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RESEARCH – The Impact of the Cost-of-Living Crisis on Women

Siobhán continues to lobby about this significant piece of research which was carried out in partnership with Ulster University.  The research found that many women were struggling to cope with increases in the cost of living particularly…
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RESEARH – Women, Unpaid Care & Employment

WSN Policy Worker Siobhán Harding spoke at the second ever Women’s Parliament event held in Stormont in February 2025 about Consortium research on women and unpaid care.  Siobhán highlighted the research work carried out in partnership…
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RESEARCH – Women, Skills & Barriers to Work

Siobhán continues to lobby around the findings and recommendations of the Women’s Regional Consortium’s latest research paper Women, Skills & Barriers to Work.    In partnership with the NI Anti-Poverty Network (NIAPN) Siobhán…
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‘Nothing About Us Without Us’ Award winning Project

NIRWN in partnership with Community Foundation NI, Falls Women’s Centre and Reclaim the Agenda were winners of the NI Hummingbird Awards for Allyship for their work on the ‘Nothing About Us Without Us’ project.   The award recognised…
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Women’s Parliament

NIRWN supported our members to attend and make representation in the NI Assembly Chambers at the Women’s Parliament held at Parliament Buildings, Stormont Estate. NIRWN members Edel Gribbin, Denise Kelso and Barbara Campbell had the opportunity…
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WRC responds to Consultation on a new Fuel Poverty Strategy for Northern Ireland

We know from our research work that women often bear the brunt of poverty in their homes as we have detailed in Section 2.0 of this response. Women often act as the shock absorbers of poverty going without heat, food and other essentials to…
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NIRWN in partnership with PL20NI

NIRWN in partnership with PL20NI (20 Years of the Polish Community in NI) will be running a five-week programme, 11pm – 1pm in Armagh City and it is free to participate. The venue is still to be chosen but will be accessible to all.   Tuesday…

Upcoming event with Women’s Centre Derry.

On Friday 7th March for International Women's Day. All organisations will be present with a table providing information about FREE services and support available for women. We would encourage all women and girls to attend. We feel it would be…
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WOMEN’STEC Featured in the Irish News!

‘Anything a boy can do, a girl can do better...’ - the Holy Cross girls learning to be builders, joiners and plumbers. We were delighted to be featured in the Irish News this week, highlighting our work with the incredible pupils of Holy…
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Motion on Gender Budgeting Passed in Assembly

On the 14th of January, a motion on gender budgeting was passed in the Assembly, a significant step in Northern Ireland’s gender budgeting journey. Put forward by the SDLP alongside a number of other motions relating to gender equality, the…

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