• Liadh Ní Riada says funds will subsidise training for 300 women running for election Ireland South MEP Liadh Ní Riada today welcomed Women for Election’s plan to raise €50,000 in an innovative crowdfunding campaign. Women for Election will use the funds to subsidise training 300 women to stand for election. Ní Riada, who took […]
• Lynn Boylan says funds will subsidise training for 300 women running for election Dublin MEP Lynn Boylan today welcomed Women for Election’s plan to raise €50,000 in an innovative crowdfunding campaign. Women for Election will use the funds to subsidise training 300 women to stand for election. Boylan, who took part in a Women […]
• Rose Conway-Walsh says funds will subsidise training for 300 women running for election Senator Rose Conway-Walsh today welcomed Women for Election’s plan to raise €50,000 in an innovative crowdfunding campaign. Women for Election will use the funds to subsidise training 300 women to stand for election. Conway-Walsh, who took part in a Women for […]
• Women for Election launches crowdfunding campaign to raise €50,000 • Funds will subsidise training for 300 women to stand for election • Launch marks 5 year anniversary and 1,000 women trained • More Seáns and Johns elected to the Dáil than women There have been more Seáns and Johns than women elected to Dáil […]
Women for Election has called on the two Fine Gael leadership candidates to commit to a 50:50 gender balance in Cabinet if either chooses to appoint new members when elected leader. The Chairperson of Women for Election wrote last week to the Minister for Social Protection Leo Varadkar and to the Minister for Housing, Planning […]
Guest Blog by Clare Duignan, @clare_duignan Could there be a more exciting time to visit Washington than in these first weeks of the administration of newly-elected US President Donald Trump? Having spent the days since his inauguration waking to RTÉ’s Cathríona Perry on Morning Ireland telling us what Mr. Trump had done overnight, following his […]
2016 has certainly been a year to remember with huge changes in national and international politics. Women for Election have been busy througout the year, training candidates and bringing politically minded women together. Below we look back at our work over the past twelve months. The Year in Politics On Wednesday December 14th we were […]
An Tánaiste France Fitzgerald and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon MSP, with Women for Election Co-Founders Michelle O’Donnell Keating and Niamh Gallagher. Photo Credit Kinlan Photography To view all the pictures click here Women for Election are delighted to have facilitated a meeting between the First Minister of Scotland, the Right Honourable Nicola Sturgeon MSP, […]
On Saturday the 12th of November, Women for Election teamed up with IMPACT to run our INSPIRE Training Programme. The day aimed to prepare and encourage women in IMPACT to run for local, divisional and national committee elections within the Union. Forty women from across Ireland gathered in the IMPACT offices for the training, and […]
Women for Election are delighted to have been honoured with the Women in Public Life award at Irish Tatler’s Women of the Year Awards. Every year, Irish Tatler runs this event to highlight the achievement of Irish women in all walks of life, from politics to culture to business. Since 2012, Women for Election has […]
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