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Published: Tuesday, April 21, 2026
“I said, this is my second baby, and the nurse said to me, oh my God you’re not like the rest of them, at least you have got yourself on contraception” Patricia, Traveller women focus group ...
Published: Tuesday, December 05, 2006
The National Womens Council of Ireland reacted with dismay to the measures announced in Budget 2007 that affect women with high childcare costs and women in the social welfare system.This budget does nothing to advance womens equality, nor does it...
Published: Monday, September 25, 2006
Today, Minister for Health and Children, Mary Harney, T.D. launches the National Women's Council of Ireland new publication "Women's Health - Meeting International Standards".The report is being launched at a time;when the all cancer mortality (death) rate...
Published: Tuesday, September 12, 2006
The National Womens Council of Ireland launched its Pre-Budget 2007 Submission today saying that Budget 2007 is the final opportunity for this Government to fulfil the many commitments that they havmade towards improving the lives of Irish women.Orla OConnor, Head of...
Published: Wednesday, September 06, 2006
The National Womens Council of Ireland has expressed deep concern regarding the Governments Scheme for an Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill, published yesterday. Whilst there are some welcome initiatives within the Bill, the failure of Government to provide adequate protection...
Published: Tuesday, May 30, 2006
The National Womens Council of Ireland (NWCI) have reacted with outrage at the release, this afternoon, of a 41-year old man who was jailed in 2004 for having sex with a 12-year old girl. The High Courts decision to free the...
Published: Wednesday, March 08, 2006
The National Womens Council of Ireland (NWCI) are today (Thursday) set to launch a nationwide public awareness campaign to highlight the issue of trafficking in women for prostitution, for major international sporting events.The campaign Buying Sex is not a...
Published: Tuesday, March 07, 2006
International Women's Day is the story of ordinary women as makers of history; rooted in the centuries-old struggle of women to participate in society on an equal footing with men. This year, The National Womens Council of Ireland (NWCI) will...
Published: Sunday, February 19, 2006
The National Womens Council of Ireland (NWCI) welcomes the measure to include childminders within the Social Insurance system (PRSI), announced today, as part of the new Childminders Relief Measure. This measure will allow childminders to earn up to 10,000 and be...
Published: Tuesday, January 24, 2006
The National Womens Council of Ireland (NWCI) has expressed disappointment that the All-Party Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution does not favour a new definition for the family. The Committee has agreed to maintain the definition of family to be one...
Published: Monday, January 09, 2006
The National Womens Council of Ireland (NWCI) has expressed dismay at the granting of a licence to Strinnightclub to open premises in Parnell Street, in Dublin and considers that current licensing conditions appear inadequate.We view lap-dancing as being part...
Published: Tuesday, November 08, 2005
The NWCI welcomes and supports the private members motion to modernise the current social welfare system, which will be put forward for discussion in the Seanad this evening (Wednesday 9 November, 5pm).The motion, to be proposed by Senator Sheila Terry ...
Published: Thursday, July 28, 2005
The Equality Authority is to appeal the recent High Court decision on Portmarnock Golf Club to the Supreme Court. The decision to appeal is based on the serious issues raised by the case and on the far reaching consequences of...
Published: Friday, June 17, 2005
The National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) supports the call made at the first National Cervical Screening conference last Saturday (June 18th, 2005), to extend the first phase of the cervical screening programme to full population based screening. The NWCI is...
Published: Thursday, May 26, 2005
To mark International Day of Action on Women's Health (28th May 2005), the National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) will hold a special meeting in Dublin on Friday 27th May 2005.The meeting will see NWCI affiliate members and other interested parties...
Published: Monday, May 16, 2005
The National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) put pressure on the Government today (Tuesday, 17th May) to end the discrimination against women in the social welfare system by delivering 10,000 brown envelopes to Minister for Finance, Brian Cowen TD.The delivery...
Published: Sunday, April 24, 2005
This morning (Wednesday 27 April 2005) the National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) made its submission to the All-Party Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution. Since its inception in 1973, the NWCI has consistently campaigned for laws and policies that are supportive and appropriate...
Published: Wednesday, April 06, 2005
The National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) is encouraging women in Navan and surrounding areas to attend a public meeting to debate the EU Constitution.The meeting, which takes place at 8pm, on Monday 11th April in The Newgrange Hotel,...
Published: Thursday, March 03, 2005
The National Women's Council of Women (NWCI) has today reacted to the results of a survey by the Inter-Parliamentary Union, published yesterday at the UN Headquarters in New York, which shows that Irish women are among the worst represented in...
Published: Wednesday, February 23, 2005
The Freedom from Pornography Campaign was launched in Dublin this morning (Thursday 24 Feb 2005) to challenge the increased availability and proliferation of pornography in Ireland. The Campaign also aims to promote an understanding of the harm that pornography does to society...
Published: Monday, February 07, 2005
A seminar today, organised by the National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI), concluded that the social welfare system in Ireland is denying women their full economic independence and reinforces the notion of women as adult dependents and not as individuals...
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