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1. NWCI welcomes Minister Flanagan’s statement on a Commission of Inquiry with full statutory powers
Excerpt: …National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today welcomes Minister Flanagan’s statement that a full Commission of Inquiry will be established to deal with the abusive practices which occurred in Mother and Baby Homes. Rachel Doyle, Head of Outreach at NWCI said, “NWCI welcome the news that the government has recognised…
Section: Latest News
Excerpt: …National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today called on the government to initiate a fully independent judicial inquiry into the care system in mother and baby homes, the extremely high infant mortality rates and the burial of children in unmarked graves. The inquiry must involve the abusive practices of the…
Section: Latest News
Excerpt: …Action for Choice (previously Action on X) has is a feminist organisation and has campaigned vigorously for the introduction, as a minimal first step, of legislation on foot of the Supreme Court judgement in the Miss X case. Action for Choice is now continuing to fight for women's right to…
Section: Our Members
Excerpt: …The Irish Traveller Movement (ITM) is a national network of organisations and individuals working within the Traveller community. ITM was established in 1990 and now has over eighty Traveller organisations from all parts of Ireland in its membership. The Irish Traveller Movement consists of a partnership between Travellers and settled…
Section: Our Members
6. NWCI meeting with Fadwa Barghouti
Excerpt: …NWCI were privileged to meet the lawyer Fadwa Barghouti through Noreen Byrne of the Palestine Solidarity group on the 8th May 2014 before her presentation to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade. Her husband Marwan Barghouti has been in jail in Israel for almost 20 years. Her…
Section: Latest News
Excerpt: …To mark the European and Local elections, of 23 May 2014, NWCI published the Women Rising Manifesto and held the Women Rising Series. The manifesto outlined the issues of greatest importance to our members at election time. These issues include violence against women, women in decision making, and women’s economic…
Section: Static Pages
8. Sexual violence services must be restored to sustainable levels
Excerpt: …National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today condemned the temporary closure of Mid-West Rape Crisis centre and said that amid huge demand, sexual violence services must be restored to sustainable levels. Orla O’Connor, Director of National Women’s Council of Ireland said, “Yesterday’s news that Rape Crisis Mid-West is facing a…
Section: Latest News
Excerpt: …It has been several weeks since armed attackers stormed a school dormitory in Chibok, northern Nigeria and abducted nearly 300 girls - most of whom have not been seen since. NWCI are seeking your support in this action to ensure that the Department of Foreign Affairs and relevant Nigerian Embassy…
Section: Take Action
10. Second pre-school year will be important for children and parents.
Excerpt: …National Women’s Council of Ireland today welcomed the commitment to introduce a second pre-school year for all children as announced by Minister Frances Fitzgerald at the launch of ‘Better Outcomes: Brighter Future: the National Policy Framework for Children and Young People 2014-2020’ Alice-Mary Higgins, Policy Officer with the NWCI stated; “A…
Section: Latest News
11. A very successful International Women’s Week for NWCI
Excerpt: …A massive thanks to all our supports we met during International Women's Week! From the launch of A Parliament of All Talents: Building a Women Friendly Oireachtas, to our Soapbox on O'Connell St, to all the events in between, International Women's Week was manic in the best possible way, and…
Section: Latest News
12. Women Rising Events in Dublin and Cork
Excerpt: …Voters got the opportunity to meet with and discuss issues relating to gender with local and European election candidates in Dublin and Cork at our "Women Rising" cafe style events. For far too long Ireland has been known for the lack of gender equality in its political decision making with…
Section: Latest News
Excerpt: …National Women's Council of Ireland attended a ceremony on April 2 2014 where monument was unveiled to the 222 children who died at a Protestant children’s home and were buried in unmarked graves. While the Department of Justice offered bethany survivors money toward the memorial, to date these survivors have…
Section: Latest News
Excerpt: …NWCI's youth initiative, The Y-Factor and the USI teamed up for the first ever national student Gender Conference. The event kickstarted International Women's Week for NWCI and The Y Factor in Gaway, bringing together student to discuss modules on topics such as Heteronormativity, Pro-Choice Activism, Trans* Activism and modules relating…
Section: Latest News
Excerpt: …Did you know that generally women and men have different experiences of cardiovascular health in treatment, diagnosis and health outcomes? Gender stereotyping and a lack of awareness of female symptoms (shoulder and abdominal pain rather than severe chest pain) may explain why women have significantly higher rate of death following…
Section: Latest News
16. Gender Matters - Toolkit for Implementing Gender-mainstreaming in the Health Sector
Excerpt: …This toolkit provides the Health Service Executive (HSE) and the Department of Health and Children (DOHC) with a strategic and operational plan for uncovering and tackling gender inequalities and gender differences in health. This concerns women, men and specific sub-groups of women, men. It connects with and builds on existing…
Section: Publications
Section: Publications
19. Gender Matters: Shining a spotlight on the different health needs of women and men
Excerpt: …National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today held a seminar to spotlight the different needs faced by men and women when it comes to health service planning and delivery and called on the HSE to adopt gender mainstreaming measures. Three resources highlighting why gender matters in the health services were…
Section: Latest News
Excerpt: …For too long, Ireland has been known for the lack of gender equality in political decision making. More equal representation leads to better decision making. NWCI are asking all candidates to actively promote women's rights and gender equality to make sure that women, in all their diversity, are being heard…
Section: Publications
