NWC Audited Accounts 2024

Published: Thursday, July 24, 2025

National Women’s Council JOC Submission on General Scheme of the Equality Bill 2024

Published: Tuesday, July 15, 2025

NWC welcomes the opportunity to make this submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee in relation to the General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024), and looks forward to engaging with the Committee on this Bill and in relation to...

National Women’s Council Pre-Budget Submission 2026

Published: Thursday, July 10, 2025

The National Women’s Council has called on the Government to seize the opportunity of its first Budget to deliver a bold, feminist vision for the future. Budget 2026 must invest in universal, inclusive public services that support women as part...

NWC Submission to consultation on the Successor to the Roadmap for Social Inclusion Consultation

Published: Tuesday, July 01, 2025

Tackling social exclusion, poverty, and inequality should be absolutely central to the work of Government. It is also clear that to do this in a way that is sustainable, it is not possible by tinkering at the existing systems – and...

National Women’s Council launches CEDAW Member Shadow report

Published: Monday, June 16, 2025

The CEDAW NWC Member Shadow Report covers women’s rights concerns in relation to healthcare and reproductive rights, economic equality, domestic, sexual and gender-based violence, housing, access to justice, political representation, and climate justice. It shows how existing obstacles are...

Time to Act for Women’s Rights and Equality - NWC Strategic Plan 2025-2029

Published: Thursday, June 12, 2025

NWC's Strategic Plan is the organisation's roadmap to achieving women's rights and equality in Ireland. It sets out NWC's mission, vision, values and key priorities over the next four years.

Feminist Communities for Climate Justice - Transboundary EIA Consultation re: Sperrin Mountains

Published: Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Feminist Communities for Climate Justice's submission to the Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Public Consultation concerning the Dalradian Gold Mine Project development, located in County Tyrone on the southern edge of the Sperrin Mountains

Joint Submission to the Consultation on a new Fuel Poverty Strategy for Northern Ireland

Published: Wednesday, March 12, 2025

The Feminist Communities for Climate Justice project's and Environmental Justice Network Ireland's joint submission to the Consultation on a new Fuel Poverty Strategy for Northern Ireland

The Women’s Assembly: A Feminist Shared Future

Published: Wednesday, March 05, 2025

Ireland is undergoing profound political and social change, from the lasting impact of Brexit and the Good Friday Agreement to urgent global challenges like climate change and the rise of the far right. Despite these issues deeply affecting women’s...

A Feminist Analysis of the Programme for Government 2025

Published: Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Submission to the Electoral Commission Public consultation on the addresses of candidates on ballots

Published: Friday, January 31, 2025

Consultation on the establishment of a Just Transition Commission in Northern Ireland

Published: Monday, January 20, 2025

The Feminist Communities for Climate Justice project's submission to the Consultation on the establishment of a Just Transition Commission for Northern Ireland

Programme for Government - NWC Recommendations

Published: Wednesday, December 18, 2024

This Programme for Government will shape the next five years and must pave the way for real gender equality, underpinned by genuine policy commitments. The incoming Government must commit to tackling the widespread systemic gender inequalities we face and fully...

Still stuck in the Gap

Published: Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Pension auto-enrolment, due to start in September 2025, is the biggest reform to the Irish pension system since the 1960s, aiming to expand occupational pension coverage. NWC’s new report examines the scheme and its impact on gender and care inequalities....

North South Co-operation to Tackle Violence Against Women Dialogue Report

Published: Wednesday, November 27, 2024

North South Co-operation to Tackle Violence Against Women is a culmination of a joint project by the National Women's Council and Women's Aid Federation Northern Ireland in leading the All Island Violence Against Women Working Group, supported by the Department...