Join the National Women’s Council of Ireland for #FemFest, a major conference for young women aged 16-25 discussing leadership, equality and planning for that feminist future!

*** Please Note: This event is strictly for young women aged 16-25 ***

#FemFest is a fun and engaging space about young women and for young women. It will combine passionate and dynamic speakers of all ages with engagement from the audience with our brilliant line up of speakers!
The list of inspiring speakers includes:

• Sinead McSweeney, MD of Twitter in Ireland
• Dil Wickremasinghe, Social Justice and Mental Health Podcaster
• Louise McSharry, presenter at RTÉ 2fm
• Sinead Aherne, Captain of the Dublin Ladies Football Team
• Demilade Adeniran, No Hate Speech Campaigner
• Síona Cahill, Union of Students in Ireland
• Anna Cosgrave, Repeal Project
• Vanessa Lacey, Transgender Equality Network Ireland

More speakers to be announced in coming weeks!

• #FemFest will:
• Provide a fun and engaging space for young women aged 16-25 to engage with issues relating to leadership from a feminist perspective.
• Explore and raise awareness of the issues affecting young women in Ireland today
• Empower young women to use their own voice and agency by asking them to set practical objectives on how to address these issues into the future.
• Create an important opportunity for engagement with a diverse group of women from all over Ireland, and from varying socio economic backgrounds.
• Provide a legacy for future action to progress the rights of young women in Ireland.

FemFest is a safe, inclusive space for young women.

For additional requirements or accessibility requirements, please notify us in advance by emailing Laura: [email protected]