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Published: Friday, April 11, 2025
NWC is currently recruiting for Policy and Campaigns Officer This is a critical time for women’s rights. As the leading representative organisation for women and women’s organisations with almost 200 member groups across the island of Ireland,...
Published: Wednesday, April 29, 2015
NWCI is supporting a YES vote in the Marriage Equality Referendum on 22 May, as mandated by our membership. And we hope you will join us, as individuals and as organisations, in promoting the YES vote. The women’s movement...
Published: Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Those of you who came to the opening of NWCI's new home, or who attended our seminar on representations of women's work last July will be familar with Katie O'Kelly's solo show COUNTER CULTURE. COUNTER CULTURE...
Published: Thursday, March 12, 2015
On this page we have collated some speeches and resources from the Beijing+20 conference in Dublin Castle, 20 February 2015 Speeches Women's Rights: One of the great ethical Issues of our Time President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins Beijing+20:...
Published: Tuesday, February 03, 2015
Read our submission to the Working Group on Seanad Reform. Following an open call from the Working Group, NWCI made a submission calling on the Working Group to take the lead on political reform in Ireland and make the Seanad...
Published: Monday, January 26, 2015
National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) wants to hear voices and experiences of women and men including women and men who are transgender in accessing health services and get feedback on the HSE maternity services charter. NWCI is...
Published: Tuesday, January 06, 2015
A massive thank you to the hundreds of people who participated in NWCI’s New Year’s Poll! Nollaig na mBan faoi mhaise daoibh – we hope you all have a fabulous Women’s Christmas! If you...
Published: Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Most men celebrate and respect women – they don’t control them. Good men protect and care for children. Today men are proudly standing up and declaring zero tolerance on domestic violence of any kind. It’s time...
Published: Monday, October 20, 2014
National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) support Mairia Cahill and commend her bravery in sharing her story. We support Mairia, and all victims of rape and sexual assault in their search for justice. Mairia Cahill’s...
Published: Monday, September 22, 2014
Funding to National Collective of Community Based Women's Networks is under threat post 2014, which could mean the closure of 17 NCCWN women's projects. Please show your support for the NCCWN by signing their petition.
Published: Friday, August 01, 2014
Today, the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence will become an active legal instrument, having achieved – and surpassed – the number of State ratifications required to bring it into force. Of...
Published: Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Tue, 29 Jul 2014 Today’s publication of the annual CSO Women and Men in Ireland Report has been welcomed by the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI). “The annual Women and Men in Ireland Report is an...
Published: Wednesday, July 16, 2014
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI), is very concerned about the Government’s commitment to the successful implementation of the gender quotas at the next General Election. NWCI have questioned the Taoiseach’s commitment to...
Published: Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Just a few snippets from our recent 'So Tell Me Why We Still Need Feminism' event where the guests took the opportunity to write down exactly whey they personally think we still need feminism. The last one is our favourite ...
Published: Monday, June 16, 2014
Our recent event, "So Tell Me Why We Still Need Feminism" brought a huge gathering of women and men together to explore why we still feminism today. Apart from our wonderful speakers, we also had a great selection of exhibitors...
Published: Thursday, April 17, 2014
National Women’s Council of Ireland today welcomed the commitment to introduce a second pre-school year for all children as announced by Minister Frances Fitzgerald at the launch of ‘Better Outcomes: Brighter Future: the National Policy Framework...
Published: Tuesday, March 11, 2014
NWCI are in favour of - Paternity or Partner Leave of 2 weeks with potential to rise to one month in the future. - This should be in addition to the existing 26 weeks Maternity Leave. - We are also in...
Published: Tuesday, February 11, 2014
The Aim of this Research The National Women’s Council of Ireland youth initiative, the Y Factor, are seeking a suitably qualified researcher(s) to undertake research on young women and labour market activation, looking at unemployment, emigration and...
Published: Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Thank you to the NWCI team who joined us in the Flora Women's Mini Marathon. We had a good day, got some exercise and fresh air, raised awareness of who we are and what we do and did a...
Published: Monday, December 16, 2013
As we come to the end of 2013 we wanted to share with you some of successes for women that have been achieved by NWCI and all of our supporters in our campaign for women's equality. 2013 has been a significant...
Published: Monday, December 09, 2013
Are you sick of being told how to drop a dress size in time for Christmas, do you struggle with childcare over Christmas, or are you concerned about the rise in domestic violence that the Christmas period brings? Is your...
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