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‘Where’s Our Democracy?’ Campaign

In February 2023, the Women’s Policy Group launched the ‘Where’s Our Democracy?’ campaign, which is a campaign focused on improving the quality of democracy in Northern Ireland by restoring the spirit of the Belfast/ Good Friday Agreement…
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Women are struggling to feed their children and heat their homes – demand Stormont gets back to work to help

Over the last few weeks Women’s Support Network on behalf of the Women’s Regional Consortium have been carrying out research with women across Northern Ireland on the impact of the Cost of Living Crisis. We have talked to around 250 local…
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Women’s Movement Outraged by Loss of Holiday Hunger Payment: We Demand Stable Institutions Now

It is an understatement to say that the women’s movement is outraged by the ending of the Holiday Hunger payments. The payments will end on Monday 3rd April as the Department of Education no longer has the funding to deliver to the scheme.…
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New Campaign: Guarantee Our Essentials

Siobhán is now part of a new 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 security system a principle that…
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NEW Research – The Impact of the Cost of Living Crisis on Women in Northern Ireland

Siobhán is nearing the end of a series of focus groups across Northern Ireland looking at the impact of the Cost of Living Crisis on women.  These focus groups have been discussing the coping mechanisms that women are using to get through…
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April Funding Opportunities

APRIL 2023   Scheme Funder Note Date Ironmongers Company: STEM Projects Ironmongers Company Application deadline 1 Apr 2023 Council of Europe: European Youth Foundation Council of Europe Deadline for applications…
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FWIN / TWN Visit New York with 20 female participants from the WICT programme

Participants from diverse backgrounds drawn from throughout Northern Ireland who took part in the WICT programme exchanged experiences, knowledge and good practices under the CSW67 priority theme “Innovation and technological change, and education…
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Public consultation on services for individuals who have been bereaved by suicide

Public Health Agency (PHA) recognises the importance of reviewing current services for individuals who have been bereaved by suicide and most importantly listening to the views of service users, families, local communities and organisations…
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Women’s Policy Group’s Response to APPG on Poverty

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Poverty recently launching an inquiry looking into the (in)adequacy of the social security benefit rates, focusing on benefits for working-age people and their children. The main purpose of the…
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Unleashing the power of civil society January 2023

Over the last decade, the role that civil society plays have become ever more fundamental to life in the UK. The Covid pandemic shone a spotlight on that, and the cost-of-living crisis has highlighted it even more starkly. The ever-accelerating…

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