NIHE Youth Forum
The NIHE Youth Forum enables youth voices to be promoted within the Housing Executive. They engage with and hold seats on the Housing Community Networks and Central Housing Forum.
The impact of this work has included enabling young people…
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…
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…
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…
Guaranteeing 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 security system a principle that at a…
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…
Women and Equalities Committee Inquiry into the Impact of the Rising Cost of Living on Women
The Women and Equalities Committee (Westminster) has launched a new inquiry examining the impact of the rising cost of living on women, as households continue to come under pressure from increased costs. The Committee will examine the impact…
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…
RESEARCH LAUNCHED – The Impact of the Cost of Living Crisis on Women in Northern Ireland
The Consortium’s latest research paper with the Ulster University Law Clinic was launched in Ulster University in June. The research paper was full of evidence from women across Northern Ireland on the impact of the Cost-of-Living Crisis…
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…