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1. Shape the Future of Contraception Access in Ireland – Join a Focus Group
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council, in partnership with the Department of Health and Trinity College Dublin, is conducting research into women's experiences, attitudes, and awareness of contraception and the Free Contraception Scheme in Ireland. This research will help inform policy and service design to ensure contraception is accessible, inclusive, and responsive…
Section: Guest Blog
2. Dáil vote this evening puts spotlight on childcare crisis
Excerpt: …Following the Dáil vote on childcare this evening (14th May), the Together for Public alliance called on the Government to take immediate action to tackle the crisis in early years education. The vote today follows last week’s debate on the motion put forward by Sinn Féin TD Claire Kerrane supporting…
Section: Latest News
3. Stronger, faster action on climate change needed to protect mental health
Excerpt: …An event held today by the Women’s Mental Health Network, a joint initiative from the National Women’s Council and St Patrick’s Mental Health Services, has reinforced the profound implications of climate change for mental health, with a special focus on women’s mental health. Speakers at the event highlighted the vital…
Section: Latest News
4. NWC is currently recruiting for a Women’s Health Officer
Excerpt: …This is a critical time for women’s rights. As the leading representative organisation for women and women’s organisations with almost 200 member groups across the island of Ireland, we are at the forefront of campaigning for women’s rights and equality. We are now seeking a Women’s Health Officer to lead…
Section: Latest News
5. NWC welcomes Dáil motion for Action on Public Childcare
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council (NWC) today (7th May) welcomed the motion on public childcare calling on the Government to take urgent action to tackle the crisis in early years education and care, and to engage with the asks of the Together for Public Alliance for a Public System of Early…
Section: Latest News
6. 100 days later, where is the Government’s action on childcare?
Excerpt: …100 days into the new Government, childcare campaigners from the Together for Public Alliance will gather outside Leinster House today (1st May) at 12:45 pm to call for Government action to tackle the ongoing childcare crisis. Some families in Ireland are paying up to €1,570 for full-time daycare per month,…
Section: Latest News
7. NWC launches ‘A Feminist Shared Future’ report in Belfast
Excerpt: …Women from across Northern Ireland and beyond have come together to demand a future where they are not just participants, but architects of change - a future where gender equality, the unequal sharing of care work, economic inequality, and violence against women are placed at the heart of any constitutional…
Section: Latest News
Excerpt: …In response to the publication of the Government’s Climate Action Plan 2025, Feminist Communities for Climate Justice (FCCJ), a joint project by the National Women’s Council and Community Work Ireland, today (16th April 2025) expressed its disappointment at the 4 month delay and said that the plan fails to harness…
Section: Latest News
9. JOIN OUR TEAM: Policy and Campaigns Officer
Excerpt: …NWC is currently recruiting for Policy and Campaigns Officer This is a critical time for women’s rights. As the leading representative organisation for women and women’s organisations with almost 200 member groups across the island of Ireland, we are at the forefront of campaigning for women’s rights and equality. An…
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10. JOIN OUR TEAM: Membership and Communications Coordinator (Maternity Leave Cover)
Excerpt: …NWC is currently recruiting for a Membership and Communications Coordinator (Maternity Leave Cover) This is a critical time for women’s right. As the leading representative organisation for women and women’s organisations with almost 200 member groups across the island of Ireland, we are at the forefront of campaigning for women’s rights…
Section: Latest News
11. Women and families can’t wait any longer for childcare
Excerpt: …As we approach the first 100 days of the new Government, the National Women’s Council (NWC) today (9th April) called on them to deliver on their childcare election promises. NWC said that the voters are still waiting for significant action to tackle the ongoing crisis in early childhood education and…
Section: Latest News
12. National Women’s Council calls for urgent action to end Sex for Rent exploitation
Excerpt: …The Private Members Bill Prohibition of Advertising or Importuning Sex for Rent Bill 2025, introduced by Labour Senator Laura Harmon in the Seanad puts a much needed spotlight on the devastating impact of sex for rent exploitation on vulnerable women and the urgent need to criminalise this form of exploitation,…
Section: Latest News
13. Legislation to criminalise the purchase of sex is key to ending violence against women
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council (NWC) today (26th March 2025) welcomed the long-awaited publication of the Review of Part 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 and highlighted the important role of the legislation in achieving a zero tolerance approach to violence against women. The policy and legislative landscape…
Section: Latest News
14. 30 years after Beijing, progress on women’s rights and equality is under threat
Excerpt: …30 years ago, 189 governments from across the world signed the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which became the most comprehensive and visionary agenda ever for gender equality and the human rights of all women and girls. Marking Beijing’s 30th anniversary and in the run up to Ireland’s examination…
Section: Latest News
15. Survivor voices are key to tackling violence against women
Excerpt: …Marking the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action at the CSW in New York next week, the National Women’s Council (NWC) and the Irish Consortium on Gender Based Violence will hold an event ‘GBV Survivors Leading the Way to Change’ on the 20th March to highlight the crucial…
Section: Latest News
16. Women must be key architects of Ireland’s future
Excerpt: …Since the Brexit referendum in 2016, conversations about the constitutional future of the island of Ireland have gained momentum. In this pivotal time, women must be key architects of Ireland’s future and the crucial issues they are facing, such as the unequal sharing of care work, economic inequality and violence,…
Section: Latest News
17. The Women’s Assembly: A Feminist Shared Future
Excerpt: …Ireland is undergoing profound political and social change, from the lasting impact of Brexit and the Good Friday Agreement to urgent global challenges like climate change and the rise of the far right. Despite these issues deeply affecting women’s lives, their voices have often been absent from key discussions. The…
Section: Publications
19. All Aboard – Public transport must be accessible to all
Excerpt: …Most of our trips in Ireland are taken by car, but 68% of all trips are for distances of less than 10km. (National Household Travel Survey (2023) Providing active and public transport is key to tackling the climate emergency but to achieve this, significant change across our transport system is…
Section: Latest News
20. Mary McAleese chairs Women’s Assembly on future of the island of Ireland
Excerpt: …50 women thought leaders from across the island of Ireland gathered in Dublin today (Tuesday, 11th February) to explore and elevate women’s perspectives on the future of the island of Ireland through a feminist lens. The gathering was the second day of the ‘Women’s Assembly’ chaired by former President Mary…
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