NWC will not back national agreement

THE National Women’s Council (NWC) will not be backing the new national agreement because it fails to provide proper childcare facilities and tackle poverty.

NWC chairperson Gráinne Healy said the council had taken this decision because the Sustaining Progress agreement does not progress equality among women.

"It makes no genuine attempt to address the needs of the marginalised or socially excluded those whose voices are outside the employed and employing classes," Ms Healy said.