WOMEN’STEC Unveils Brand New North West Workshop: Empowering Women & Girls to Break Barriers in Trades and Construction
WOMEN’STEC, Northern Ireland’s trailblazing champion for women and girls in non-traditional skills, is delighted to announce the grand opening of its brand new North West workshop and training hub at Ráth Mór Business Park on Friday, 26th September,…
Women’s Centre Derry calls for a Women’s Health Strategy
Keeping a focus on Women’s Mental Health is never going to be an easy task, women are the backbone of our society, yet they are continuously overlooked and over shadowed. Mental Health is such a sliding scale and personal battle that its…
November 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…
Consultation Response Published: Consultation on NI Executive Anti-Poverty Strategy
Siobhán has responded to the draft Anti-Poverty Strategy using the results from the Toolkit engagement with women. This engagement highlighted serious concerns about the lack of new actions contained in the draft plan to address rising poverty…
Consultation on Disability and Work: A Strategy for Northern Ireland
This Strategy sets out the Department for Communities’ commitment to achieve better employment outcomes for disabled people, people with health conditions, and people who are neurodivergent.
In 2023/24 the employment rate for disabled people…
Breastfeeding Bill Consultation
Linda Dillon MLA has launched a consultation on her Private Members Bill on Breastfeeding to encourage breastfeeding in public spaces. The purpose of the Bill is to put in place stronger protections from discrimination for those breastfeeding…
NEW Consortium research – Mental Health Matters for Women
Women's Support Network Policy Worker, Siobhán Harding has started to work on the next Consortium research paper which will be on Women and Mental Health.
The aim of the research is to highlight a number of areas:
The problems with…
NIRWN at the NI Anti-Poverty Conference
Paula McAliskey represented NIRWN and our members at the NI Anti-Poverty Conference, a sector-wide call to action for a robust and impactful Anti-Poverty Strategy for Northern Ireland.
The publication of the Draft Anti-Poverty Strategy in…
NIRWN at T:BUC Engagement Forum – Omagh
Paula represented NIRWN at the Together: Building a United Community (T:BUC) Engagement Forum in Omagh, which explored the theme of Social Media and its Impact on Good Relations.
The event featured a diverse range of speakers and a panel…
October 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…
