National Council of Women Talking Points
Giving Women a Voice
Protecting Children Online
Protecting children online: NCW is pleased to see the government’s concern to protect children online. In 2007 NCW passed a resolution calling for more resources to protect children and vulnerable adults from online pornography, grooming and crime,...
International Council of Women Statement in Recognition of International Women’s Day
International Council of Women Statementin Recognition of International Women’s Day March 8, 2019 The theme chosen by the UN for International Women’s Day 2019, ”Think equal, build smart, innovate for change,” is a powerful slogan indeed, but women...
NCW Policy Resolutions 2018
RESOLUTIONS RATIFIED AT THE NCWGB CONFERENCE 2018 IN NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE. COMPREHENSIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND SEX EDUCATION TO REDUCE GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE (2018) NCW is aware that all English secondary schools will be required to teach Relationships and Sex Education...
Message from ICW President for International Women’s Day
From Jung Sook Kim, President of ICW to mark International Women’s Day 2018 Theme for International Women’s Day (IWD) as set out by UN Women, “Time is Now: rural and urban activists transforming women’s lives,” the International Council of Women (ICW-CIF)...
NCW Policy Resolutions 2017
NCW POLICY RESOLUTIONS PASSED AND RATIFIED AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE, OCTOBER 2017 HELD IN LEAMINGTON SPA The conference resolutions were as usual timely and important. We welcomed speakers from The Prison Reform Trust and the Methodist Women in Britain,...
Celebrate 100 years of Votes for Women
CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF VOTES FOR WOMEN NCW played a small part in the suffrage campaign. Millicent Fawcett was an NCW member and gave a paper at the first NCW conference in 1895 entitled ‘The Probable Effect on the Position of Women of Granting Them the...
NCW Elects a new President
NCW Elects a new President At the Annual General Meeting on October 8, at Leamington Spa, Gwenda Nicholas, who has so ably steered the National Council of Women GB for the last three years, handed over the chain of office to her successor, Dr Andrena Telford. Andrena...
NFU Rural Broadband and Mobile phone coverage survey
NFU Rural Broadband and Mobile phone coverage survey The NFU, one of our affiliated organisations, is the voice of British farming and provides professional representation and services to its farmer and grower members. Access to Broadband and Mobile...
Understanding the Impact of Loneliness on People’s Physical and Mental Health
Understanding the Impact of Loneliness on People’s Physical and Mental Health A seminar arranged by the Institute of Ageing and Health together with the National Council of Women and the Royal College of Nursing was held in Birmingham on 28 July 2017. It...
NCW POLICY RESOLUTIONS PASSED AND RATIFIED AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE, OCTOBER 2016
NCW Conference, 2016 NCW POLICY RESOLUTIONS PASSED AND RATIFIED AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE, OCTOBER 2016 HELD IN DARLINGTON Read more… RENEWAL OF THE BBC ROYAL CHARTER IN DECEMBER, 2016 Submitted by NCW Darlington & District Branch Proposed by: Heather Carter,...
END OF LIFE ISSUES
END OF LIFE ISSUES. September 2016. A seminar organised by the National Council of Women of Great Britain Health Committee together with the Royal College of Nursing West Midlands Region, Birmingham. Read more… Thanks to the excellent programme arranged by Ruth...
NCYW Event: "Women in Afghanistan: a life of disadvantage"
A National Council of Young Women event entitled "Women in Afghanistan: a life of disadvantage" was held recently at Stephenson College, Durham University Queens Campus. The talk given by Dr Manizha Hadi, a PhD student in the School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Health,...
Children in Care Review
Too many children in care - ending up behind bars! The Social and Employment Committee and our affiliate the Prison Reform Trust submitted a resolution at the annual conference in October 2015 ‘Children in care and keeping them out of trouble’, calling on the...
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY: A statement by The International Council of Women
International Women’s Day, which originated in 1909, celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women around the world. The National Council of Women is pleased to share with you this statement for International Women’s Day sent to us from...
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