A public consultation on the forthcoming National Women's Strategy was recently launched by the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality, Frances Fitzgerald TD and the Minister of State with special responsibility for Equality, Immigration and Integration, David Stanton TD. The new Strategy will set out Government policy on promoting equality and the empowerment of women and girls from 2017 to 2020. To help inform the new Strategy, members of the public, women’s organisations, organisations in related fields and all interested parties are invited to give their views on a consultation paper. Contributions will be accepted until Friday 27 January 2017 at 5pm. The consultation paper and details of how to submit contributions are available online.

People may also contribute their view at a series of public consultation meetings, with the first of these taking place in Cork on 19th December.
We are asking people who would like to attend to register their interest with us, with details given on our website 

The dates of these meetings are:

• Cork, Monday 19th December 2016 from 14:00 to 17:00 (registration closes on 14th December at 5pm)
• Sligo, Thursday 12th January 2017 from 10:00 to 13:00 (registration closes on 6th January at 5pm)
• Athlone, Monday 16th January 2017 from 14:00 to 17:00 (registration closes on 11th January at 5pm)
• Dublin, Wednesday 18th January 2017 from 10:00 to 13:00 (registration closes on 12th January at 5pm