Caoimhe’s Journey to Apprentice of the Year! WOMEN’STEC sat down with Caoimhe Sherlock and Gerard Keenan of CFM to chat about Caoimhe’s journey.
Caoimhe's entry into Joinery wasn't always the plan! When she first signed up for Camp America, she wanted to do kayaking and canoeing. Needing to choose a third activity for the summer and because of Caoimhe's GCSE in Technology & Design…
Campaigns Update
Campaigns: Guarantee our Essentials
Siobhán is part of a campaign from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Trussell Trust calling for an Essentials Guarantee within Universal Credit. The Essentials Guarantee would embed in the social…
Open Consultations
Supplementary Consultation on Domestic Rating Measures
In November 2023 the Department of Finance consulted on seven rates proposals including three in the domestic sector. This supplementary consultation now builds on that process and…
RESEARCH – The Impact of the Cost-of-Living Crisis on Women
Siobhán continues to lobby about this significant piece of research which was carried out in partnership with Ulster University. The research found that many women were struggling to cope with increases in the cost of living particularly…
RESEARH – Women, Unpaid Care & Employment
WSN Policy Worker Siobhán Harding spoke at the second ever Women’s Parliament event held in Stormont in February 2025 about Consortium research on women and unpaid care. Siobhán highlighted the research work carried out in partnership…
RESEARCH – Women, Skills & Barriers to Work
Siobhán continues to lobby around the findings and recommendations of the Women’s Regional Consortium’s latest research paper Women, Skills & Barriers to Work.
In partnership with the NI Anti-Poverty Network (NIAPN) Siobhán…
‘Nothing About Us Without Us’ Award winning Project
NIRWN in partnership with Community Foundation NI, Falls Women’s Centre and Reclaim the Agenda were winners of the NI Hummingbird Awards for Allyship for their work on the ‘Nothing About Us Without Us’ project.
The award recognised…
Women’s Parliament
NIRWN supported our members to attend and make representation in the NI Assembly Chambers at the Women’s Parliament held at Parliament Buildings, Stormont Estate. NIRWN members Edel Gribbin, Denise Kelso and Barbara Campbell had the opportunity…
WRC responds to Consultation on a new Fuel Poverty Strategy for Northern Ireland
We know from our research work that women often bear the brunt of poverty in their
homes as we have detailed in Section 2.0 of this response. Women often act as the
shock absorbers of poverty going without heat, food and other essentials to…
NIRWN in partnership with PL20NI
NIRWN in partnership with PL20NI (20 Years of the Polish Community in NI) will be running a five-week programme, 11pm – 1pm in Armagh City and it is free to participate. The venue is still to be chosen but will be accessible to all.
Tuesday…
