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Roscommon Women’s Manifesto group was founded in 2017 by Roscommon Women’s Network with support by the Longford Manifesto Group who saw the need in local communities for women to become more politically aware. Since its foundation its moved quickly off the mark by presenting at a Roscommon County Council meeting gaining the support of the County Councillors and CEO. Now, in its second year, we are happy to co-host the Voices & Views from the Campaign Trail seminar at LWL and again with Longford Women’s Manifesto Group are hosting a seminar on 15th November “Smashing the Status Quo” in the…

We have recruited a new Assistant Training Co-ordinator, Ursula O Rourke. Ursula is starting on Monday 13th August and we very much welcome her to the RWN team.

Upcoming RWN events, DATES for your Diary: (a) RWN Culture night in Roscommon Arts Centre Friday 21st Sept – in collaboration with the many cultures including Irish living in the county and Roscommon County Council Arts Department, promises to be entertaining and informative… (b) The Roscommon Women’s Manifesto Group would like to invite you to speak at an event we are co-hosting with the Longford Women’s Manifesto Group in The Abbey Hotel, Roscommon Town on Thursday 15th November at 7pm – 8.30pm. The group plan to invite women from the region to this event to listen, question, and learn from…

To mark the 16 days of action Roscommon Women's Network are holding a walk in Castlerea on Tuesday 10th December at 12 noon to to raise awareness of the reality of domestic violence and to push for positive change to increase women's safety.