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Excerpt: …The National One Parent Family Alliance (NOPFA) has today called for Budget 2022 to prioritise one parent families. Launching the Alliance’s pre-budget priorities, Chair of the Alliance, Karen Kiernan of One Family said: “Years of reports, research and evidence has confirmed what we already know from frontline services – One-parent…
Section: Latest News
2. Invitation to Tender: Model GREVIO Shadow and Implementation Reports
Excerpt: …NWC, on behalf of the Irish Observatory on Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG), is seeking a researcher to undertake the development of: 1. A Model Shadow Report[1] 2. An Implementation Report[2] The project aims to build the capacity of the Observatory on VAWG in their civil society reporting (either…
Section: Latest News
3. Submission on Irelands CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027.
Excerpt: …We welcome the opportunity to make this submission to Ireland’s CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027. This significant investment offers a real opportunity to support women in agriculture, countering the perception that farming is a male occupation and shifting the cultural bias from male successors. This can be achieved through providing equal…
Section: Publications
4. NWC All-Island Women’s Forum
Excerpt: …Led by the National Women’s Council (NWC), the All-Island Women’s Forum aims to address underrepresentation of women and further develop women’s role in peacebuilding and civic society. The Women’s Forum will also support building sustainable North South links, provide a space for marginalized communities, and build better understanding and inter-community…
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5. Towards a National Action Plan Against Racism in Ireland
Excerpt: …NWC and women’s organisations across Ireland must speak out against racism and emerging far right groups/movements in Ireland and globally. The voices of women and people directly affected by racism must be central to our discussions. Racism and discrimination have a major impact on the lives of women and their…
Section: Publications
6. A Care Economy for a Fair Economy – Investing and Delivering for Women in Budget 2022
Excerpt: …Women entered the pandemic with fewer resources – less wealth, lower incomes, greater unpaid care responsibilities and a reliance on low paid and precarious work. A year on, it is clear that the immediate gendered effects of the pandemic have been followed by a deepening of persistent gender inequalities including…
Section: Publications
7. NWC is delighted to announce that the Digital Repository of Ireland has joined as a member group.
Excerpt: …NWC is delighted to announce that the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) has joined as a member group. DRI is a national digital repository for Ireland’s humanities, social sciences, and cultural heritage data, providing reliable, long-term, sustained access to social and cultural digital data. DRI is committed to recognising, recording, and preserving…
Section: Latest News
Excerpt: …LGBT Ireland is a national charitable organisation which provides quality services to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex + (LGBTI+) people across the country. Informed by the issues and experiences raised through their frontline services, they also undertake extensive training and advocacy work to enhance the visibility, inclusion and rights…
Section: Our Members
9. ICCL Irish Council Civil Liberties
Excerpt: …ICCL is Ireland's oldest human rights organisation founded in 1976 by Mary Robinson and other prominent activists, ICCL is fully independent of government and business and fearless in our advocacy. Our mandate is to speak truth to power, even when it is unpopular or difficult. We work to ensure that…
Section: Our Members
10. Merchant’s Quay Ireland MQI
Excerpt: …Merchant’s Quay Ireland MQI provides homelessness support services so no-one has to face homelessness or addiction alone, and where everyone has the support they need to reduce the harm caused by homelessness and addiction and to build a better life; an inclusive society where everyone is treated with dignity and…
Section: Our Members
11. NWC Submission to the Department of Social Protection on Budget 2022
Excerpt: …NWC calls for investment in the care economy to be a hallmark of Budget 2022.
Section: Publications
12. Women in Rural Communities Paper
Excerpt: …This paper is informed by the perspectives of our members and the lived experience of women. NWC has many rurally based organisations in its membership. It seeks to analyse women’s equality and human rights issues from a rural perspective and makes recommendations for the advancement of women’s equality in rural…
Section: Publications
13. Disabled Women’s Group Submission to Third National Strategy on DSGBV
Excerpt: …The Disabled Women’s Group (DWG) was established in March 2020. The DWG have been working collectively on the inclusion and visibility of disabled women across the National Women’s Council (NWC) strengthening the policy and advocacy work on health, care, violence against women, economic independence, participation and leadership. This submission is…
Section: Publications
14. NWC Submission on the Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender- Based Violence
Excerpt: …NWC welcome the opportunity to make a submission on the Third National Strategy (TNS) on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (DSGBV). We also welcome the alignment of the TNS with the obligations set forth in the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence.1…
Section: Publications
15. NWC gives evidence at the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Excerpt: …At the beginning of June, NWC gave evidence at the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage. 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…
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16. We are recruiting for a Head of Mobilisation and Campaigns
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council is the leading national representative organisation for women and women’s groups in Ireland, founded in 1973. We have over 190-member groups and a large and growing community of individual supporters. The ambition of the National Women’s Council is an Ireland where every woman enjoys true equality,…
Section: Latest News
17. Joint statement on unanswered calls by An Garda Síochána
Excerpt: …NWC, ICCL, FLAC and SiSi are calling for an independent review of the cancelled emergency calls and the failure of An Garda Síochána (AGS) to appropriately respond to emergency calls since the start of 2019. This request follows the concerns raised by members of the Policing Authority at its meeting with…
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18. NWC is currently recruiting for a Finance Officer
Excerpt: …NWC is currently recruiting for a Finance Officer This is an exciting time for NWC. Change is happening for women in Ireland, and we would like you to be part of that. If you are passionate about feminism and women’s equality, are an excellent communicator and have experience in accounts and…
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19. We are recruiting for a Women’s Health Officer
Excerpt: …NWC is currently recruiting for a Women’s Health Officer. This is an exciting time for NWC. Change is happening for women in Ireland, and we would like you to be part of that. If you are passionate about feminism and women’s equality, are an excellent communicator and have experience in…
Section: Latest News
20. We are recruiting for a Digital Campaigns and Communications Officer
Excerpt: …NWCI is currently recruiting for a Digital Communications and Fundraising Officer This is an exciting time for NWC. Change is happening for women in Ireland, and we would like you to be part of that. If you are passionate about feminism and women’s equality, are an excellent communicator and have…
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