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Excerpt: …The Department of Rural and Community Development is currently preparing a new Statement of Strategy to cover the period 2021-2023. They are inviting interested parties to submit your views to coordination@drcd.gov.ie with “Statement of Strategy 2021-2023 ” in the subject line. More information available here. NWC will be preparing our…
Section: Latest News
3. National Women’s Council welcomes dedicated funding for women’s health in Budget 2021
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council (NWC) today welcomed the sizeable, dedicated funding for women’s health in Budget 2021. Women’s Health Taskforce Orla O’Connor, Director of NWC said, “It is positive to see a 5 million dedicated fund for women’s health included in Budget 2021. This will be vital to implement the…
Section: Latest News
4. Childcare is missing piece of our Covid-19 response in Budget 2021
Excerpt: …Responding to the Budget 2021 announcement today, the National Women’s Council (NWC) welcomed the Government response to the economic and social impact of the Covid-19 crisis, particularly as the pandemic restrictions have disproportionately affected women. It is extraordinary, however, that no additional investment is being made into delivering a public model…
Section: Latest News
5. Covid-19 hit women hard, now Budget 2021 must support women
Excerpt: …Covid-19 impacted on every family in Ireland, through the loss of a loved one, the loss of a job or the impact of lockdown, and the effects of this global pandemic will be with us all for a long time. For women, there were very particular impacts such as the closures of schools and…
Section: Guest Blog
6. We are Recruiting for a Women’s Leadership Co-ordinator!
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council (NWC) is the leading national women’s membership organisation seeking equality for women. We represent 190-member groups from a diversity of backgrounds, sectors and locations. This is an exciting time for NWC. Change is happening for women in Ireland and we would like you to be part…
Section: Latest News
7. We are Recruiting for a Legal and Policy Officer!
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council (NWC) is the leading national women’s membership organisation seeking equality for women. We represent 190-member groups from a diversity of backgrounds, sectors and locations. This is an exciting time for NWC. Change is happening for women in Ireland and we would like you to be part…
Section: Latest News
8. Action to tackle online abuse of women in politics cannot come soon enough
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council (NWC) today called on social media companies to proactively tackle online abuse of women in politics at its Online Harassment webinar in partnership with the European Parliament. Speakers at the event included Gina Miller, Transparency Campaigner and Businesswoman, Maria Walsh, MEP, Hazel Chu, Lord Mayor of Dublin, Colm O'Gorman, Amnesty International…
Section: Latest News
10. Supporting one parent families during and after COVID 19
Excerpt: …Joint NGO submission submission on lone parents and COVID, calling for measures that can be taken now to prevent a rise in unemployment among lone parents, a deepening of child poverty and gender inequality, and a rise in family homelessness.
Section: Publications
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council (NWC) today launched their Pre-Budget Submisstion ‘A Feminist Recovery Plan’, which calls on the Government to invest in public childcare, to prioritise public services and to deliver decent jobs for women, in order to tackle glaring gender inequalities exposed further by Covid-19. Orla O’Connor, Director of…
Section: Latest News
12. A Feminist Recovery Plan - Summary
Excerpt: …Summary version of NWC's pre-budget submission 2021
Section: Publications
Excerpt: …NWC's pre-budget submission makes the case for a feminist economic recovery plan to build a society that is better for both women and men - a plan that is based on public services, fair taxation, valuing the care economy, equality and sustainability. We propose solutions on investment and revenue raising,…
Section: Publications
14. Submission to the Review of Part IV of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017
Excerpt: …Part IV of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 and the Equality Model it has introduced to Ireland recognises prostitution and trafficking for sexual exploitation as a form of violence against women. Although NWC believes there has not been sufficient time since the operationalisation of Part IV to assess…
Section: Publications
15. Want to know more about holding a virtual AGM during COVID-19?
Excerpt: …Want to know more about holding a virtual AGM during COVID-19? Boardmatch in partnership with Arthur Cox and Charities Institute Ireland have put together a guide to help run Virtual Annual General Meetings. You can also check out technical tips on holding virtual meetings, such as Board meetings and Committee meetings - Trustee…
Section: Newsflash
16. Women’s Community Sector Survey Results
Excerpt: …NWC and our members in the women's community sector came together at the beginning of Covid-19 to share information and to support each other. We conducted a survey of our members and friends in the women's community sector and received 42 responses detailing the impact the pandemic has had. The Covid 19 pandemic…
Section: Newsflash
17. Take part - NCCWN’s Women’s Impact Survey of Covid-19 pandemic
Excerpt: …COVID-19 has changed the way we have been living our lives in Ireland since March 2020. The National Collective of Community-Based Women’s Networks (NCCWN) have developed a survey asking women across the country to share their experiences during this current situation. Collecting this information from women will allow NCCWN to bring a…
Section: Newsflash
18. National Women’s Council commends bravery of Dr. Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin in speaking out
Excerpt: …The National Women’s Council (NWC) today commended the courage and bravery of Dr Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin in speaking out about her experience of sexual harassment at University College Dublin (UCD). Her experience clearly highlights the need for all third level institutes to take sexual harassment and violence on campus seriously and develop…
Section: Latest News
19. Women’s Community Sector Survey Results
Excerpt: …NWC and our members in the women's community sector came together at the beginning of Covid-19 to share information and to support each other. We conducted a survey of our members and friends in the women's community sector and received 42 responses detailing the impact the pandemic has had. f…
Section: Publications
20. Submission to the Department of Justice on the Criminal Justice Sectoral Strategy
Excerpt: …The criminal justice system does not exist free of context, existing gendered stereotypes are still a pervasive force across all areas of the criminal justice system whether that be in the prevention, in investigation and arrest, the decision to prosecute, during bail hearings, at trial, during sentencing or post sentence…
Section: Publications
