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1. 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…
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2. 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,…
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3. 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…
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4. 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…
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5. 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…
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6. 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,…
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7. 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…
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8. 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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9. Missing women will impact the quality of our political decision
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council (NWC) today (7th February) welcomed the nomination of 7 women by the Taoiseach to the Seanad as a step to address women’s underrepresentation in our Oireachtas. However, the overall picture of women’s representation in national politics following the General and Seanad election remains deeply disappointing. NWC is calling on…
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10. WMHN to shine light on how physical health conditions can adversely impact women’s mental health
Excerpt: …On Wednesday, 29 January, the Women’s Mental Health Network, a collaboration between St Patrick’s Mental Health Services and the National Women’s Council (NWC), is hosting an event to explore the intersection between long-term physical health conditions and women’s mental health, with media invited to attend. The event will take place…
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11. National Women’s Council expresses disappointment at gender imbalance in Irish Government
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council (NWC) today expressed its deep disappointment at the significant gender imbalance in the new Government. There are only six women amongst the record number of 23 Junior Ministers. This follows the decision to decrease the number of women in the Cabinet from 4 to 3. Rachel…
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12. Public childcare must be a priority for the next Government
Excerpt: …Alliance of over 40 organisations reminds newly elected TDs of their election promises 18th December 2024 Under the slogan ‘All we want for Christmas is public childcare’, the campaign alliance, Together for Public, gathered outside Leinster House today (Wednesday, 18th December 2024) to remind newly elected TDs of their commitments…
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13. Call for gender quotas at local level and at Cabinet
Excerpt: …The Gender Quotas Alliance has written to all new TDs, party leaders, and General Secretaries to call for urgent action on women’s representation in politics. The alliance, which is led by the National Women’s Council (NWC) and includes leading academics and advocates for Traveller, migrant, and disabled women, says there…
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14. Pension auto-enrolment fails to tackle inequality in our pension system for women
Excerpt: …While the forthcoming pension auto-enrolment scheme will increase pension coverage, it will not address the structural inequalities faced by women in our pension system and may even make them worse. This is one of the key findings of a new report “Still stuck in the Gap – Pensions Auto-enrolment from…
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Excerpt: …Feminist Communities for Climate Justice (FCCJ) – a joint project between the National Women’s Council (NWC) and Community Work Ireland (CWI) – today (5th December) hosted a webinar Safe, Warm, Green: Towards Energy Justice that highlighted the gendered nature of energy poverty and the urgent need for the next Government…
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16. No breakthrough for women in General Election 2024
Excerpt: … Responding to the results of the General Election 2024, the National Women’s Counci (NWC) today (2nd December) said that there is still no breakthrough for women. While the Gender Quota has led to a record number of women candidates (246) and the highest number of women expected to be elected…
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17. Women’s organisations call for cross-border cooperation to tackle domestic violence
Excerpt: …National Women’s Council and Women’s Aid Federation NI launch new report examining the issue of domestic violence across the island 26 November Today (26 November) the National Women’s Council (NWC) and Women’s Aid Federation NI (WAFNI), publish a pivotal new report, North South Co-operation to Tackle Violence Against Women,…
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18. Women For Election and the National Women’s Council to host joint pre-election hustings
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWC) and Women for Election are calling on general election candidates to commit to increasing women’s representation in the next Dáil term. NWC have highlighted 10 key asks for gender equality this election that would address the current barriers to women’s participation. These include…
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Excerpt: …Gender Quota leads to record number of women running in General Election 2024 Ahead of the close of nominations for the General Election tomorrow (16th November), the National Women’s Council (NWC) today (15th November) welcomed the record number of women running in the General Election as an historic opportunity to…
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Excerpt: …12 November 2024 What impact does climate change have on communities in Ireland, particularly women and marginalised communities. That’s the question posed by the Community Work in a Changing Ireland certificate programme with a new focus on feminist climate justice. The programme is run by the Department of Applied Social…
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