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1. NWC Submission on the Senior Cycle SPHE Redevelopment
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment’s brief and background paper for the redevelopment of the Senior Cycle Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) curriculum which is being updated and will be in place in September 2024. In this…
Section: Publications
2. National Observatory on Violence Against Women and Girls: Shadow Report
Excerpt: …Read the shadow report to GREVIO in respect of Ireland from the National Observatory on Violence Against Women and Girls. The Observatory is chaired and hosted by the National Women's Council
Section: Publications
3. FemFest: Young women to speak about sexual violence and harassment
Excerpt: …Women aged 16-25 will gather on Saturday to discuss topics important to them, particularly sexual violence, body diversity, and bystander culture – ie the need for everyone to play their part in addressing sexual violence and promoting zero tolerance. FemFest is organised by the National Women’s Council (NWC) and follows…
Section: Latest News
4. Survivors Informing Services and Institutions CLG (SISI)
Excerpt: …SiSi is a collective of women survivors of intimate abuse. We trust women to stand together and fight against injustice. Our mission is to support women out of isolation to become leaders and to be recognised as experts by experience. We take collective action to inform and influence the policy,…
Section: Our Members
Excerpt: …Established in 2005, our vision is to help create an Ireland where young people aged between 16 and 25 are empowered with the information they need to live active, happy, and healthy lives. We aim to educate and inform our readers about the importance of holistic wellbeing and how good…
Section: Our Members
Excerpt: …We believe that better decision making, economic sustainability and a happier society will exist by leveraging 100% of the world’s talent.
Section: Our Members
Excerpt: …We are bereaved parents who wish to help give support and encouragement to others who now face a similar loss.
Section: Our Members
8. Amber Women’s Refuge (Kilkenny)
Excerpt: …At Amber Women’s Refuge, it’s our mission to empower women and children of all cultures and backgrounds to achieve their right to live their lives free of abuse.
Section: Our Members
Excerpt: …Donegal Women’s Centre provides a space where women can pursue their own healing and development in a safe, caring and supportive environment. The centre developed from the coming together of a group of women in the late eighties who were committed to responding in a holistic way to the emotional,…
Section: Our Members
10. Every Woman: Towards Reproductive Health, Choice and Care for All
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council is calling on the Government to deliver on a new era for women’s reproductive healthcare and adopt a holistic approach to women’s needs across her lifespan with our new report 'Every Woman – Towards Reproductive Health, Care and Choice for All' . In this report, we reflect…
Section: Static Pages
11. My Body, My Choice: Abortion Rights Activism Across the Globe
Excerpt: …The National Women's Council, in partnership with Smashing Times and Frontline Defenders, hosted an online event titled 'My Body, My Choice: Abortion Activism Across the Globe' as part of the Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival on 18th October 2022. This event explored the reproductive rights movements across the island of…
Section: Static Pages
12. NWC Submission on the General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Sexual Offences and HT) Bill 2022
Excerpt: …The National Women's Council submission on the General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2022.
Section: Publications
13. Orla O’Connor: Every woman needs access to reproductive healthcare during her lifespan
Excerpt: …The past number of years have been transformative for women’s healthcare in Ireland. Abortion is now available here at home. Budget 2023 has paved the way for a further roll out of the free contraception scheme. And there are efforts underway to transform the sex education programme into a modern-day…
Section: Guest Blog
14. Every Woman: Towards Reproductive Health, Choice and Care for All
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council is calling on the Government to deliver on a new era for women’s reproductive healthcare and adopt a holistic approach to women’s needs across her lifespan. This new report 'Every Woman – Towards Reproductive Health, Care and Choice for All', highlights the need to build on…
Section: Publications
15. Written Evidence to the Oireachtas Health Committee on Safe Access Zones
Excerpt: …NWC welcomes the opportunity to provide evidence to the Oireachtas Health Committee on the new Government-sponsored Safe Access Zones Bill. At NWC, we believe this Bill represents the swiftest way to protect staff, service-users and the wider community, from ongoing threats, harassment and abuse from anti-choice activities, and must be…
Section: Publications
Excerpt: …At Certified Proud, we advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and inclusion, which shares some intersectionality with women's equality. Additionally, we advocate for the rights of the trans community, especially trans women who are experiencing increased levels of transphobia and violence.
Section: Our Members
17. Women & Gender Studies UCD School of Social Policy
Excerpt: …Over thirty years, Gender Studies at UCD has become the most established programme of its kind in Ireland with a strong international reputation for feminist research, scholarship and engagement in public policy and activism.
Section: Our Members
18. Results of NWC’s Online Survey with Women in Rural Ireland
Excerpt: …As part of our planning and preparations to host a national conference to celebrate International Day of Rural Women, NWC released an online survey hosted on the Survey Monkey platform inviting women in rural Ireland to share their views to inform the conference discussions and the development of a charter.
Section: Publications
19. NWC Gender Analysis of Budget 2023
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council releases gender analysis of Budget 2023, says that commitments to childcare and healthcare are welcome but marginalised women and women in poverty may be left behind.
Section: Publications
Excerpt: …The #ItStopsNow campaign is a student-led campaign, initiated by the National Women’s Council, which aims to tackle sexual violence and harassment faced by third level students. #ItStopsNow has three key goals: Raising awareness of issues of sexual violence and harrassment in third-institutions in Ireland and of how these impact students…
Section: Static Pages
