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1. Roadmap to Public Childcare: Together for Public Alliance Position Paper
Excerpt: …Affordable and accessible childcare is the backbone of women’s equality. The only way to achieve this is for the State to take decisive action and overhaul the current system. The Together for Public Alliance has launched a new roadmap to public childcare. With over 40 organisations behind it, the Alliance…
Section: Publications
Excerpt: …A community-based space in Waterford focused on connection, craft, and care of women of all cultures
Section: Our Members
Excerpt: …A group of qualified counsellors, psychotherapists and psychologists from across Ireland who have come together to campaign for a ban on the practice of survivors counselling notes being accessed and used without their consent by the defence in court cases of sexual assault, rape and gender based violence.
Section: Our Members
Excerpt: …Lavinia Kerwick. Aisling Vickers. Natasha O’Brien. Hazel Behan. Nikita Hand. Ciara Mangan. Margaret Loftus. The list could go on. All of these women are survivors of gender-based violence. By taking a stand and speaking out publicly, they, together with families bereaved through femicide, have changed our society’s response to violence…
Section: Guest Blog
5. Doireann Crosson: Contraception is free, but it’s not reaching everyone who needs it
Excerpt: …The Free Contraception Scheme introduced in 2022 has been one of the key advancements for women’s health in recent years, reaching over 200,000 women. Ground-breaking in its aims, the scheme intends to make contraception free to every woman who needs it between the ages of 17 and 35. It was…
Section: Guest Blog
Excerpt: …HERe NI is a community organisation and registered charity based in Belfast. We are here to support lesbian and bisexual women and our families and improve the lives of L & B women across Northern Ireland.
Section: Our Members
Excerpt: …The Misneach Centre is a community-based counselling and psychotherapy centre providing support to adults, couples, teenagers, and children.
Section: Our Members
8. Alliance For Gender Quotas - Statement
Excerpt: …The Alliance for Gender Quotas observes with deep concern the recent attacks on Senator Eileen Flynn on social media following her expression of concern about participating in civil protests where the Irish flag is used as a symbol of division. The persistence of hate and discrimination directed at female politicians…
Section: Latest News
9. An Investigation into Women’s Experiences of the Free Contraception Scheme
Excerpt: …Access to contraception is a fundamental component of reproductive health and gender equality. In Ireland, despite significant progress in expanding access to free contraception, marginalised groups may face disproportionate barriers. This research sought to understand marginalised groups’ awareness and knowledge of the Free Contraception Scheme (FCS) and their experiences of…
Section: Publications
10. National Women’s Council Submission to the Public Consultation for the Healthy Ireland Framework
Excerpt: …NWC welcomes the opportunity to make this submission to the public consultation for the new Healthy Ireland Framework. This submission builds on our extensive research and consultation not only with our membership but also directly with women in all their diversity – including Traveller women, Roma women, migrant women, disabled…
Section: Publications
11. An Investigation into Women’s Experiences of the Free Contraception Scheme
Excerpt: …Access to contraception is a fundamental component of reproductive health and gender equality. In Ireland, despite significant progress in expanding access to free contraception, marginalised groups may face disproportionate barriers. This research sought to understand marginalised groups’ awareness and knowledge of the Free Contraception Scheme (FCS) and their experiences of…
Section: Publications
12. NWC Submission to the Low Pay Commission on the National Minimum Wage 2027
Excerpt: …Low pay, and pay inequality more generally, is a highly gendered issue. Women are more likely to be in low-paid and precarious work. They are also more likely to have lower incomes, as the persistent gender pay gap stands at nearly 10%. The National Minimum Wage is a vital measure…
Section: Publications
13. National Women’s Council Submission Public Consultation on the Cost of Disability April 2026
Excerpt: …NWC represents and derives our mandate from our membership, which includes nearly 200 groups and organisations from a diversity of backgrounds, sectors and locations across Ireland, including organisations representing disabled women. The following submission is made in response to the Public Consultation on the Cost of Disability run by the…
Section: Publications
14. Corrinne Hasson: Women are waiting nine years for endometriosis diagnosis
Excerpt: …According to the World Health Organisation 1 in every 10 women worldwide has endometriosis. In Ireland, we don’t have official data on how many people suffer from endometriosis, which is unfortunately a common theme for women’s health. However, patient led groups have shared that around 300,000 women in Ireland have…
Section: Guest Blog
Excerpt: …Mercy Law Resource Centre (MLRC) is an independent law centre, registered charity and company limited by guarantee which provides free legal advice and representation to people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless in the areas of social housing and related social welfare law. The Centre also seeks…
Section: Our Members
Excerpt: …Submission of the National Women's Council to the United Nations call for input to inform the Special Rapporteur on the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment's thematic report to 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly focusing on planning and the right to a clean, healthy and…
Section: Publications
Excerpt: …One Family are working to create a society that values and supports one-parent families. We do this through the provision of specialist family support services, research and policy work. One Family was originally founded as Cherish in 1972 by Maura O’Dea Richards.
Section: Our Members
18. Irish Trade and Professional Association for Doulas CLG (ITPAD)
Excerpt: …The Irish Trade and Professional Association for Doulas CLG (ITPAD) is a legally registered, not for profit, membership, trade and professional association that promotes, develops and supports doulas and the doula profession in Ireland.
Section: Our Members
19. Women Intercultural Network (WIN InSpo)
Excerpt: …Women Intercultural Network (WIN) InSpo: Inspire, Ndetworking, Support, Uplifting Empowerment Movement Women Intercultural Network: is a network of women's groups from various intercultural backgrounds in Ireland. It consists of women's organisations and individuals in Ireland. Its includes women from varied countries, organisations, communities and regions. We provide a space where…
Section: Our Members
Excerpt: …Performing Arts Forum began in the late 1990s as artists and organisations sought stronger connection and a collective voice. Incorporated in 2003, it now represents a wide spectrum of the performing arts, supporting artists, arts workers, venues, festivals, and companies across Ireland. In 2023, the organisation adopted the name Performing…
Section: Our Members
