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1. National Women’s Council welcomes three-week extension of paid Parent’s Leave
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council (NWC) welcomed the three-week extension of paid Parent’s Leave that came into effect with the passing of the Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2021 this evening. This follows an extensive campaign by NWC and our supporters to improve family leave for young families in Ireland.…
Section: Latest News
2. Reboot Republic International Women’s Day Podcast series
Excerpt: …Reboot Republic podcast partnered with us on three episodes for International Women's Day. Our Director, Orla O'Connor co-hosted this seres with Rory Hearne. This series is now available for you to listen in. Make sure to check them out below. Creating an Inclusive Future – Disabled Women’s Voices This Reboot…
Section: Latest News
3. We must recognise that paid and unpaid work are equally valuable
Excerpt: …In its submission to the Pension Commission, the National Women’s Council (NWC) this week called for urgent action to address the deep inequalities in our pension system for women and deliver a universal State pension for all as a means to ensure income adequacy in older age and recognise that…
Section: Latest News
4. NWC addresses the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters
Excerpt: …To celebrate International Women’s Day and disabled women, Catherine Lane of the National Women’s Council and Maureen McGovern and Selina Bonnie representing NWC's disabled womens group and our group member Independent Living Movement Ireland addressed the committee. Selina and Maureen highlighted issues including violence against women, particiaption of disabled women in community, public…
Section: Latest News
5. Submission to Commission on Pensions
Excerpt: …Women experience deep inequalities in our pensions system. Gender inequalities in the labour market coupled with social norms and public policies that continue to place responsibility for care on women’s shoulders are reinforced by a pensions system that is closely linked to labour market participation. NWC recommends a universal pension…
Section: Publications
6. Being young and being a woman highest risk factors for sexual harassment
Excerpt: …Young women (18-34 year old) in Ireland are twice as likely to be subjected to sexual harassment and violence than women on average. They are also almost twice as likely to have experienced sexual harassment than their male counterparts (21% and 12% respectively) according to the latest RED C research…
Section: Latest News
7. Local Caucuses will promote more women in politics
Excerpt: …Marking the beginning of its International Women’s Week programme of events #FutureisFeminist, the National Women’s Council (NWC) today, 4th March, launched its new research report Women doing politics differently which highlights the benefits of local and regional women’s caucuses. Women’s caucuses have been established in political institutions around the world…
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8. Establishing a women’s caucus - Guidelines for Women Councillors
Excerpt: …To support women's caucuses at local level, we have developed guidelines for women councillors.
Section: Publications
9. Establishing a women’s caucus - Guidelines for Local Authorities
Excerpt: …To support the development of women's caucus at local level, we have developed guidelines for Local Authorities.
Section: Publications
10. Women doing politics differently
Excerpt: …Women’s caucuses have been established in political institutions around the world to strengthen cross-party cooperation among women politicians and to enhance the recruitment of new women candidates. Drawing on extensive research with women councillors and other key stakeholders, this report offers a pathway for the establishment of local or regional…
Section: Publications
11. Submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Excerpt: …NWC welcomes the opportunity to make a submission on the General Scheme of the Electoral reform bill. We welcome reform in this area and are supportive of a number of proposals. We are asking the commission to also address the following as part of its functions: • to take on…
Section: Publications
12. Family Justice Oversight Group - Phase 1 Consultation
Excerpt: …NWC welcomes the invitation to contribute to the Family Justice Oversight Group Phase 1 Consultation. As family law is one of the most pressing and critical issues for the women we work with, we would like to highlight some of the issues faced by women and women with children going…
Section: Publications
13. Victim’s Testimony in Rape and Sexual Assault
Excerpt: …NWC welcomes the opportunity to input into the Justice Committees consideration of a ‘victim’s testimony in cases of rape and sexual assault’. NWC’s comments reflect the lived experiences of the women that we have worked with and that have contacted us in huge numbers over many years. Rape and sexual…
Section: Publications
Excerpt: …Ireland’s allocation of EU funding under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RFF) will be €853m for 2021/2022. NWC calls for funding to be allocated to Deliver Universal Basic Services in care, health and housing; a fairer tax system so that we have sufficient resources to fund an equal and sustainable…
Section: Publications
Excerpt: …The Commission on Pensions has launched a public consultation on the future of the State pension. Women are less likely to have a private pension and more likely to be reliant on the State pension than men. Women are also less likely to have access to the full Contributory State…
Section: Latest News
16. NWC calls for the three-week extension of paid Parent’s Leave to be delivered without delay
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council (NWC) has made a Submission to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Children, Disability, Equality and Integration on the General Scheme of the Parent’s Leave and Benefit (Amendment) Bill, calling for the immediate delivery of the three-week extension of paid Parent’s Leave. The Government committed to increasing…
Section: Latest News
Excerpt: …NWC was invited to make a submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children, Disability, Equality and Integration on the General Scheme of the Parent’s Leave and Benefit (Amendment) Bill. Our submission calls for the additional three weeks Parent's Leave granted in Budget 2021 to be delivered without delay, for…
Section: Publications
18. Endometriosis Association of Ireland
Excerpt: …The Endometriosis Association of Ireland was formed in 1987, to provide information and support for women with endometriosis. The association is run on a voluntary basis, mostly by women who have endometriosis themselves.
Section: Our Members
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council (NWC) has today called on the Government to prioritise the full reopening of both primary and secondary schools, in a way that supports the safety of both workers and students, as women are now at crisis point due to continued school closures. Orla O’Connor, Director of…
Section: Latest News
Excerpt: …To enable women who are /have experienced Domestic Abuse have a stronger voice within the Inishowen peninsula.
Section: Our Members
