As we mark Human Rights Day we are reminded that women's & girls' rights are fundamental human rights. We must fight online abuse, gender-based violence & ensure equality in education, pay, social protection & political participation #womensplatformni #humanrightsday2025 #allwomen

Are you interested how the budget will impact women and gender equality? Join our discussion tomorrow at 10am online.

Tickets still available - get yours now 👇

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First page of the NIWBG statement on the Autumn Budget

🚨 Our response to the UK Autumn Budget Statement 2025 is on our website now - go check it out!

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Heard about gender budgeting but don't know what it is?

Interested in learning how budgets can be used to advance equality?

Join us on the 4th of September in Belfast for a one-day training workshop on gender budgeting!

Follow the link to register: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Heard about gender budgeting but don't know what it is?

Interested in learning how budgets can be used to advance equality?

Join us on the 4th of September in Belfast for a one-day training workshop on gender budgeting!

Follow the link to register: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Sunday Sofa Activism!

Disabled people and advocates – the Disabled People's Parliament wants your voice heard!

Share your views on the issues that matter most to you. Fill out the survey by Monday 4 August 2025.

📝 consult.nia-yourassembly.org.uk/engagement/d...

Pension Commission to look at why four-in-ten fail to save enough Future pensioners are set to be worse off than today's with four-in-10 not saving enough for retirement, says the DWP.

More evidence of the long-standing inequalities & inadequacies of the pension system, disproportionately affecting women & lower-income groups, with a 48% gender gap in private pension wealth.
With more women than men relying on the state pension, any review must include state pension sufficiency.

🚨Are you interested in learning more about gender budgeting and how it can benefit you?

Join us for one of our gender budgeting training sessions!

Click on the link below to fill out an expression of interest form:
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This year marks 25 years of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace, & security. The resolution highlights women’s central role in peacebuilding, but this anniversary is a crucial opportunity to revitalise & strengthen the agenda.
Learn more: bit.ly/45kojko
#WomensPlatformNI #UNSCR1325

Great start to the week delivering training on gender budgeting at Youth Action NI!

Deprivation levels higher in NI than rest of UK - study Deprivation is higher in Northern Ireland than in regions of England, and in Scotland and Wales, research by Queen's University Belfast has found.

🚨A new QUB report: the 2 local authorities w/ the highest levels of deprivation across the UK were both in NI - Derry & Strabane, & Belfast

If there was ever a sign that we need a robust, progressive, & ambitious Anti-Poverty Strategy, this is it.

www.rte.ie/news/uk/2025...

Women have done more than enough. We have taken the risks. We have gained the degrees. We have made the bold moves. All while caring for children, aging parents, our schools, churches, and community. The real question is: When will men, companies, and governments finally meet us where we are? Until then, let's retire the narrative that women need to work harder, be more strategic, or accumulate more experience capital. Women are not the problem. The system is. And it's long past time for the real stakeholders to take responsibility. - Blessing Oyeleye Adesiyan Founder & CEO, The Care Gap Executive Director, Caring Africa Care Gap

Women are being FAILED:
Childcare Strategy ❌
Gender Equality Strategy❌
Anti Poverty Strategy❌
Disability Strategy❌
Women's Health Strategy❌
LGBTQIA + Strategy❌

All awaiting NI Executive action
Many for YEARS.
Many just needing sign off.
It is not accidental it is deliberate & conscious failure.

Response to the Spring Statement 2025 report

The UK needs a new approach to fiscal policy—one that invests in care, education and social security, not cuts that deepen poverty and inequality.

Global instability shouldn’t be met with austerity at home.

Read our full response to the #SpringStatement

www.wbg.org.uk/publication/...

NIWBG Response to the Spring Statement On Wednesday, the Chancellor for the Exchequer presented the Spring Statement, also known as a ‘mini-budget’, to Parliament. The headline announcements saw cuts/changes to benefits and increases to de...

'Responding to the OBR’s changes to predicted GDP growth with decisions that will drive the most vulnerable in our society into poverty is not a sign of maintaining a ‘healthy’ economy.'

Read our full response to the Spring Statement here: www.niwbg.org/post/niwbg-r...

DWP cuts spark huge reaction from women’s groups - full letter to Rachel Reeves Dozens of women’s organisations have warned Rachel Reeves to rethink her disability benefits cuts over fears it will remove a 'vital lifeline' for victims of abuse

We joined 40 organisations in signing a letter asking the Chancellor not to go ahead w/ the proposed cuts to disability benefits. The cut will have a significant impact on NI due to the higher percentage of disabled people and people on benefits.

Read more here: www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

It’s Spring Statement Day! Only a few hours until Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, will reveal the Government's plans for taxation and spending in the #SpringStatement

Follow us as we comment live on what the announcements will mean for women.

It was great to have the opportunity to present on gender budgeting at yesterday's Equality Coalition meeting - thanks for having us @equalitycoalition.bsky.social !

Another great Equality Coalition meeting was held this morning! Special thanks to Jonna Monaghan @womensplatformni.bsky.social for her presentation on her experience at CSW & to Alex Brennan @niwbg.bsky.social & Aoife Mallon (UU) for their presentation on gender budgeting. #Equality