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1. Gender equality must be central to our climate change planning
Excerpt: …The impact of environmental breakdown, and the strategies to mitigate against it, are being felt differently by women and marginalised communities. This must be considered when planning for climate change, the National Women’s Council (NWC) said today (Friday, 20th February) in response to the preliminary findings for Ireland by Astrid Puentes Riaño, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. NWC welcomed, in particular, the Special Rapporteur's call for much…
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2. Perpetrators of abuse should be removed from family homes rather than survivors of violence
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council says women and children are being trapped between abuse and homelessness The National Women’s Council is calling for stronger legal protections that would allow women and children in abusive situations to remain safely in the family home, and for perpetrators to be removed instead. In paper…
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3. National Women’s Council welcomes commitment to collect data on equality
Excerpt: …We need equality data to understand access of disabled women, migrant women, and Traveller and Roma women to public services Press release for immediate release As a member of the National Equality Data Strategy Working Group, NWC welcomes the publication of Ireland's first National Data Equality Strategy. In particular, NWC…
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4. Invitation to Tender - NWC Mental Health Toolkit
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council (NWC), with support and funding from HSE Mental Health, is seeking an experienced researcher or research team to support the design and development of a Gender-Sensitive Toolkit. This Toolkit will serve as a practical, evidence-informed resource to guide mental health professionals and services in embedding gender-sensitive…
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5. NWC welcomes publication of first Phase of new Childcare Action Plan
Excerpt: …NWC welcomes positive actions in childcare Plan but warns that real structural reform is needed in the next Phase The National Women’s Council (NWC) today (17th December) welcomed the publication of Shaping the Future, the first phase of the new Action Plan on Affordable, High-Quality, Accessible Early Learning and Care and School-Age Childcare, but warned that real structural reform will be needed in the more substantial second…
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6. For far too long, women’s stories have been written out of Irish history
Excerpt: …National Women’s Council welcomes recommendation to set up women’s museum The National Women’s Council (NWC) today (12th December 2025) welcomed the wide-ranging recommendations by the Government’s Advisory Committee on Women’s Stories including the recommendation to establish a dedicated and permanent women’s museum. NWC called on the Government to implement the…
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Excerpt: …The Feminist Communities for Climate Justice (FCCJ) project, a partnership between the National Women’s Council of Ireland and Community Work Ireland, today (11th December) called on the Government to build on the success of round 1 of the Climate, Environment and Energy’s Community Climate Action Programme (CCAP) and renew and…
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8. Housing solutions are core to ending violence against women
Excerpt: …Housing solutions are core to ending violence against women. This is a key finding of a major new report by the National Women's Council launched today (28th November) which shows the need to clearly recognise this mutually reinforcing relationship between homelessness and domestic, sexual and gender-based violence (DSGBV). The report…
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9. Ireland must look to European successes to build an integrated, public system of childcare
Excerpt: …Ireland remains an outlier in Europe when it comes to early childhood education and care and family leave. Despite welcome increases in public investment and extensions to leave, Ireland’s system still lacks the structural reforms needed to make these supports effective and equitable. Successes from other European countries have shown how…
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10. NWC welcomes publication of new National Strategy for Women and Girls
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council (NWC) today welcomed the publication of the new National Strategy for Women and Girls which highlights the Government’s commitment to gender equality as a core principle of public policy and law in Ireland. Commenting on the new Strategy, Doireann Crosson, Head of Policy with the National…
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Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council (NWC) today (13th November) welcomed the report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs, and Migration which was released today as part of Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025 The Committee unanimously proposed a…
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12. NWC announces Corrinne Hasson as its new Executive Director
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council (NWC) is delighted to announce Corrinne Hasson as its new Executive Director. Corrinne will be taking up the position in the coming months. Dr Jennifer Okeke, Chairperson of NWC said, “We warmly welcome Corrinne as the new Executive Director of NWC. As a committed feminist, Corrinne…
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13. Women’s leadership drives progress on gender equality policy
Excerpt: …National Women’s Council report explores how women’s political representation in Ireland has influenced reproductive rights and gender-based violence policy Women leaders are more likely to diversify policy agendas, increase their parties’ emphasis on social justice issues, and initiate more family-friendly and feminist policies. Although still underrepresented in Irish politics, women…
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14. The close links between food systems, climate change and poverty
Excerpt: …Food is a universal human need, a necessity for human health and central to our cultural and social lives. However, the cost of food, along with the accessibility of food and shops represent barriers to accessing healthy food and the enjoyment of sustainable diets. Feminist Communities for Climate Justice (FCCJ),…
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15. Ireland’s healthcare system is not working for all women
Excerpt: …“I still don’t have a GP and it’s been two years in this country.” Migrant woman on GP access. “Hospitals are not prepared for disabled people…There is no bathroom for disabled people, no beds, no corridors, no lift.” Disabled woman on the accessibility of health services “The security guard came…
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Excerpt: …National Women’s Council publishes detailed analysis of Budget 2026 and its impact on women Press Release, 10th October 2025 In response to Budget 2026, the National Women’s Council (NWC) today published a detailed analysis of the impact of Budget measures on women. The analysis finds that despite some welcome positive…
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17. Budget 2026 lacks transformative action to address climate change
Excerpt: …In response to Budget 2026 announced yesterday (7 October), Feminist Communities for Climate Justice (FCCJ), which is a partnership between the National Women’s Council and Community Work Ireland welcomed the announcement of targeted measures to respond to energy poverty, but warned that overall, Budget 2026 lacked the transformative actions to address climate change…
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18. Budget 2026: Government misses the mark for women in its first Budget
Excerpt: …NWC welcomes investment in childcare, but warns that structural reform is missing Press Release, 7 October 2025 In response to Budget 2026 announced today (7 October), the National Women’s Council (NWC) welcomed investment in childcare and some targeted measures to tackle women’s inequality but warned that overall Budget measures lacked…
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Excerpt: …Together for Public, the alliance for a public system of early childhood education and care (ECEC) led by the National Women’s Council (NWC), today (Wednesday, 24 September at 10:30am) held a press conference calling on Government to make public childcare a central priority in Budget 2026. The Alliance, which brings…
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20. NWC holds major conference to explore link between the housing crisis & violence against women
Excerpt: …Many women and children in Ireland today are trapped in between two crises that are dominating our headlines, the housing emergency and the shocking levels of violence against women. Yet, public discussions and policy solutions often treat them as separate issues without considering the close and reinforcing relationship between the…
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