A Women’s Party Outwits the System in Northern Ireland

  • Nell McCafferty

Summary

The Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition (NIWC) was founded in April 1996. It campaigned for a slot on the electoral list in May. In June, victorious, its representatives took their seats at all-party peace talks, which were designed to bring to an end more than 800 years of conflict between Britain and Ireland. It took the women less than seven weeks to get themselves right up there with the big boys. Their success is all the more stunning given that Northern Ireland, which is still under British rule, was, until the coalition swept in, the virtual political preserve of men.

Citation

McCafferty, Nell. “A Women’s Party Outwits the System in Northern Ireland.” Canadian Woman Studies 17, no. 3 (Summer/Fall 1997): 64.

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