[Dublin 16 May 2019] Under the 8th Amendment of the Irish Constitution abortion was banned in almost all circumstances. One year ago, on the 25th May 2018, the Irish people voted by a landslide to remove the 8th. The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) was one of the three organisations, alongside the Coalition to Repeal the 8th Amendment and the Abortion Rights Campaign, which formed ‘Together for Yes’, the national civil society ‘Yes’ campaign. Women’s rights are always hard fought, (...) Read more

[Brussels 16 May 2019] The European Women’s Lobby (EWL) is excited to announce the publication of our #HerNetHerRights Resource Pack and Activist Toolkit in three new European languages, with three more translations on the way!
The Resource Pack and Activist Toolkit were developed in 2017 in the context of the original #HerNetHerRights project, which aimed to map the prevalence of online violence against women and girls across Europe. Online violence is a gendered issue, affecting 1 in 4 (...) Read more