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Published: Thursday, May 29, 2025
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) is seeking tenders from qualified individuals or organisations to conduct a research project entitled “When Women Lead: Evidence from Ireland on Gender-Responsive Policy Outcomes.” This study will examine how...
Published: Friday, February 03, 2017
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) welcomes the publication of the Domestic Violence Bill, which will pave the way for Ireland’s ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women...
Published: Friday, January 20, 2017
Ireland’s record on the protection and promotion of women’s rights will be under the microscope of the United Nations in Geneva this February, when the Irish Government will be examined under the Convention on the Elimination...
Published: Friday, January 06, 2017
On Nollaig na mBan, a day when traditionally men take over care duties, and women celebrate their Christmas, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) has launched a campaign to promote engagement with the new National Women&rsquo...
Published: Tuesday, December 20, 2016
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) welcomed the Domestic Violence Bill before Cabinet today, which will pave the way to allow for Ireland’s ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence...
Published: Friday, December 16, 2016
2016 has been a challenging year for many people active in the area of social justice and women’s equality. But in the middle of many difficult news, there have also been some really positive developments. Here are just some...
The Department of Justice and Equality recently opened its call for submissions to the new National Women’s Strategy 2017-2020. NWCI will be carrying out a significant piece of work on this most important process that will influence the...
NWCI has made a submission to the Citizens’ Assembly highlighting the voice of our 180 member organisations in Ireland. In our submission, we call on the members of the Citizens Assembly to recommend a referendum to repeal the Eighth Amendment...
Published: Thursday, December 15, 2016
Data collection and analysis around domestic and sexual violence are at crisis point in Ireland. The lack of this vital information shows that we are not doing everything we can to protect women and girls from some of the most...
Gender inequalities have a powerful impact on mental health and wellbeing. Ireland currently has a ‘gender blind’ mental health strategy and services. Having a gender perspective will positively affect how support is provided to women and men, and...
On the first Friday in December, we held our second annual #FemFest, a major conference with young women , which was the culmination of a year's worth of workshops. The day was made possible by the young women involved in...
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) welcomed the offer of compensation by Minister for Health, Simon Harris, to Amanda Mellet arising from ruling of the UN Committee on Human Rights. The Government must now take action...
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...
NWCI has today made a submission to the Citizens’ Assembly highlighting the voice of our 180 member organisations in Ireland. In our submission, we call on the members of the Citizens Assembly to recommend a referendum to repeal the Eighth...
NWCI and Age Action came together to urge TDs to support a motion from Deputy John Brady calling for pension equality. While both organisations welcomed the €5 increase to weekly pension payments in Budget 2017, we also emphasised the need...
Published: Monday, December 12, 2016
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) has welcomed the news that a minimum of 30% of all sporting boards which receive State funding must be made up of women or else they will face financial sanctions. Orla O...
Published: Wednesday, December 07, 2016
As we close out 2016, we would like to welcome four new group members to NWCI. Herizon is a not-for-profit online forum for female leadership, entrepreneurship, gender equality and gender partnership. They post weekly articles, studies, interviews on female leadership in...
The election of Donald Trump as US President shows that we can never take achievements for women’s equality for granted. We need to disucss the real-life stories of women in Ireland and show the benefits of...
Published: Tuesday, December 06, 2016
Age Action and the National Women’s Council of Ireland have urged TDs to support a motion from Deputy John Brady calling for pension equality. The motion will be debated in the Dáil on Wednesday 7 December. Both...
Published: Wednesday, November 30, 2016
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) welcomes the offer of compensation by Minister for Health, Simon Harris, to Amanda Mellet arising from ruling of the UN Committee on Human Rights. The Government must now take action to...
Published: Thursday, November 24, 2016
The Citizens’ Assembly commenced its deliberations on 15 October 2016. The Assembly comprises of the chairperson, Ms Justice Mary Laffoy, a sitting Judge of the Supreme Court, and 99 citizens randomly selected on the basis of being representative of the Irish electorate...
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