#TuesdayThoughts

Really great to hear the Health Minister's commitment to NHS Healthy Start Scheme in NI considering that NI has the lowest awareness levels of this important support Along with atlas we produced a local video to raise awareness of #HealthyStart youtube.com/watch?v=_1AyWO…

Discover the collaborative spirit of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Partnership! 🎙️Join The PILS Project as we explore how 4 unique orgs are united in their pursuit of #HumanRights🎙️ First up, we reflect on a 2024 #collaboration w/our friends Human Rights Consortium NI: podbean.com/eas/pb-gt95d-1…

#WednesdayWisdom ✨ Your unique energy is exactly what the world needs✨

The Benefit Cap is such a gendered policy and needs to be abolished ⬇️ We're fortunate to have a mitigation in place in NI to protect women & families from it, this mitigation must stay while this policy remains in place Cliff Edge Coalition NI

Anxiety is a learning disability, "survival mode," but isn't recognised as one. It inhibits your ability to learn,causing the cortex to narrow,dysregulting the nervous system with cognitive functioning challenges, attention difficulties,planning, and memory struggles.🧠🌱

🎉Wishing our good friends Centre for Cross Border Studies a wonderful day of celebrating and shining a light on the vital work they have been doing for the last 25 years and envisioning the path ahead for us all across these islands. #Celebration #25years #CrossBorder #Legacy

Congratulations to NIRWN member and our Women’s Spaces participant Dervla who formed part of the ‘Living Library’ Northern Ireland Assembly to mark Good Relations Week 2024. What an experience! NIRWN work every day towards a ‘society where rural women are #visible #influential and #valued’

In a busy news week, it’s vital this significant report by Dr. Aisling Swaine is not overlooked. The courage of those who told their stories is humbling. A difficult but critical read if we’re serious collectively about understanding what it takes to break cycles of linked violence.

In the week that the Executive launched its strategy for EVAWAG the patriarchy has decided to launch a fight back, what a message to send to young female gaels, and we wonder why we’ve a growing problem with male on female violence in this place

#FridayFeeling May your in tray be light and your tea/coffee/iced caramel macchiato be just how you like it! Grateful for some gorgeous weather, beautiful sunsets and stunning moon; wishing you some pockets of peace to enjoy them.

Anyone can become the victim of a scam as criminals find ever more sophisticated ways to target us. Fight back against scammers by attending our online Information Session, keep informed about the latest scams & know what to do if you think you have been targeted. #ScamAware

It has now been one week since the Looking Back, Reaching Forward, Challenges & Opportunities Conference, held in partnership with the Ann McGeeney Trust Fund. It was an incredibly meaningful day, celebrating the remarkable legacy of Ann and the ongoing impact she creates

My nerdy heart loves these 🤓

You can’t clap a #EndVAWG strategy announcement one week, and then turn a blind eye the next week to awful public messaging around domestic abuse - whether that’s in the world of politics, sport, media, online etc. All the little abuses people are subjected to build up to a

Until we see the connection; the public responsibility, the responsibility of organisations & institutions, the need for public policy reform together with a massive shift in cultural norms we will continue to be the most dangerous place in Europe to be a woman No more acceptance

Excl: Girls aged 14 now make up the most common group to report rape to the police. In an interview with The Times and The Sunday Times, Yvette Cooper says the "incredibly disturbing figure" is a sign of how violent pornography is “fundamentally changing” the views of young boys about sex:

Higher ed that doth focus on 'workforce' alone wythout any regard for the thrivinge and curiousitye of the individual and the exploration of larger questiouns about societye, knowledge, historye, and art -- that ys not educacioun, that ys taxpayer funded training for corporations

US Textile artists Alison Chambers and Emily Robbins, “Strong Tradition” quilt #WomensArt

The Summit of the Future starts tomorrow. Main events are available via UN Web TV at webtv.un.org/en. We'll follow key events as well.