Good practice Imported

Mná na hÉireann / Women of Ireland Fund

Ireland · Dublin · National · See the Ireland profile · See the Dublin profile

Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 80% 37/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Women of Ireland Fund is a €1.8 Million Fund over three years created by Rethink Ireland in partnership with Bank of America and the Department of Rural and Community Development via the Dormant Accounts Fund. The Mná na hÉireann, Women of Ireland Fund is the first fund in Irela

Details

Maturity: Discontinued
Promoter: RETHINK IRELAND — website
Power domain: Economic Power
Methods / tools: Funding
Region (NUTS): IE06
Keywords: funding, equality, oportunities, capacity, economical-field

Context

The Mna na hEireann / Women of Ireland Fund is a EUR1.8 million, three-year fund created by Rethink Ireland with Bank of America and Ireland's Department of Rural and Community Development, the first Irish fund dedicated to charities and social enterprises that enhance women's economic mobility; a follow-on Recovery Fund extended support in response to COVID-19 disruption.

Objectives

The Fund aims to empower 1,000 women to secure employment across Ireland over three years.

Implementation

Implementation detail (cost, timeline, staffing, conditions for success) is not yet available for this practice.

Commonly funded by

Philanthropic / foundation funding National / regional programmes Own resources / municipal budget

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Data sources

Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.

ProPEGE — Equal Leadership catalogue — accessed 2026-06-14
Practice website — accessed 2026-06-14
Promoter website — accessed 2026-06-14

Attachments

Quality score: 37/100

How is this calculated?

Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported

Top 80% in this catalogue (794 scored practices)

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Evaluation

Evaluated by ProPEGE consortium (Equal Leadership)

Score profile — the dimensions behind the score — how it's computed

Transferability / replicability1/3

How readily the practice can be replicated or transferred to other contexts (graded 0–3).

Sustainability1/1

Whether the practice is ongoing or has lasting institutional structures.

Gender-mainstreaming embedding1/1

How well gender equality is embedded across strategy, continuity and financing.

Curator validation1/1

The ProPEGE curators' validation of quality, scope and final approval.

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Evidoria. Mná na hÉireann / Women of Ireland Fund. Persistent ID: 1ff3b1b9-2d83-44b6-a6c3-6e1ddf23543a.

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