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NIRWN Focus Group on Women, Caring and Employment

NIRWN is hosting a focus group on Women, Caring and Employment on Wednesday 25th October at 10.30am. To register, email paula@nirwn.org

Pizza and Politics Programme at FWIN

FWIN is rolling out a new short-term project, funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs, to get more women involved in political life! We are planning to host a session in each DEA in Derry City & Strabane District Council.Are you part…

Speaking Circles (25th October)

FWIN is proud to present our next Guest Facilitator for our upcoming ‘Speaking Circles’ Session on 25th October from 6-8pm in Holywell Trust, 8-12 Bishop Street.Elaine McGee is a local BBC Foyle Presenter and a woman who is no stranger to…

FWIN BOOK CLUB PRESENTS: Hush-A-Bye-Baby and Director’s Q+A with Margo Harkin (23rd October)

FWIN’s Book Club Book of the Month is Sinead O’Connor’s Autobiography “Rememberings.” What better way to remember Sinead, than to speak with the Derry Girls that worked with her?Set in Derry in 1984, “Hush-A-Bye-Baby” follows the…
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The Fiscal Situation on the Island of Ireland: A Gendered Analysis

The NIWBG is hosting an afternoon webinar where we examine the fiscal situations of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland with a gendered analysis, following the announcement of the ROI's Budget 2024. We will be joined by two brilliant…
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Appointments to the Agricultural Wages Board (AWB)

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is seeking to appoint a Chair and Two Independent Members to the Agricultural Wages Board (AWB). Public bodies, and their boards, play an important role in the lives of…
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NIHE Youth Forum

The NIHE Youth Forum enables youth voices to be promoted within the Housing Executive. They engage with and hold seats on the Housing Community Networks and Central Housing Forum. The impact of this work has included enabling young people…
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Cliff Edge

Siobhán continues to attend meetings of the Cliff Edge Coalition Working Group which is working to strengthen the existing mitigations package for Northern Ireland.  Cliff Edge recently relaunched their key asks and Siobhán recorded a video…
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Coalition of Carers

Siobhán has joined the Coalition of Carers which is chaired by Carers NI and continues to attend regular meetings of the Coalition.  The Coalition is made up of a number of organisations all working to highlight the key issues that carers…
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NI Child Payment

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…