
Published: Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Click here to view the proclamation in PDF format.The Community Development Alliance has set up a new agency to protect the most vulnerable people in Ireland. CAMA aims to protect the Community Development Projects that are being closed down...read more
Published: Tuesday, November 03, 2009
PRESS STATEMENTFor immediate releaseWednesday 04.11.09 IRISH POLITICS A GENTLEMAN'S CLUB? The National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) today urged immediate action on the introduction of gender quotas for women in politics. The Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution are currently undertaking...read more
Published: Tuesday, October 20, 2009
The National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) joined PACUB (Parents Against Child Unfriendly Budget) at Leinster House this morning to hand over 15,000 signatures to An Taoiseach, Brian Cowen T.D, opposing any cuts or changes to child benefit.'The National...read more
Published: Tuesday, October 20, 2009
The National Women's Council of Ireland has joined the age of YouTube with an exclusive new poem by renowned poet Rita Ann Higgins. "The Darkness" is a hilarious and penetrating look at Ireland's current economic chaos and is featured on...read more
Published: Thursday, October 15, 2009
Next Monday, 19th October 2009, the National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) will launch 'Who Cares? Challenging the Myths about Gender and Care in Ireland', and will also unveil its new-look website, with a new womanly logo by designer Alison Burns...read more
Published: Monday, October 12, 2009
Launch of the NWCI Pre-Budget Submission :''While women have contributed significantly to Ireland's economic success, they have not experienced the benefits of that success'' stated Orla O'Connor, Head of Policy at the National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI), launching the...read more
Published: Thursday, October 08, 2009
The National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) called on Minister for Social Family and Affairs, Mary Hanifan, TD not to cut Child Benefit in the forthcoming Budget, at the Department's Pre-Budget 2010 Forum in Dublin today (Friday 9th October, 09)According to...read more
Published: Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Susan McKay, Director of the NWCI speaking from the platform of today's national march of community workers, employers and activists, protesting against proposed cuts to community projects across the country, said 'Women didn't get the power or the wealth during...read more
Published: Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Speaking at the launch of the National Women's Council of Ireland's "No Going Back" campaign last night, Sallyann Kinahan, deputy general secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, said that those making decisions in this country were overwhelmingly "male,...read more
Published: Sunday, August 30, 2009
Women will resist budgetary cuts which, according to the National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI), would dismantle rights for which Irish women have struggled for generations. The NWCI says that cutbacks proposed in the McCarthy report, along with others which...read more
Published: Tuesday, August 18, 2009
The government must leave Child Benefit alone and abandon plans to cut, means test or tax it, according to the National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI). The NWCI has just published a briefing paper on Child Benefit entitled: 'All Our...read more
