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NWC launches ‘A Feminist Shared Future’ report in Belfast

Published: Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Women from across Northern Ireland and beyond have come together to demand a future where they are not just participants, but architects of change - a future where gender equality, the unequal sharing of care work, economic inequality, and violence...

Government’s plan fails to harness the potential of women & communities to lead climate transition

Published: Wednesday, April 16, 2025

In response to the publication of the Government’s Climate Action Plan 2025, Feminist Communities for Climate Justice (FCCJ), a joint project by the National Women’s Council and Community Work Ireland, today (16th April 2025) expressed its...

JOIN OUR TEAM: Policy and Campaigns Officer

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,...

JOIN OUR TEAM: Membership and Communications Coordinator (Maternity Leave Cover)

Published: Thursday, April 10, 2025

NWC is currently recruiting for a Membership and Communications Coordinator (Maternity Leave Cover) This is a critical time for women’s right. As the leading representative organisation for women and women’s organisations with almost 200 member groups...

Women and families can’t wait any longer for childcare

Published: Wednesday, April 09, 2025

As we approach the first 100 days of the new Government, the National Women’s Council (NWC) today (9th April) called on them to deliver on their childcare election promises. NWC said that the voters are still waiting for significant...

National Women’s Council calls for urgent action to end Sex for Rent exploitation

Published: Tuesday, April 08, 2025

The Private Members Bill Prohibition of Advertising or Importuning Sex for Rent Bill 2025, introduced by Labour Senator Laura Harmon in the Seanad puts a much needed spotlight on the devastating impact of sex for rent exploitation on vulnerable women and...

Legislation to criminalise the purchase of sex is key to ending violence against women

Published: Wednesday, March 26, 2025

The National Women’s Council (NWC) today (26th March 2025) welcomed the long-awaited publication of the Review of Part 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 and highlighted the important role of the legislation in achieving a zero tolerance approach...

30 years after Beijing, progress on women’s rights and equality is under threat

Published: Tuesday, March 18, 2025

30 years ago, 189 governments from across the world signed the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which became the most comprehensive and visionary agenda ever for gender equality and the human rights of all women and girls. Marking Beijing’s 3...

Survivor voices are key to tackling violence against women

Published: Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Marking the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action at the CSW in New York next week, the National Women’s Council (NWC) and the Irish Consortium on Gender Based Violence will hold an event ‘GBV Survivors...

Women must be key architects of Ireland’s future

Published: Thursday, March 06, 2025

Since the Brexit referendum in 2016, conversations about the constitutional future of the island of Ireland have gained momentum. In this pivotal time, women must be key architects of Ireland’s future and the crucial issues they are facing, such...

All Aboard – Public transport must be accessible to all

Published: Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Most of our trips in Ireland are taken by car, but 68% of all trips are for distances of less than 10km. (National Household Travel Survey (2023) Providing active and public transport is key to tackling the climate emergency but to achieve...

Mary McAleese chairs Women’s Assembly on future of the island of Ireland

Published: Tuesday, February 11, 2025

50 women thought leaders from across the island of Ireland gathered in Dublin today (Tuesday, 11th February) to explore and elevate women’s perspectives on the future of the island of Ireland through a feminist lens. The gathering was the...

Missing women will impact the quality of our political decision

Published: Friday, February 07, 2025

The National Women’s Council (NWC) today (7th February) welcomed the nomination of 7 women by the Taoiseach to the Seanad as a step to address women’s underrepresentation in our Oireachtas. However, the overall picture...

WMHN to shine light on how physical health conditions can adversely impact women’s mental health

Published: Thursday, January 30, 2025

On Wednesday, 29 January, the Women’s Mental Health Network, a collaboration between St Patrick’s Mental Health Services and the National Women’s Council (NWC), is hosting an event to explore the intersection between long-term physical health...

National Women’s Council expresses disappointment at gender imbalance in Irish Government