The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) is the leading national women’s membership organisation seeking equality between women and men, founded in 1973.

They represent their membership which includes 170 member groups as well as a wide range of individual members from a diversity of backgrounds, sectors and locations.

Their mission is to lead and to be a catalyst for change in the achievement of equality between women and men. They articulate the views and experiences of their members and make sure their voices are heard wherever decisions are made which affect the lives of women.

Their vision is of an Ireland, and of a world, where there is full equality between women and men.

Their values and beliefs shape what they do and how they work, key among these are:

• - They are a feminist organisation. They believe that feminism is about working to change society so that women and men have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives.
• - They are aware that women are not a homogenous group and very keen to reflect in their work the diversity that exists among all women.
• - They believe that care work is essential to the common good, it performs vital social and economic functions. They see the recognition and valuing of affective care as fundamental to full equality for women. 
• - They believe in the fundamental dignity and human rights of all human beings. They recognise that these rights are universal, inalienable and indivisible. 
• - They believe the right to makes one’s own choices about one’s body for oneself is at the very core of personal freedom. Bodily integrity is a human right.
• - They know that tackling inequality and creating a more equal society requires tackling structural inequalities as well as a shift in the balance from self-interested ‘consumerism’ to a friendlier and more collaborative society. 
• - They believe that women in leadership positions (at all levels of society, locally, regionally, nationally and internationally) and the women’s sector offer key sources of leadership and skills in relation to this change process.

Programs/Activities on:

• - Women in Leadership
• - Women's Right to Health
• - Women's Economic Independence
• - Care and Care Work
• - Reaching out to Young People
• - Building the Women's Movement