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Category: Press Releases
Published: Wednesday, March 04, 2026
At a rally at the Dáil tomorrow (4 March), the National Women’s Council (NWC) will call for better-paid and more family leave. Ahead of International Women’s Day, NWC say maternity, paternity, adoptive, and parent&rsquo...
Published: Friday, February 20, 2026
The impact of environmental breakdown, and the strategies to mitigate against it, are being felt differently by women and marginalised communities. This must be considered when planning for climate change, ...
Published: Tuesday, February 10, 2026
The National Women’s Council says women and children are being trapped between abuse and homelessness The National Women’s Council is calling for stronger legal protections that would allow women and children in abusive situations to remain...
Published: Monday, February 09, 2026
We need equality data to understand access of disabled women, migrant women, and Traveller and Roma women to public services Press release for immediate release As a member of the National Equality Data Strategy Working Group, NWC welcomes the publication...
Published: Wednesday, January 14, 2026
The National Women’s Council (NWC), with support and funding from HSE Mental Health, is seeking an experienced researcher or research team to support the design and development of a Gender-Sensitive Toolkit. This Toolkit will serve as a practical,...
Published: Wednesday, December 17, 2025
NWC welcomes positive actions in childcare Plan but warns that real structural reform is needed in the next Phase The National Women’s Council (NWC) today (17th December) ...
Published: Friday, December 12, 2025
National Women’s Council welcomes recommendation to set up women’s museum The National Women’s Council (NWC) today (12th December 2025) welcomed the wide-ranging recommendations by the Government’s Advisory Committee on Women’s Stories...
Published: Thursday, December 11, 2025
The Feminist Communities for Climate Justice (FCCJ) project, a partnership between the National Women’s Council of Ireland and Community Work Ireland, today (11th December) called on the Government to build on the success of round 1 of the Climate,...
Published: Friday, November 28, 2025
Housing solutions are core to ending violence against women. This is a key finding of a major new report by the National Women's Council launched today (28th November) which shows the need to clearly recognise this mutually reinforcing relationship...
Published: Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Ireland remains an outlier in Europe when it comes to early childhood education and care and family leave. Despite welcome increases in public investment and extensions to leave, Ireland’s system still lacks the structural reforms needed to...
Published: Tuesday, November 18, 2025
The National Women’s Council (NWC) today welcomed the publication of the new National Strategy for Women and Girls which highlights the Government’s commitment to gender equality as a core principle of public policy and law in...
Published: Thursday, November 13, 2025
The National Women’s Council (NWC) today (13th November) welcomed the report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs, and Migration which was released today as part of Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the...
Published: Friday, November 07, 2025
The National Women’s Council (NWC) is delighted to announce Corrinne Hasson as its new Executive Director. Corrinne will be taking up the position in the coming months. Dr Jennifer Okeke, Chairperson of NWC said, “We warmly welcome...
Published: Wednesday, November 05, 2025
National Women’s Council report explores how women’s political representation in Ireland has influenced reproductive rights and gender-based violence policy Women leaders are more likely to diversify policy agendas, increase their parties’ emphasis on social justice...
Published: Monday, October 20, 2025
Food is a universal human need, a necessity for human health and central to our cultural and social lives. However, the cost of food, along with the accessibility of food and shops represent barriers to accessing healthy food and the...
Published: Tuesday, October 14, 2025
“I still don’t have a GP and it’s been two years in this country.” Migrant woman on GP access. “Hospitals are not prepared for disabled people…There is no bathroom for disabled...
Published: Friday, October 10, 2025
National Women’s Council publishes detailed analysis of Budget 2026 and its impact on women Press Release, 10th October 2025 In response to Budget 2026, the National Women’s Council (NWC) today published a detailed analysis of the impact...
Published: Wednesday, October 08, 2025
In response to Budget 2026 announced yesterday (7 October), Feminist Communities for Climate Justice (FCCJ), which is a partnership between the National Women’s Council and Community Work Ireland welcomed the announcement of targeted measures to respond to...
Published: Tuesday, October 07, 2025
NWC welcomes investment in childcare, but warns that structural reform is missing Press Release, 7 October 2025 In response to Budget 2026 announced today (7 October), the National Women’s Council (NWC) welcomed investment in childcare and some targeted measures...
Published: Thursday, September 25, 2025
Together for Public, the alliance for a public system of early childhood education and care (ECEC) led by the National Women’s Council (NWC), today (Wednesday, 24 September at 10:30am) held a press conference calling on Government to make public...
Published: Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Many women and children in Ireland today are trapped in between two crises that are dominating our headlines, the housing emergency and the shocking levels of violence against women. Yet, public discussions and policy solutions often treat them as separate...
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