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Consultation Response

Research definitively shows abuse, harm and violence disproportionately impacts women and girls

The Women’s Regional Consortium appreciates the opportunity to respond to the Consultation on a Strategic Framework to End Violence Against Women and Girls and Foundational Action Plan. While abuse, harm and violence can be perpetrated by…
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Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) Consultation

The Department of Education (DE) has launched a consultation on the circumstances and arrangements which would enable a parent or carer to excuse their child (opt-out) from receiving age-appropriate, comprehensive and scientifically accurate…
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Consultation on a Strategic Framework to End Violence Against Women and Girls and Foundational Action Plan

The Executive Office (TEO) have issued a consultation to seek views on the new Strategic Framework to End Violence Against Women and Girls and Foundational Action Plan. This is a draft seven-year Strategic Framework to End Violence Against…
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NEW RESEARCH PAPER – Women, Unpaid Care and Employment

Siobhán is working with Carers NI on a joint report on Women, Unpaid Care and Employment.  Initial conversations with Carers NI have taken place to discuss how the research might be carried out with the hope of publishing the report early…

Women’s Experiences of the Cost-of-Living Crisis in NI: Topic Summaries Published

Siobhán Harding, WSN Policy Worker, has been working with a student, Anna Monaghan, to produce a series of shorter summaries from the research focusing on specific areas as follows: Costs of Education Unpaid Care Mental Health Debt…
Funding

October Funding Opportunities

OCTOBER 2023 Scheme Funder Note Date Good Things Foundation: National Databank Good Things Foundation Open to applications 2 Oct 2023 Leathersellers Company Charitable Fund: Small Grants The Leathersellers'…
Women's Regional Consortium Membership Survey 2023.

Survey 2023: Have Your Say

The Women’s Regional Consortium (WRC) consists of seven established women’s sector organisations that are committed to working in partnership with each other to empower local women in disadvantaged and rurally isolated communities. The purpose…
Cliff Edge Coalition NI

Campaigns: 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…
Cliff Edge Coalition NI

Campaigns: 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…
Cliff Edge Coalition NI

Campaigns: 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…

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