From Monday 26th June, a new offence of Non-Fatal Strangulation (NFS) is on the legal books in NI, that makes it a specific offence to strangle, smother or asphyxiate someone. This replaces a clause from the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act that ostensibly served the same purpose, but which has been very hard to […]
Cervical screening aims to prevent cervical cancers by detecting early precancerous changes in the cells that line the cervix. Women aged 25-49 should be called for a smear test every 3 years and women aged 50-64 should be called every 5 years. You can watch a short video of what happens at a cervical screening […]
This Deafblind Awareness Week, we’re asking everyone to tune into your sight and hearing. This means being aware of the signs of sight and hearing loss, getting your eyes and ears tested and getting support as soon as you need it. Deafblind awareness week take place from Monday 26th June to Sunday 2nd July. Everyone […]
As part of my university course we must attend placement, we are told from first year, and I had a lot of time to think about it. Being a mature student, people often think that I have returned to education, but in reality, I have been in education from I left secondary school. Dipping in […]
This September The Women’s Resource & Development Agency’s Award Winning Community Facilitator Programme Is coming to Coleraine. This 8 week programme will run every Tuesday starting on Tuesday 12th September at Causeway Rural & Urban Network 1 Brook St, Coleraine BT52 1EN 9.30 – 2.30pm. The Community Facilitator Programme offers local women the […]
This is an excerpt from the WPG response, you can read the full document here. The Women’s Policy Group have identified several significant concerns with this Draft Strategy which we have highlighted throughout this response. In general, the over-arching issue with the approach taken in this Draft Strategy is that it is impossible to gauge […]
This is an excerpt from the WPG NI Response to TEO Ending VAWG: Experiences and Attitudes of 16-year-olds in Northern Ireland report – Readership Survey. The Women’s Policy Group have engaged consistently with TEO EVAWG Strategy Team throughout the design of this important Strategy and are heavily invested in its success. We have committed to […]
When the Executive collapsed in February 2022, the women’s sector lost an important arena for influencing policy and lobbying on gender equality issues. In the absence of an Executive, local councils play an even more important role in helping us to advance gender equality in Northern Ireland. Local councils have the potential to be a […]
Bowel cancer is the fourth 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 […]
The NI Women’s Policy Group believes that a Circular Economy Strategy for NI is essential, but that the approach outlined by the Department for Economy is one that will not be sufficient to meet the goals we need to meet. We need to move beyond an approach that centres economic growth, to take into account […]
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