What We Do
Women for Election facilitates bespoke training programmes, events and mentoring supports that have helped get hundreds of women elected to local and national government.
Women for Election facilitates bespoke training programmes, events and mentoring supports that have helped get hundreds of women elected to local and national government.
We are a 100% Non-Partisan organisation and have trained over 3,000 women since 2012.
Our INFORM Events, INSPIRE and EQUIP Campaign Schools and the Women for Election Masterclasses empower you with a “toolbox” that will aid and support you throughout your political journey.
Right now, only…
of TD’s in Ireland are women
of Councillors in Ireland are women
It’s time for #MoreWomen in politics!
Our online webinar series of inspiring conversations with leading Irish and International politicians in conversation with acclaimed Irish journalists reveals insights to political life.
From quotas to candidate selection, to family-friendly politics, Women for Election are leading change.
996 participants at 23 events in 2020
525 women living in 22 different Irish counties trained with us in 2020
100% of our policy proposals endorsed by the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality
The Countess Markievicz Circle is a core group of donors who have come together to support Women for Election to achieve our vision of an Ireland with balanced participation of women and men in political life.
Play your part in supporting a female candidate to get elected. Become a campaign manager, help out with canvassing or use your social media, organisational or fundraising skills to help get your chosen female candidate elected.
Long-term, sustained funding is essential for Women for Election to deliver on our commitment to political transformation and successfully inspire and equip women to consider politics as a career option.
"The Women For Election group have also called for such a taskforce which would also examine how to address the growing level of harmful material online." ⤵️
We want to see meaningful action taken to make politics safer
We need #MoreMná and action can't wait 🗳️
Huge thanks to everyone who attended our Women and Politics event tonight. Lots of great conversations were had. Looking forward to our next event already!!
Thanks also to our wonderful panelists and those who contributed. @women4election @SeeHerElected @ailbhes #MoreMná
Women & Politics ask the experts online panel discussion featuring:
Caitríona Gleeson - Women for Election
Kathleen O'Meara - former Councillor & Consultant
Mairéad O’Shea - See Her Elected
Takes place on Tues, Jan 24th at 7pm via zoom
Register: limerick@womenscollective.ie
In the @Independent_ie we outline some of our solutions to the abuse faced by so many female politicians
A taskforce to take co-ordinated action to create the conditions under which it is intolerable for the abusers to contemplate further actions ⤵️
https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/misogynistic-abuse-of-our-politicians-is-a-consequence-of-irelands-patriarchal-hangover-42309189.html
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