Inflation has risen to over 10% in the UK in the last year its highest level in over 40 years. Inflation has been rising sharply since Covid restrictions ended and the economy reopened on the back of soaring fuel, energy and food costs. The Institute for Fiscal Studies has said that the poorest fifth of […]
New research has been published by the Women’s Resource and Development Agency. Part of their new Research Hub initiative, the research report is the first in a series that will look at the full range of health inequalities facing women in Northern Ireland. This report focuses on maternal mental health and the impact of the […]
On the 1st February, Sinn Féin MLA Ciara Ferguson returned to meet with FWIN to discuss the issues affecting women in the North-West. This was a part of our continued engagement with the Sinn Féin team, following our lobbying session with First Minister Delegate Michelle O’Neill, MLA’s Pádraig Delarg and local Sinn Féin councillor Emma […]
Siobhán has joined the Coalition of Carers which is chaired by Carers NI. The Coalition is made up of a number of organisations all working to highlight the key issues that carers are facing across Northern Ireland. Siobhán attended her first meeting of the Coalition and will input into the campaign in the coming months.
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. As part of this group Siobhán met with Cara Hunter from the SDLP to discuss […]
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. Siobhán attended a briefing to discuss a new joint campaign between the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Trussell Trust calling for reform to […]
Alongside Dr Ciara Fitzpatrick, Ulster University and Andy McClaniaghan, British Association of Social Workers NI, Siobhán guest edited a Cost of Living Crisis special edition of View Digital Magazine. The magazine is packed full of articles from people with lived experience of the Crisis, workers, activists, researchers, academics and funders all discussing the Crisis, its […]
On 18th January 2023, alongside Elaine Crory from WRDA and Sonya McMullan from the Women’s Aid Federation NI, Siobhán gave oral evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee on the issue of paramilitary lending. This evidence was based on the findings from the Women Living with Debt report which formed the basis of the Consortium’s […]
Siobhán continues to carry out engagement with a range of people and organisations on the Consortium’s research paper on ‘Women Living with Debt’. Since the research was published Siobhán has spoken about the findings, women’s experiences and recommendations at the following: Speaking at NIWEP Webinar – Building on the Experiences of Women and Girls BBC […]
Siobhán will be carrying out a series of focus groups across Northern Ireland looking at the impact of the Cost of Living Crisis on women. These focus groups will discuss the coping mechanisms that women are using to get through this Crisis and how they are personally impacted by it. The focus groups will look […]
