Resources

This is a recording of a webinar sharing learning on the EU Directive on violence against women and girls, which took place on 2 December 2024.

This is a recording of our Ending violence against women and girls: Learning from Europe webinar, which took place on 28 November 2024. Speakers include Eliana Jimeno from WAVE Network and Sonya McMullan from Women’s Aid Federation NI.

We are delighted to share our annual report 2024, which highlights an active and productive year.

These are the final signed accounts for Women’s Platform 2023-24.

This submission emphasises the importance of flexible and supportive working envionments and employment legislation for women.

This is the annual report of Women’s Platform 2023.

This document presents the full independently examined accounts for Women’s Platform 2022-23.

This report provides an overview of the A Women’s Vision for Northern Ireland project and highlights findings.

These are the full accounts of Women’s Platform for the financial year 2021-2022.

Women’s Platform, as part of a consortium with Northern Ireland Rural Women’s Network (NIRWN), Women’s Support Network (WSN) and Women’s Resource and Development Agency (WRDA) is delighted to announce the Women’s Spaces project, a three year capacity building and advocacy programme which will build a platform for women to engage in peace-building and civic and political life, in line with UN Security Council Resolution 1325.

We are now seeking an evaluator, who as a contractor will be involved in longitudinally evaluating the programme and contributing to ensuring it meets its aims. These are the terms of reference for the evaluation.

This submission expresses strong support for a stand alone misogyny offence.

This submission is the Women’s Platform contribution to the development of a strategy on violence against women and girls, and a domestic and sexual violence strategy. The submission emphasises international standards as a guiding framework and a rights based approach.

Northern Ireland Women’s European Platform (NIWEP) welcomes the Period Products (Free Provision) Bill as an important proposal that would strengthen protection and support for women and girls, and people who menstruate. NIWEP welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the Bill scrutiny process.

NIWEP welcomes the process exploring a Bill of Rights, and believes that establishing a strong Bill of Rights is important for the future of Northern Ireland.

Tensions remain high in Northern Ireland, and public dialogue on the Protocol is not creating clarity for people in Northern Ireland. Lack of clarity and clear information is contributing to uncertainty and associated anxiety among the public.

This response highlights the need to take a gendered perspective to the Budget.

This response calls for a focus on gender in the PfG Outcomes Framework and using the Sustainable Development Goals as an indicator framework.

This response argues that a housing supply strategy must take a wider view of housing as a cornerstone of sustainable, safe and accessible communities.

This response supports introduction of leave rights for victims and survivors of domestic abuse as a day one right.

This response sets out key issues relating to introducing gender budgeting into policy making.

This response calls for a gender lens and a holistic overview of societal needs as a basis for further and higher education policy.

This response sets out key reasons why a Bill of Rights is needed, including as an opportunity to integrate existing international obligations into domestic legislation and policy.

This response highlights existing good practice on safe zones internationally.

This responses emphasises the urgency of implementing the CEDAW Optional Protocol inquiry recommendations in full, without further delay.

This response supports provisions in the Bill.

This responses supports the Bill and emphasises key gendered perspectives as well as relevant international obligations.

This response welcomes the PMB and emphasises the need for appropriate and accessible provision for all women and girls and people who menstruate.

This response welcomes the PMB and sets out relevant international obligations and international good practice.

This response explores ways to ensure strengthened gender equality mechanisms in the Westminster administration.

This response outlines key elements of a gender sensitive parliament and calls for implementation of measures urgently

This response highlights the impacts of Covid-19 on women and action needed to secure gender equality in a Covid-19 response.

This response highlights the impacts of Covid-19 on BAME women and women with disabilities, and outlines action needed to secure equality in a Covid-19 response.

This response highlights international obligations and calls for implementation of these through the Bill.

This response highlights the importance of addressing gender in updated hate crime legislation.

This report sets out reflections from the delegation to CSW68 and a flavour of learning shared at events attended.

This is the recording of the CSW68 virtual side event Women’s Platform organised in collaboration with Women’s Support Network and Women’s Platform.

This is the video of Women’s Platform’s side event at CSW66, which focused on young women’s perspectives on climate, gender justice and peace and security, and featured speakers from Rwanda, Uganda, Colombia and Northern Ireland.

This submission is coordinated by Northern Ireland Women’s European Platform (NIWEP), with members and civil society partners. It builds on the 2019 shadow report and is designed to assist the Committee to assess the UK government interim report.

This is the statement of Women’s Platform (NIWEP) to CSW66, which focuses on gender, climate change and emergency preparedness as its priority theme.

This response calls for gender equality and women’s human rights to be made a cross cutting priority across the UN Human Rights Council’s work, and for a gender lens to be implemented in all Council initiatives.

This submission sets out data on femicide and domestic violence in Northern Ireland for the Special Rapporteur’s report to the UN.