🔗 Register for the Toolkit Launch: Women’s Grassroots Activism – Toolkit 100+ Launch (IWD 2026) Tickets, Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 5:30 PM | Eventbrite 🔗 Listen to the WGA Podcast Here: Women’s Grassroots Activism Podcast Series – History Hub🔗 Complete the WGA Podcast Feedback Form: Women’s Grassroots Activism Podcast Series Feedback – Fill out […]
Join us for the next COFACE Breakfast Bytes webinar 3rd March | 9.30–11 AM CET (Brussels time) Platform: Zoom (Free & in English) Registration: https://bit.ly/4kcwEMM Topic: Empowering rural women, strengthening families: Community-based solutions in practice. Speakers: Margit Batthyány-Schmidt, President, Union of Hungarian Women Association Viktória Szeri, Coordinator, Union of Hungarian Women Association Description: In the […]
An Grianán Adult Education College – National Lace Week 2026 Monday 23 February – Friday 27 February 2026 Courses will include: Carrickmacross Lace Mountmellick Lace Limerick Lace with Eleanor Calnan Bobbin Lace with Ann Keller Whether you are looking to develop your skills or try a new lace technique, National Lace Week offers a wonderful […]
It is with great regret that the ICA has learned of the passing of Ina Broughall, former ICA National President, Monday, 26th January 2026. Ina served as ICA National President from 1985 to 1988. Ina is remembered as an exceptional leader whose commitment to ICA was evident at local, Federation and national levels. She was an […]
The wait is almost over! We are proud to announce the final programme for the upcoming event ‘Celebrating and Empowering Women’, taking place in An Grianán Adult Education College, Co. Louth from Friday 23rd January 2025 to Sunday 25th 2026 Scheduled for Saturday 24th January, the forum main event will see the contribution of influential and noteworthy keynote speakers discussing […]
The Benefact Group Movement for Good is your chance to support good causes and give your favourite charities the chance to win £1,000! Consider nominating The Countrywomen’s Trust and we will be entered into all upcoming £1,000 draws. Nominations take just a minute and can be made here. Please note nominations must be made under […]
Celebrating & Empowering Women Forum 2026 Join us for a special weekend marking 116 years of the Irish Countrywomen’s Association (ICA), Ireland’s oldest women’s organisation, and 70 years of An Grianán Adult Education College, Ireland’s first Adult Education College. 📅 23rd–25th January 2026⭐ Main Forum: Saturday 24th January📍 An Grianán, Adult Education College, Termonfeckin, Co. […]
We were delighted to make a submission to the Advisory Committee on Women’s Stories earlier this year. Please see the link below to the report which was launched this week. Advisory Committee on Women’s Stories
Today ICA and the National Women’s Council welcomed the publication of the new National Strategy for Women and Girls which highlights the Government’s commitment to gender equality as a core principle of public policy and law in Ireland. Commenting on the new Strategy, Doireann Crosson, Head of Policy at the National Women’s Council said, “The […]