Launch of Initiative to help Women’s Election Campaigns for LE2024

For Immediate Release 

Launch of Initiative to help Women’s Election Campaigns for LE2024

Photocall at 2pm, City Hall, Dublin

Women for Election today launched a campaign inviting people to ‘Join the Canvass For Women’ at a photcall outside City Hall in Dublin.

Ireland currently sits at 102nd in the world for gender equality in parliament. Just one in four of our Councillors are women and 41 of the 166 Local Electoral Areas across the country do not have any women Councillors. However, in the upcoming Local Elections, a record 583 women – so far – are intending to run.

“Women make up more than 50% of the population, but just a quarter of political decision-makers in national and local government. The Local and European Elections provide a great opportunity to have more competent and talented women at those decision-making tables”, said Brian Sheehan, CEO of Women for Election

“Elections are not won on your own. Candidates need leaflet droppers, door knockers, people to hang up posters and create content for social media. Our campaign invites people in all communities to sign up and give whatever time they can to a woman’s campaign”.

Women for Election will provide canvassing training and put volunteers in touch with the women’s campaigns in their area, where they can choose which candidate to support.  

“Many people have canvassed in the Marriage and Repeal referendums. Their experience and skills will be very valuable to women who are running in the Local Elections. For those who don’t yet have experience with political campaigns, we encourage them to get involved. Canvassing is an excellent way to get to know their communities better and to understand the issues.”

“We have worked over the last number of years to support many of the women intending to stand for election; now we want to ensure that they are successful. Pulling a team together is a crucial part of an election and the ‘Join the Canvass for Women’ campaigns aims to help in that by linking people who would like to see more women in politics with women’s campaigns”.

You can visit the Women for Election website to pledge support to a woman’s campaign at www.womenforelection.ie.   

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