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The Women's Parliament was co-designed with experts from NIRWN WRDA Northern Ireland Women’s Budget Group Women's Platform Women's Support Net Women's Forum NI, Women's Aid NI Many thanks to our Panel of experts and everyone who took part. Watch the recording here: niassembly.gov.uk/visit-and-lear… #IWD2025 #InternationalWomensDay

You can now find us on Bluesky! We'll be posting all things NIWBG on both profiles for now but give us a follow to get double the updates: bsky.app/profile/niwbg.…

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 % of disabled people and people on benefits. Read more here: mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

We joined our Northern Ireland Women’s Budget Group colleagues & others in co-signing a letter to the Chancellor to stop the proposed cuts to disability benefits which will have greater impacts in NI ⬇️

Given the recent debate re disability-related social security it is important to remember that NI is a special case and will be disproportionately impacted. Long-term impacts of the conflict being one of the issues. For those interested, research linked below.

Finds that disability rates in NI arent driven by health and the labour market like they are in other places. Suggests a range of potential explanations for this: esr.ie/article/view/2…

'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: niwbg.org/post/niwbg-res…

Thank you to everyone who took the time to speak to us! #YAMTV #NIYouthAssembly #YouthVoice Northern Ireland Assembly Northern Ireland Assembly Women's Caucus Claire Sugden Paula Bradshaw MLA Pam Cameron MLA Aisling Reilly SF 🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️CarálNíChuilín, Is Deontóir Mé ✊ Diana Armstrong MLA WRDA Northern Ireland Women’s Budget Group Women's Platform Women's Support Net Women's Aid NI Disability Action Jane Morrice #rejoinEU #FBPE #Article49 #EU

This Mother's Day and every day, we advocate for a world without a gender pay gap ✊

This is good news! The Universal Credit Contingency Fund (UCCF) which provides a grant to people in NI to help them get through the UC 5-week wait will be renamed to the Universal Credit New Claims Grant (it just makes more sense!) ⬇️

As these migration notices are issued it's important to remind those moving to UC about the Universal Credit New Claims Grant - a non-repayable grant - to help claimants get through the 5-week wait: nidirect.gov.uk/articles/unive…

🚨Queen's University Belfast 🎓 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. rte.ie/news/uk/2025/0…

From the Guardian. 52% Labour plans will break communities. #welfarenotwarfare

Becca Northern Ireland Anti Poverty Network and Cliff Edge Coalition NI working group member speaking at a Women's Budget Group Conference on Women & Children's Poverty Becca highlights the importance of the mitigations package in NI, the need to protect our existing mitigations but equally the need to extend them!

Great start to the week delivering training on gender budgeting at YouthAction Northern Ireland!

Many thanks to Alex & Aoife from Northern Ireland Women’s Budget Group Ulster University ARK who delivered a very informative training on gender budgeting yesterday to our members & staff.

At the Northern Ireland Anti Poverty Network AGM Ellen Clifford DPAC outlines how to get involved in opposing disability benefit cuts. The fight back is on in NI including by Northern Ireland Anti Poverty Network lived experience panel who are collecting peoples responses to the cuts on postcards #livedexperience

Fantastic event from Northern Ireland Anti Poverty Network and fantastic presentation from Ellen Clifford We will be responding to the green paper and echoing the demands that were laid out today: stop and scrap the cuts!

🚨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: forms.office.com/e/QCR9U1BbvZ

To eradicate poverty, we need a plan to get there. The NI Executive need to withdraw support of this draft 'strategy' and use the recommendations that they have had for 5 years from the expert panel and co-design group.