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1. Abortion Working Group Submission to the Public Consultation of the Abortion Review
Excerpt: …The Abortion Working Group – comprising over 20 civil society organisations and healthcare providers, led by the National Women’s Council - has submitted a report to the public consultation of the 3-year review of the abortion law highlighting significant ongoing issues impeding access to care and their recommendations to address…
Section: Publications
2. National Women’s Council Statement to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality
Excerpt: …On March 10th, the National Women's Council gave their statement the Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality regarding recommendations 1-3 of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality. You can read that full statement with recommendations here.
Section: Publications
3. Croi Rath Naoi Rathnew Rathdrum Women’s Group
Excerpt: …Croi Rath Naoi is a Community Development Project in Rathnew under County Wicklow Partnerships social inclusion progrmme.
Section: Our Members
4. Cork Sexual Violence Centre
Excerpt: …The Centre provides services to survivors of rape, sexual assault and child sexual abuse. Services include a freephone helpline, counselling, accompaniment to court or the Sexual Assault Treatment Unit and training.
Section: Our Members
6. Quick Guide to submitting to the Abortion Review
Excerpt: …The public consultation to the 3-year Abortion Review is currently open until the 1st of April. We need as many submissions as possible highlighting the barriers to abortion if we’re going to improve abortion access for all women and pregnant people. We want to make the submission process to the…
Section: Publications
7. ‘Meeting the Needs of Every Woman’ research paper
Excerpt: …Read more about the experiences of women, pregnant people and service providers in our research report Accessing Abortion in Ireland: Meeting the Needs of Every Woman which outlines our key recommendations for policy and legal changes.
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Excerpt: …We are currently recruiting for the following positions Policy & Campaigns Officer – Deadline: 16th May This is a fantastic opportunities to join Ireland’s leading feminist organisation at a crucial moment for women’s rights and gender equality. Think you’re a good fit? Find out more and apply by clicking the link above. …
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11. Submission to the Commission on Taxation and Welfare
Excerpt: …It is widely accepted that the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing gender inequalities. Women took on more unpaid care and the sectors in which women work were disproportionately affected. The pandemic highlighted the male breadwinner model which still prevails in Ireland. It revealed our dependence on the unpaid care labour…
Section: Publications
12. Budget 2022 Gender Analysis
Excerpt: …Budget 2022 represents the first budget of Ireland's post-Covid 19 economic recovery. With borrowing costs currently low and tax receipts buoyant relative to recent projections, Ireland has space to implement ambitious policies aimed at tackling gender inequality and social injustices. However, progress on gender equalising budgetary policy has, to date,…
Section: Publications
13. NWC Submission-Review of the Equality Acts Legislation
Excerpt: …NWC's submission outlines our recommendations for reform of the Equality Acts Legislation
Section: Publications
14. Improving the health outcomes and experiences of the healthcare system for marginalised women
Excerpt: …This research, undertaken by the National Women's Council in partnership with Community Work Ireland, involved a series of radical listening workshops with particular groups of marginalised women who we know to have significant health needs, but who are at greater risk of having poor experience of services. The report was…
Section: Publications
Excerpt: …We are delighted to have received support from the Department of Rural and Community Development to host a conference on women in rural communities to mark International Women's Day on the 8th March 2022. As part of our preparation we have convened a planning group with our members working in…
Section: Newsflash
Excerpt: …NWC have received funding from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to develop a toolkit that can be used by all Local Authorities to enable actions to be taken to support councillors with caring responsibilities. Research will be carried out to examine the current issues for councillors with…
Section: Newsflash
17. Submission to the NCCA SPHE Curriculum Consultation
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment’s consultation on the junior cycle Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) curriculum which is being updated and will be in place in September 2022. In this submission, NWC outlines what we…
Section: Publications
18. Amal Muslim Women Led Group
Excerpt: …Amal is a Muslim women-led, non-faith based feminist organisation and our vision is world free from all forms of oppression and discrimination for the women they work with.
Section: Our Members
Excerpt: …The Women's Mental Health Network were delighted to host its second webinar of 2021 on Friday 24th of September which explored women's mental health in mid-life. With this event, the Women’s Mental Health Network wanted to place a spotlight on mental health in middle age, examining the biological changes and social determinants of…
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20. National One Parent Family Alliance Budget 2022 Priorities
Excerpt: …One parent families continue to be the group most at risk of poverty in Ireland today. Prior to the pandemic, 17% of one parent families lived in consistent poverty, 45% were experiencing enforced deprivation and almost 80% were unable to afford an unexpected expense.1 Lone parents are also more likely…
Section: Publications
