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1. New NWCI Abortion Working Group
Excerpt: …The Abortion Working Group, chaired by NWCI, is a collective of civil society organisations and healthcare providers. The purpose of the group is to provide a space for information sharing and collective advocacy for groups working to ensure safe access to abortion in Ireland. The group will advocate for the…
Section: Newsflash
2. Women in Clare call for better local services in Kilrush
Excerpt: …Women from Clare will come together at a public gathering to call for better local services in the Kilrush area today. The event is being organised by the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) and the West Clare Family Resource Centre to mark United National International Day for the Eradication…
Section: Latest News
3. Women’s Health in Ireland - New Report published
Excerpt: …October saw a great step forward for women’s health in Ireland. A new Women’s Health Taskforce has been established by the Department of Health. It will be led by Secretary General Jim Breslin and Director General of the European Institute for Women's Health, Peggy Maguire, in partnership with NWCI. It…
Section: Newsflash
4. NWCI Submission on Online Harassment, Harmful Communications & Related Offences
Excerpt: …NWCI welcomed the opportunity to respond to the Oireachtas Committee on Justice and equality consultation concerning online harassment, harmful communications and related offences. Online violence against women is an overt expression of the gender discrimination and inequality that exists offline. Violence against women is the most significant crime impacting on…
Section: Newsflash
5. NWCI welcomes investment in Early Years in Budget 2020
Excerpt: …In response to the Budget 2020 announcement by Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Katherine Zappone, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today welcomed the €54 million investment, which is largely targeted at those on lowest incomes to access Early Years Care and Education. NWCI is disappointed to see…
Section: Latest News
6. Women in Touch celebrates its 10 year anniversary
Excerpt: …We were delighted to attend the celebration of our group member Women in Touch in Granard, Co. Longford on the 8th October. Women in Touch are a peer led women's social support group. They joined NWCI in 2016. They are supported by Lus Na Greine Family Resource Centre. Eileen Finan is the Coordinator…
Section: Newsflash
7. NWCI and Community Law and Mediation launch free Employment Law Clinics for Women
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) in partnership with Community Law & Mediation (CLM) are launching a new project addressing workplace discrimination including a free employment law advice clinic for women which will run for 12 months. The new clinic, funded by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission…
Section: Latest News
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today welcomed the announcement of research to examine international best practice in relation to maintenance payments, and said that this research must lead to the establishment of a Statutory Maintenance Agency which has the potential to be a game changer for lone parents.…
Section: Latest News
9. A Briefing on Women’s Health in Ireland
Excerpt: …This document provides a briefing on women's health in Ireland. More information and statistics about women’s health can be found in the 2019 report ‘Women’s Health in Ireland - Evidence Base for the development of the Women’s Health Action Plan’ prepared by Dr Kathy Walsh on behalf of the National…
Section: Publications
10. Women’s Health in Ireland - Evidence Base
Excerpt: …2019 report ‘Women’s Health in Ireland - Evidence Base for the development of the Women’s Health Action Plan’ prepared by Dr Kathy Walsh on behalf of the National Women’s Council of Ireland, HSE and the Department of Health.
Section: Publications
11. Online harassment, Harmful Communication and Related Offences - NWCI Submission 2019
Section: Publications
12. Abortion Working Group concerned over planned 40 days of protests outside Maternity Hospital
Excerpt: …The Abortion Working Group, chaired by the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI), today expressed concerns that the failure to introduce Safety Zone legislation means an anti-abortion protest, planned for 40 days outside the national maternity hospital, will proceed next week without protections in place for women and staff. The…
Section: Latest News
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) today (18 September) was delighted to be recognised as one of the first Sustainable Development Goal champions by the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment Richard Bruton T.D. at the Ploughing Championships in Fenagh, Co. Carlow. Together with 11 other organisation, NWCI…
Section: Latest News
14. NWCI’s ‘Women for Change’ event celebrates women working for equality at local level
Excerpt: …Press Release Date 12th September 2019 The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI)’s ‘Women for Change’ event, held today, saw women from Limerick, North Cork, Mayo, Navan, Meath and Clare come together to celebrate their work to bring change at local level. The event marked the culmination of a year…
Section: Latest News
15. Pension policy is failing women
Excerpt: …The latest report by the ESRI “Gender, pension and income in retirement” published today, shows when it comes to pensions the vast inequality between women and men persists. Commenting on the findings and policy recommendations of the report, Orla O’Connor, Director of the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) said,…
Section: Latest News
16. Extended Deadline: Call for Tender - Development of NWCI’s Membership Strategy
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) is Ireland’s leading national women’s organisation. Established in 1973, NWCI represents more than 180 group members and an increasing number of individual members across Ireland. NWCI’s membership is at the heart of everything we do. For more than 45 years we have been…
Section: Latest News
17. Women for Change: A Resource for Women’s Groups and Women working for social change and equality
Excerpt: …This resource was developed by the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) following engagement with women through our Women for Change project. This resource was made possible by the support of the Training Links Fund through the Department of Education and Science. We hope that you will find this resource…
Section: Publications
18. NWCI is recruiting for the post of Women’s Economic Equality Co-Ordinator
Excerpt: …NWCI is currently recruiting for the post of: Women’s Economic Equality Co-Ordinator This is an exciting time for NWCI. Change is happening for women in Ireland and we would like you to be part of that. If you have a good understanding of women’s equality, are a strong communicator,…
Section: Latest News
19. NWCI Submission calls for free contraception
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI)’s Submission to the Department of Health on Access to Contraception has this weekend called for a scheme to provide the most effective and appropriate methods of contraception free-of-charge, provided across primary care, family planning clinics, pharmacy and hospitals. NWCI has further recommended that…
Section: Latest News
20. NWCI Submission on Access to Contraception
Excerpt: …NWCI submission on access to contraception calling for the development of a contraception scheme which provides the most effective and appropriate methods of contraception free-of-charge to all women and men who wish to avail of them.
Section: Publications
