In October, the Northern Ireland Women’s Budget Group sent out letters to each MLA highlighting the disproportionate impact the cost of living crisis has had on women, inquiring about what they are doing on an individual level and party-wide level to address this crisis, and calling for immediate action. In the month that these letters […]
Following the Crushed by the Cost of Living event Siobhán and Karen from WSN have been working with Dr Ciara Fitzpatrick from Ulster University to arrange a Cost of Living Coffee Morning in Women’s Centre Derry on Tuesday 6th December 2022. Sinead Quinn from Derry Against Fuel Poverty, Ciara and Siobhán will be speaking briefly on the issues […]
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Join our host, @denise.murtagh in conversation with 3 female leaders from the community and voluntary sector in Northern Ireland; Veronica Morris, Chief Executive of Rural Support, Chara Clarke, founder and CEO of GLOW NI, and Claire O’Hanlon, Business and Mindset Coach and creator of the School for Quiet Leaders. Come along and help shine a spotlight on […]
The Women’s Spaces Online Programme launch will take place on Thursday 8th December from 7pm to 8pm. The Women’s Spaces Programme is a new innovative programme which aims to strengthen women’s capacity to take their rightful place as leaders in society. The project will help build women’s skills and share the tools needed for women to […]
As part of a doctoral research project, Kate Mukungu carried out 10 life history interviews with activists from NI that have taken a stance on VAWG – violence against women and girls. These 2016 interviews were part of a study across two sites, Namibia and Northern Ireland, which sought to understand how women activists develop […]
Siobhán continues to the meet with the working group for the Northern Ireland Child Payment Coalition. The introduction of a NI Child Payment was a recommendation by the Gender Equality and Anti-Poverty Expert Panels and in the Feminist Recovery Plan. Siobhán along with other working group members has met with Department officials to discuss how […]
Siobhán continues to attend meetings of Keep the Lifeline to discuss ways in which changes can be made to the social security system to help people through the Cost of Living Crisis. The focus of the work of Keep the Lifeline is currently on trying to ensure that benefits are uprated in line with inflation […]
Siobhán continues to work as part of the Working Group for the Cliff Edge Coalition on strengthening the welfare mitigations package in Northern Ireland. The focus of Cliff Edge work will now be on strengthening the mitigations package with some possible new mitigations around the two-child limit, the Universal Credit five-week wait and increased protections […]
Siobhán continues to publicise the findings in the Women Living with Debt research paper particularly around Cost of Living issues. Recently Siobhán has spoken at the following events about the findings and recommendations from the research: Progressive Unionist Party’s (PUP) Conference. NIPSA Health & Safety Conference (impact of Cost of Living on Mental Health) Women […]
