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April 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…

Open Consultations

Criminal Justice (Sentencing etc) Bill As part of the Northern Ireland Assembly’s normal legislative processes, the Criminal Justice (Sentencing etc) Bill has been referred to the Committee for Justice for scrutiny. The Criminal Justice…

NEW Consortium research – Mental Health Matters for Women

The WSN Policy Worker, Siobhán Harding, has completed a series of focus groups with women across Northern Ireland for the next Consortium research paper ‘Mental Health Matters for Women’.  The focus groups involved 67 women in total and…

Strength and Solidarity: Climate and Civil Food Resilience (short guide for civil society)

This document, Strength and Solidarity: Climate and Civil Food Resilience, highlights the urgent need for the UK government and civil society to develop civil food resilience as part of the necessary preparation for climate change and an increasingly…

New WRDA Research Launched: Bathroom Access in Schools

On Wednesday 25th March, WRDA and Menstruation Matters joined a panel of young women to discuss the key findings and recommendations of a report on bathroom access in schools in Northern Ireland. The findings, based on 221 responses from young…

Survey – Being LGBTQIA+ in Northern Ireland

This survey is part of the Out Connections Project, a partnership between The Rainbow Project, CaraFriend, and HERe NI. They want to understand the lived experiences of LGBTQIA+ people in Northern Ireland to help:   Build a more…

Women’s Health Action Plan

NIRWN staff and some rural members attended a Women’s Health Listening Exercise Engagement Event at the Europa Hotel, Belfast — helping shape the forthcoming Women’s Health Action Plan. For the past four years, we’ve been proud to…

March 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…

Open Consultations

Joint inquiry on Government’s Child Poverty Strategy The Education and Work and Pensions Committees launched a new inquiry investigating how the Government’s new Child Poverty Strategy can meet its aims. The new inquiry will examine…

NEW Consortium research – Mental Health Matters for Women

Women's Support Network's Policy Worker, Siobhán Harding, has completed a series of focus groups with women across Northern Ireland for the next Consortium research paper ‘Mental Health Matters for Women’.  The focus groups involved 67…