Submission on reform of means-testing and Increase for a Qualified Adult, JOC on Social Protection

Published: Thursday, February 29, 2024

NWC submits that the state should move away from the aspects of the social protection system which are based on dependent payments such as the Increase for a Qualified Adult (IQA), towards a fully individualised social protection system where each...

Post Budget 2024 Analysis Snapshot

Published: Friday, October 13, 2023

Budget 2024 has significant positive elements for women, including investment in childcare and funding to tackle violence against women, an extension of child benefit and free secondary school books. However, it is a short-term budget that will not advance gender equality,...

The Women’s Budget: Pre-Budget Submission 2024

Published: Tuesday, October 03, 2023

Budget 2024 presents the Government with an extraordinary opportunity to invest in a future for Ireland which is sustainable, just, caring and fair – a future where the state leads in tackling gender inequalities head-on, and one in which no woman is...

NWC Submission to the Task Force on Safe Participation in Political Life

Published: Sunday, October 01, 2023

NWC Submission to the Task Force on Safe Participation in Political Life

NWC Audited Accounts 2022

Published: Monday, September 25, 2023

Final audited accounts for the National Women's Council of Ireland 2022

Input on Online Safety

Published: Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Her Rural Future: Key demands for women in Rural Ireland

Published: Wednesday, May 24, 2023

The National Womens Council and its members have developed this document outlining the key challenges and solutions for women in rural Ireland to ensure every woman enjoys true equality and no woman is left behind.

NWC Submission on the Draft General Scheme of a DSGBV Agency Bill

Published: Wednesday, April 12, 2023

NWC welcomes the invitation to make a submission on the Draft General Scheme of a DSGBV Agency Bill. Previous submissions, such as NWC Submission on the Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence and the National Observatory Shadow...

Submission on SICAP New Programme Design

Published: Monday, February 13, 2023

NWC welcomes the invitation to make a submission on the next iteration of the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme. Women’s interests and concerns cut across the full range of community and economic initiatives that are delivered through SICAP....

NWC Submission on the REVIEW OF CIVIL LEGAL AID SCHEME

Published: Tuesday, February 07, 2023

NWC welcomes the invitation to make a submission on the REVIEW OF CIVIL LEGAL AID SCHEME. In 2021, NWC made 2 submissions to the Family Justice Oversight Group1 and the Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence that addressed some...

NWC Submission on the Senior Cycle SPHE Redevelopment

Published: Thursday, December 08, 2022

The National Women’s Council welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment’s brief and background paper for the redevelopment of the Senior Cycle Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) curriculum which is...

National Observatory on Violence Against Women and Girls: Shadow Report

Published: Friday, December 02, 2022

Read the shadow report to GREVIO in respect of Ireland from the National Observatory on Violence Against Women and Girls. The Observatory is chaired and hosted by the National Women's Council

NWC Submission on the General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Sexual Offences and HT) Bill 2022

Published: Tuesday, October 25, 2022

The National Women's Council submission on the General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2022.

Every Woman: Towards Reproductive Health, Choice and Care for All

Published: Tuesday, October 25, 2022

The National Women’s Council is calling on the Government to deliver on a new era for women’s reproductive healthcare and adopt a holistic approach to women’s needs across her lifespan. This new report 'Every Woman – Towards Reproductive...

Written Evidence to the Oireachtas Health Committee on Safe Access Zones

Published: Monday, October 17, 2022

NWC welcomes the opportunity to provide evidence to the Oireachtas Health Committee on the new Government-sponsored Safe Access Zones Bill. At NWC, we believe this Bill represents the swiftest way to protect staff, service-users and the wider community, from ongoing...