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Under the sunshine at UCC for @oxfamireland.bsky.social Ground Up: Climate Justice Forum, Vanessa from our #FeministClimateJustice team spoke about the intersectional impacts of the climate crisis in Ireland, and the opportunities and challenges in achieving climate justice for all. #groundup25
April 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Today, NWC’s Feminist Communities for Climate Justice Policy Officer, Vanessa Conroy, appeared on LMFM discussing active and public transport issues and opportunities.

Have a listen to what she had to say!
February 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Supporting chemical-free farming benefits farmers, schools, and health, while reducing waste and disease.

Reform is urgent—see @talamhbeo.bsky.social's Local Food Policy: talamhbeo.ie/projects/loc...
#FeministClimateJustice #LocalFood
Local Food Policy - Talamh Beo
Local Food Policy Putting Food Back in the Community Our Focus Delivers viable incomes for local food producers Delivers nutrient dense food into communities Delivers for habitat and ecosystems Delive...
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January 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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In 2025, #NollaigNaMBan is about more than rest. NWC's Orla O'Connor urges for transformative changes in childcare, tackling #VAW, healthcare & housing to work towards achieving gender equality.

Read more: www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
January 6, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Care work, whether paid or unpaid, should be recognised as the cornerstone of a functioning society, with policies reflecting its economic, social, and emotional significance.

#Care
January 9, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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"Stay-at-home parents have a diverse range of responsibilities – yet the full value of their work often goes unrecognised"

@RoyalLondonIre
research highlights the persistent undervaluation of unpaid care work & its essential societal contribution

rte.ie/news/busines...
January 9, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Paying below minimum wage is completely unacceptable. We need to invest in the care economy and invest in fair pay.

www.independent.ie/irish-news/c...
Calls for pay rise as migrant care workers now ‘paid less than minimum wage’
Employers must “uplift” healthcare assistants’ pay if they earn less than the new national minimum wage, a government department has warned.
www.independent.ie
January 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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NWC’s Women’s Health Policy Coordinator Doireann Crosson featured on Prime Time last night speaking on the delay of the free HRT scheme announced in Budget 2025.

Read more: lght.ly/hehbljb

#HRT #Health
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Pharmacists and health officials clash over delayed HRT scheme
The Irish Pharmacy Union and the Department of Health are at loggerheads about which is at fault for a delay in implementing a national plan to make Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) free to all women...
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January 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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🎄All we want for Christmas is public childcare 🎄

Our Together For Public Alliance gathered outside the Dail today as new TD's took their seats for the first time, reminding them of their election promises on childcare (1/2)
December 18, 2024 at 11:18 AM
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Something to look forward to in January😊
hosted by Feminist Communities for Climate Justice @nwc.bsky.social & led by Ceara Carney Tues 21st Jan @ 7pm🎨🎭

#FeministClimateJustice

www.eventbrite.ie/e/media-x-art-for-climate-justice-tickets-1111676316789?aff=oddtdtcreator
December 13, 2024 at 12:03 PM
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Did you miss our 'Safe, Green, Warm: Towards Energy Justice' webinar?

You can catch it on YouTube & hear our amazing speakers’ insights on energy poverty & what can be done to combat it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB3-...
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Warm, Safe, Green Towards Energy Justice
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December 6, 2024 at 11:49 AM
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💬“Care work is on average 26x less polluting than an industry job and 200x less polluting than a job in agriculture”

🗣️Our own Vanessa Conroy of Feminist Communities for Climate Justice spoke on Care Work & the Green Economy: socialistvoice.ie/2024/12/the-...

#FeministClimateJustice
December 9, 2024 at 10:33 AM
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Thank you to everyone who spoke at and attended our What We Can Do: Feminist Climate Justice Webinar. If you want to find out more about FCCJ, click the link below - or scan the QR code on screen to join our mailing list : www.nwci.ie/discover/wha...
#FeministClimateJustice
December 10, 2024 at 4:03 PM
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Kelsey Doyle, Youth Worker at BelongTo, on the unique role of youth work in climate justice and why it’s essential to get involved

#FeministClimateJustice
December 10, 2024 at 3:44 PM
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Claire Kenny, member of the Feminist Communities for Climate Justice’s Project Advisory Group on why it’s important for young disabled people to get involved with climate action.

#FeministClimateJustice
December 10, 2024 at 3:39 PM
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Our Feminist Communities for Climate Justice Webinar with the National Women Council Youth Advisory Panel has begun
December 10, 2024 at 3:06 PM
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Bel Nabulele, Equality Officer, Irish Second Level Students' Union, on what climate justice means to them
#FeministClimateJustice
December 10, 2024 at 3:27 PM
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NWC's Feminist Communities for Climate Justice Project Co-Ordinator Collette McEntee, @collettuce.bsky.social, on how the climate crisis disproportionately affects women. #FeministClimateJustice
December 10, 2024 at 3:14 PM
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December 5, 2024 at 2:25 PM
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"Between 2017 and 2023, nearly all growth in renewable electricity was matched by increased demand, almost entirely driven by data centres. As a result, fossil fuel use has not declined, and emissions remain stubbornly high."

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Electrification is Ireland’s missing climate link
Electrification is the bridge between Ireland’s renewable energy potential and its climate commitments
www.irishtimes.com
December 5, 2024 at 4:07 PM
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🌍✨ Join us on Dec 10th, 3 PM for a powerful online panel by @NWCI Youth Advisory & Feminist Communities for Climate Justice! 💻💡

🌱 Feminist lens on climate justice
🤝 Meet changemakers
📚 Advocacy in schools & beyond

eige.europa.eu/newsroom/eve...
December 4, 2024 at 2:35 PM
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"There is no time like the present to improve the gender balance at local government level."

It’s imperative that parties take decisive action following #GE24 to deliver on their promises of gender equity and transform political representation

www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
We need to do more than talk about getting more female TDs
Fall-out from general election sees a golden opportunity to increase the number of female councillors in Ireland, writes Mairead O’Shea
www.irishexaminer.com
December 5, 2024 at 9:34 AM
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Our Safe, Warm, Green: Towards Energy Justice Webinar has begun!

#FeministClimateJustice
December 5, 2024 at 1:02 PM
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Today we will hear insights from:
Theresa O’Donohoe – graduate of the changing Ireland certificate programme
Sara Hurley –Friends of the Earth
Elena Manciu, @foeeurope.bsky.social & @cairde.bsky.social
Avril Ní Shearcaigh, Aran Islands Energy Cooperative
#FeministClimateJustice
December 5, 2024 at 1:05 PM
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Theresa O’Donoghue, speaks on her lived experiences with energy poverty as a single mother;

#FeministClimateJustice
December 5, 2024 at 1:27 PM