Good practice Imported

WCI – Limerick Women and Politics Event

Ireland · Limerick · Local · See the Ireland profile

The WCI-Limerick take part in public consultations relating to women’s issues and broader issues using a gendered lens. They were instrumental in the establishment of the Limerick Women’s Caucus, the first of its kind at a local level in the country. This is an initiative to sea

Details

Promoter: Women´s colective of Ireland — website
Power domain: Political Power
Methods / tools: Gender Training, Competence development, Awareness-raising, Networking
Keywords: politics, participation, local, women

Context

WCI-Limerick, part of Women's Collective Ireland, runs an annual participatory 'Women and Politics' event creating a safe, supportive space for local women to discuss barriers to political participation - what prevents them from entering politics, what support they would need, and suggestions for change. The group takes part in public consultations using a gendered lens and was instrumental in establishing the Limerick Women's Caucus, the first local-level caucus of its kind in Ireland.

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Data sources

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

Quality score: 70/100

How is this calculated?

Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported

Top 47% in this catalogue (719 scored practices)

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Evaluation

Evaluated by ProPEGE consortium (Equal Leadership)

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Transferability / replicability1/3

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Impact on gender equality1/1

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Effectiveness1/1

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Sustainability1/1

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Gender-mainstreaming embedding1/1

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