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Feminist responses to climate change discussion group.

Open Consultation: Inquiry into Relationship and Sexuality Education (RSE) in Schools

The Committee for Education is carrying out a Mini-Inquiry into Relationship and Sexuality Education (RSE) in schools.  The Committee is comparing the approaches to RSE across these islands and internationally to assess provision of RSE in…
Feminist responses to climate change discussion group.

Campaigns update: 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 are increasingly concerned about the upcoming cliff edge for…
Feminist responses to climate change discussion group.

Feminist Responses to Climate Change

Are you concerned about the impact of climate change, and the mainstream response to it, on women? We have the group for you! Over 3 sessions we will look at the climate crisis as a type of gender-based violence, we will chat about the reproductive…
Feminist responses to climate change discussion group.

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…
Feminist responses to climate change discussion group.

Healthy Start eligibility for families who cannot access public funds

The purpose of this consultation is to seek views on whether eligibility for the Healthy Start scheme should be extended to include others who are prevented from accessing public funds due to immigration controls. The Department of Health…
Feminist responses to climate change discussion group.

The ‘Good Jobs’ Employment Rights Bill

The Department for the Economy are consulting on proposals to strengthen employment rights legislation and increase the number of working age people in ‘Good Jobs’.  The consultation covers a wide range of possible improvements to employment…
Feminist responses to climate change discussion group.

Open Consultation: Domestic Abuse – Safe Leave

The Department for the Economy are consulting about the introduction of regulations to entitle employees who are the victims of domestic abuse up to 10 days paid safe leave in each leave year so that they can deal with issues related to that…
Feminist responses to climate change discussion group.

Open Consultation: School Uniform Policy

The Department of Education are consulting on plans to introduce statutory guidance so that all school governing bodies will be required to review their school uniform policy and ensure that costs are manageable for parents/carers.  The consultation…
Feminist responses to climate change discussion group.

NEW RESEARCH – Women, Skills & Barriers to Work

Work has started on the write up of the Consortium’s next research paper on Women, Skills and Barriers to Work.  This follows a series of focus groups with women to discuss the issues around skills and the barriers they faced taking part…
Feminist responses to climate change discussion group.

Draft Programme for Government 2024-2027

The Northern Ireland Executive has published the draft Programme for Government 2024-2027 ‘Our Plan: Doing What Matters Most’ The draft Programme for Government 2024-2027 'Our Plan: Doing What Matters Most' has been subject to an equality…

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