The members of the WPG NI and WRDA reject the NICE guidelines for the following reasons: These proposals single out black and brown birth giving people, over 35s and people with higher BMIs for early induction at 39 weeks. The equality impact assessment for this guideline has not recognised the impact on these groups of […]
The Mas project are delighted to deliver the OCN in Maternal Advocacy and Support to Mas project workers across the centres this summer. The modules will be delivered over July and August and the OCN will also be delivered throughout the year to project participants on the Mas project. This is an exciting development for the […]
Register Here We are excited to announce that the Women’s Policy Group are relaunching our COVID-19 Feminist Recovery Plan on Wednesday 28th July 2021 from 10am-12pm. We would like to invite you all to attend this relaunch event. One year on from the WPG NI COVID-19 Feminist Recovery Plan 2020 was initially launched in July 2020, gender-neutral policy […]
Granaghan and District Women’s group is a small, (but mighty) women’s group, formed in 1994, the same year as The Downing Street Declaration. It is based in the small village of Swatragh, in county Derry, on the main A29. Most traffic passes through the village, without stopping! The group has been running, non-stop, for the […]
The Mas project is providing peer support for women with maternal mental health problems across 8 women’s centres in the Belfast, Lisburn and Derry/Londonderry area. Due to the pandemic we had to adapt to online delivery and are now all phasing the return to face to face contact. The peer support has included a range […]
Raise Your Voice has been working alongside other organisations to push for urgent reform on Relationships & Sexuality Education (RSE) in schools. It is apparent through our work as well as through a wealth of evidence that our current RSE provision is insufficient, and it is not fully equipping young people with the information that […]
A vital programme aimed at raising awareness of the importance of bowel screening is now available online to support the recent roll out of a new, simpler bowel cancer screening kit in Northern Ireland. The Women’s Resource and Development Agency’s (WRDA) ground-breaking online screening awareness programme was originally developed to help tackle inequalities in […]
Ulster University is hosting workshops to facilitate women’s groups to participate in conversations about constitutional issues in Northern Ireland. Our project is funded by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust and the aim of each workshop is to have an inclusive conversation on the referendum provision in the 1998 Belfast Good Friday Agreement that takes account of pro-Irish […]
I first heard of WRDA in 2019 when researching possible organizations to do my placement with in 2020. My teacher suggested they would be an ideal organization to complete my placement with if I aspired to work in the field of social justice. Upon arriving at WRDA, I knew immediately that this was a workplace […]
Bowel cancer is the second most common cancer in NI. Around 1 in 20 people will be diagnosed with bowel cancer and around 430 people die from the disease. Early detection is key to improved survival rates and the recently introduced FIT home screening kit is key to this. It is also a good idea […]
Women’s Policy Group NI Endorse Women’s Resource and Development Agency Response to NICE Inducing Labour Update Consultation on Draft GuidelinesJuly 8, 2021 - 10:35 am
OCN in Maternal Advocacy and Support ApprovedJuly 8, 2021 - 10:32 am
Relaunch of Feminist Recovery PlanJune 15, 2021 - 12:50 pmThe MAs Project Looks Forward to Next StageJune 7, 2021 - 1:54 pm
Campaigning Success for Raise Your VoiceJune 7, 2021 - 1:17 pm