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1. Submission on the European Semester and Ireland’s National Reform Programme 2024
Excerpt: …Key to tackling structural gender inequalities is government investment in public services and social infrastructure. This is necessary for advancing women’s equality in Ireland and for the evolution of our society into a fair and equitable one. The National Reform Programme 2024 (NRP) must lay the groundwork for a significant,…
Section: Publications
Excerpt: …NWC submits that the state should move away from the aspects of the social protection system which are based on dependent payments such as the Increase for a Qualified Adult (IQA), towards a fully individualised social protection system where each person is entitled to appropriate income and other supports in…
Section: Publications
3. A Feminist Vision of Care and Equality
Excerpt: …ActionAid Ireland and the National Women’s Council have jointly launched a report, a Feminist Vision of Care and Equality, which shows inextricable links between care, gender and economic inequality both at a global and national level. Significantly more care work, both paid and unpaid, is done by women than men…
Section: Publications
4. Care Section of the Baseline Research - Feminist Communities for Climate Justice project
Excerpt: …As part of the Feminist Communities for Climate Justice project, a team of researchers from the Department of Applied Social Studies at University College Cork – Dr. Fiona Dukelow, Dr. Catherine Forde, and Edith Busteed – created a baseline review of Irish climate policy and its impacts on women and…
Section: Publications
5. - Feminist Communities for Climate Justice - Resources and Events
Excerpt: …* See the Project's responses and submissions to policies and plans here. Feminist Climate Justice Report Feminist Climate Justice full report Feminist Climate Justice report summary From Challenge to Change: The Climate Crisis and Women's Mental Health See recording of the event we co-hosted with the Women's Mental Health Network…
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6. Community Law and Mediation
Excerpt: …Community Law & Mediation is an independent community focused law centre, established in 1975. They provide free legal advice, mediation and education services in communities impacted by social exclusion, disadvantage and inequality. They also work to advance policy and law reform, informed by the issues coming through our services.
Section: Our Members
Excerpt: …The Irish Heart Foundation the national stroke and heart charity of Ireland. A community of people who fight to protect the cardiovascular health of everyone in Ireland.
Section: Our Members
8. The Unforgettable Women’s Network
Excerpt: …The Unforgettable Women’s Network - TUWN is a service for women which promotes and encourages the equal valuing of the female person in society by developing women’s capacities through education, development and training. TUWN believes every woman is important and so advocates for women's repositioning in society free of gendered…
Section: Our Members
Excerpt: …Women’s Aid Federation Northern Ireland (WAFNI) was established in 1978 and has developed to become the lead expert voluntary organisation challenging and addressing domestic abuse and Violence Against Women and Girls in Northern Ireland. https://www.womensaidni.org/get-help/
Section: Our Members
10. Latina Women Against Violence
Excerpt: …LWAV is a non-profit, self-organised community group run by and for Latin American migrant women living in Ireland who fight against domestic violence and other types of violence against women. One of their main goals is to bridge the gap between women experiencing gender-based violence and the various service providers…
Section: Our Members
11. - Feminist Communities for Climate Justice National Network
Excerpt: …The Feminist Communities for Climate Justice National Network (FCCJNN) is part of the Feminist Communities for Climate Justice project between Community Work Ireland and National Women’s Council which highlights and responds to the disproportionate impact of the climate crisis in Ireland on marginalised communities and women including Traveller and Roma, disabled people, older…
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12. Monitoring the Implementation of Zero Tolerance
Excerpt: …With support from Community Foundation Ireland, the National Observatory on Violence against Women and Girls have produced Ireland’s first monitoring report on the implementation of the first year of the Third National Strategy (June 2022-June 2023). The purpose of this report is to examine and record the Government’s successes and…
Section: Publications
13. NWC Submission on the Draft specification for Senior Cycle SPHE
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council provided feedback to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment’s draft specification for Senior Cycle Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) curriculum which is being updated and will be in place in September 2024. In this submission, NWC provides an intersectional feminist analysis of the draft…
Section: Publications
14. Ethnic Minority Domestic Abuse Observatory
Excerpt: …This group consists of over thirty women individuals. These women represent different organizations and NGOs. Campaigning the rights of ethnic women and creating awareness on domestic violence specifically linked with ethnic minority women. We meet online on weekly basis and set up agendas ourselves to discuss issues around women generally…
Section: Our Members
15. Saoirse Domestic Violence Services
Excerpt: …Our vision is a society where DVA is never tolerated or silenced, empowering women and children to live in safety, free from fear. ---Provide a range of life saving and life changing supports empowering women and children on their journey to safety and recovery. ---Provide accommodation and specialist domestic violence…
Section: Our Members
Excerpt: …Treoir: The national federation of services for unmarried parents and their children In 1976 various agencies working with unmarried parents formed a federation to channel efforts to improve the quality of the services provided to unmarried parents and their children. Members include self-help organisations, adoption societies, maternity hospitals, childcare organisations,…
Section: Our Members
Excerpt: …Wexford Women’s Refuge provide a safe, confidential, non-judgmental support service for women experiencing violence in County Wexford & respite from all other areas. We provide information & crisis accommodation to women about their options so that they can make their own decisions about their future.
Section: Our Members
Excerpt: …Leitrim for Choice, dedicated to campaigning for abortion on demand and without apology, in Leitrim and everywhere. Reproductive justice is a human right
Section: Our Members
19. Constitutional change: how to bring feminist and disability perspectives together
Excerpt: …Why is constitutional change important? I want to start by asking the question: to what extent constitutional change is important? In my view, when we consider our recent history, there have been times when strategic constitutional change has been enacted and that fundamental social change has followed. For example, establishing…
Section: Guest Blog
20. - Community Work in a Changing Ireland Certificate
Excerpt: …APPLICATIONS FOR THE CERTIFICATE PROGRAMME CLOSED ON NOVEMBER 20TH - thank you to all applicants for the huge interest in the course! Do you care about climate justice issues impacting communities, especially marginalised groups within those communities? Do you want to learn more about basic climate science information and how…
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