Great event last night for current women TDs and Senators where Justine McCarthy drew the wisdom, insights and tips from former TDs Catherine Murphy Mary Hanafin and Kathleen Funchion. #MoreWomen
About us
Women for Election is a not-for-profit, non-partisan organisation which offers a tailored training and support programmes to women seeking to enter public life; and provides and facilitates a cross-party network of political women, committed to gender equality in Irish political representation. We believe that a diversity of voices in our politics will lead to more robust decisions, and help create a fairer, more inclusive and dynamic society. Stemming from Women for Europe, an organisation established to provide a platform for women’s voices during the 2009 Lisbon treaty referendum, Women for Election is the response to demand we met, across Ireland, for an organisation wholly focused on providing practical supports for women entering politics. Evidence shows that to bring about real change a combination of hard measures (quotas) and additional supports, such as training programmes and women’s political networks, is required. Women for Election provides a number of programmes designed specifically to empower women and to help them overcome challenges the may face when considering a career in politics. Through our tailored programmes we aim to: INSPIRE women to consider a career in politics EQUIP women with the tools and techniques necessary to successfully get elected INFORM women of the benefits of becoming more politically active Our programmes provide high quality political training focused on supporting women to win. Delivered by a variety of experts our programmes cover all aspects of political campaigns, including building committed campaign teams, effective planning and administration, fundraising and budgeting, message development, presentation skills and managing the media.
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http://womenforelection.ie
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- Political Organizations
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- 2-10 employees
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- Dublin
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- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2010
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- women in politics, campaigning, crowdfunding, and Irish politics
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Dublin, 2, IE
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Updates
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This is #Iceland today: ✅Woman president ✅Coalition Government led by 3 women ✅Women Prime Minister (she's 36) ✅Women Minister for Foreign Affairs ✅7 women in 11-member cabinet (64%) ✅29 women in 63-member parliament (46%) With #MoreWomen our politics in Ireland would be better. Key to the success there has been the state provision of childcare and equal parental leave for parents. We will continue to strive for that level of gender representation in the #Dáil Great piece by Karen McHugh (https://lnkd.in/eaRK8siX ) in Indo today https://lnkd.in/eWHKFCQw
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"Politics would be better with a balance of women and men." Listen back to WfE chair Aldagh McDonogh on the The Irish Times Inside Politics podcast discussing the absence of women in politics after the last elections, with Jennifer Bray & Hugh Linehan #MoreWomen https://lnkd.in/e5YTiDQ8
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With 18 Councillors now elected or nominated to the #Seanad, Parties have the opportunity to co-opt more women Coucillors to Local Government. This would help by bringing much needed expertise and talents to Councils across the country, go towards resolving the absence of women in Local Government (just 27% of Councillors), and help build a pipeline towards national government in time.
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20 women and 29 men Senators elected to this Seanad across the Vocational and University Panels If the Taoiseach was to appoint 10 or 11 women among his nominees now, there would be a gender-balanced Seanad for the first time Full press release here ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/eCSwPYbU
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After the #Seanad2025 elections there are now 14 seats available in Councils across the Country 🗳️ This means that Political Party's have an opportunity to slightly improve the gender balance in local Government that currently stands at 27% by coopting women ⤵️ #VoteMoreWomen
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Of the 49 Senators elected there is a increase of 6 women. We await the Taosieach's nominees to complete the final gender balance of #Seanad2025 🗳️
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Third Panel of #Seanad2025 Election complete remaining with one women Lynn Ruane has been elected to the Dublin University Panel #Seanad #SE25
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Second Panel of #Seanad2025 Election complete remaining with one women Pauline Tully has been elected to the Cultural and Educational Panel #Seanad #SE25
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