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Launch of Pillars for Peace-Building: A Digital Toolkit on Women’s Activism in Northern Ireland at Belfast City Hall

Event Date(s): May 27, 2025
Event Type: In Person Event
Event Venue: Belfast City Hall

Many thanks to everyone who attended the launch of our Toolkit and thanks to Belfast City Council’s Women’s Steering Group...

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Online Launch of Pillars for Peace-Building: A Digital Toolkit on Women’s Activism in Northern Ireland

Event Date(s): June 10, 2025
Event Type: In Person Event

Thanks to all who joined our online launch of our digital toolkit on women’s activism in Northern Ireland: Pillars for...

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Where are the Women? with Tobermore women in partnership with NI Screen

Event Date(s): June 2, 2025
Event Type: In Person Event

Our rural co-ordinator had a fantastic final workshop today at Tobermore with rural women from across the Mid Ulster Council...

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Charmain, Rural Coordinator, speaks at NICVA’s Community Empowerment Programme

Thank you so much to NICVA for asking our Women’s Spaces Co-ordinator (Rural) Charmain to speak at their very first...

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Coordinators attend Nothing About Us Without Us event

Last night our urban and rural Co-ordinators attended the CFNI Nothing About Us Without Us showcase of the film Wave...

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Charmin, Rural Coordinator, speaks with American Students about Women’s Spaces!

Many thanks to Dr Lisa Byrne at Ulster University for inviting Women’s Spaces to speak with a group of American...

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A Conversation with Cynthia Enloe, feminist icon

Event Date(s): June 18, 2025  | Time: 1:15-2:45
Event Type: In Person Event
Event Venue: British International Studies Association Conference at Europa Hotel

Our Urban Coordinator, Sarah Stack, was invited to speak at the annual British International Studies Association conference on a roundtable...

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The Women’s Spaces 10 policy recommendations on the UK’s National Action Plan on Women, Peace & Security

On 2nd June 2025, the Women’s Spaces team led by the Urban Coordinator, submitted a response to the International Development...

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Pillars for Peace-building: A Digital Toolkit

A new digital toolkit on women’s activism in Northern Ireland has been launched, offering practical resources, stories, and insights to...

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Protesting Disability Benefit Cuts

Sarah Stack, Urban Coordinator, alongside Women’s Spaces participant Daniela Tartakova represented disabled women at the protest against disability benefit cuts.

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Women and the Borderlands report launch

Charmain, rural coordinator, alongside Elaine Crory from WRDA, talk about rural women’s experiences on the border at the launch of...

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A Seat at the Table: Our Government, Our Lives 2

Event Date(s): November 19, 2024
Event Type: In Person Event
Event Venue: Stormont Parliament Buildings

Once again the Women’s Spaces team had the privilege of working with Assembly Community Connect at Stormont for another Seat...

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Interview with Anne Carr

Charmain and Sarah, Rural and Urban Coordinators, completed a video interview with Anne Carr from Community Dialogue.

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Women Challenging the Status Quo

Event Date(s): October 25, 2024
Event Type: In Person Event
Event Venue: Sorcha Eastwood MP Office and Clifton House

Many thanks must go to the Mary Ann McCracken Foundation and Sorcha Eastwood (MP for Lisburn Castlereagh) for a very...

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Interview with Bronagh McAtasney

Charmain and Sarah completed their very first video interview for the Pillars for Peacebuilding toolkit with Bronagh McAtasney from Northern...

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Where are the Women? with Kilkeel Women’s Group

Event Date(s): October 4, 2024
Event Type: In Person Event
Event Venue: Newry

Women from Kilkeel start today to take part in a 3 week workshop series where we explored through the Digital...

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Where are the Women? with Ballybeen Women’s Centre

Event Date(s): September 20, 2024
Event Type: In Person Event
Event Venue: Ballybeen Women's Centre

16 women from Ballybeen Women’s Centre took part in a 3 week workshop series where we explored through the Digital...

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Gender Equality in the Community

Event Date(s): August 20, 2024
Event Type: In Person Event

A LOOK AT BELFAST CITY COUNCIL’S GENDER ACTION PLAN 25 grassroots women visited Belfast City Hall and met with the...

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A Seat at the Table: Our Government, Our Lives

Event Date(s): June 18, 2024
Event Type: In Person Event
Event Venue: Stormont Parliament Buildings

Following feedback from last year’s event with the All-Party Group on UNSCR 1325 Women Peace and Security, we organised a...

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Where are the Women? Falls Women’s Centre – Young Women’s Group

Event Date(s): June 4, 2024  | Time: 6:00-8:00pm
Event Type: In Person Event

The Young Women’s Group from Falls Women’s Centre took part in a 3 week workshop series where we explored through...

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Activism, Power & Gatekeeping

Event Date(s): May 1, 2024  | Time: 7:00-8:30pm
Event Type: Online Workshop
Event Venue: Zoom

We are pleased to be joined once again by Dr Avila Kilmurray to facilitate an online workshop on community activism....

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Where are the Women? Magherafelt Women’s Group

Women from the Magherafelt Women’s Group are joining us for a 3-week programme where we explore through the Digital Film...

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Where are the Women? With the Village Armagh

Women from the Village Armagh are joining us for a 3-week programme where we explore through the Digital Film Archive,...

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A Brief NI Guide to Brexit, The Protocol and the Windsor Framework

There have been two agreements made by the UK and EU to try to address Northern Ireland’s unique post-Brexit situation:...

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Where are the Women? With Women of Clonduff

Women of Clonduff are joining us for a 3-week programme where we explore through the Digital Film Archive, the lives...

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Visit to the Peace Heroines Exhibition

Women from across urban and rural areas joined us for a tour, tea, scone and a chat about “Peace Heroines”....

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Agreement +25: Have Your Say?

Women’s Spaces invited 35 women to a 3-session programme as we approached the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday /...

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Online launch of the Women’s Manifesto for Local Councils and How to Vote workshop

Event Date(s): May 10, 2023  | Time: 7:00-8:30pm
Event Type: Online Event
Event Venue: Zoom

The Women’s Spaces team along with the Women’s Sector Lobbyist Elaine Crory will be hosting the online launch of the...

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Agreement +25: Where next for Women in Northern Ireland?

Event Date(s): June 6, 2023  | Time: 12:00-3:30pm
Event Type: In Person Event
Event Venue: Long Gallery, Parliament Buildings Stormont Estate

Women played a unique role in achieving the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, at the negotiation table and within communities and organisations....

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Who has rights anyway?

Event Date(s): Thursdays Mar 9th, 16th, & 23rd | Tuesdays Apr 18th, 25th & May 2nd  | Time: Mar: 10.00am - 11:30am | Apr: 7:00pm - 8.30pm
Event Type: Online Event

Join us for a 3-week online programme where we explore what human rights really are and how they can support...

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Women’s Spaces Programme is Officially Launched!

NIRWN along with project partners Women’s Platform, WRDA and WSN welcomed invited guests to the formal launch of the Women’s...

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Where are the Women?

Event Date(s): Jan 17th, 24th & 31st | Feb 8th, 15th & 22nd  | Time: Jan: 10.30am - 12pm | Feb: 7pm - 8.30pm
Event Type: Online Event

Join us for a three-week online programme where we explore through the digital film archive, the lives and role of...

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Women’s Spaces Online Programme Launch

Event Date(s): December 8, 2022  | Time: 19:00 – 20:00
Event Type: Online Event

The Women’s Spaces Programme is a new innovative programme which aims to strengthen women’s capacity to take their rightful place...

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NIRWN Celebrates International Day of Rural Women 2022

Event Date(s): October 13, 2022  | Time: 10:00 – 13:00 BST
Event Type: In Person Event
Event Venue: Mellon Country Hotel, Omagh

NIRWN (Northern Ireland Rural Women’s Network) celebrated International Day of Rural Women at the Mellon Country Inn, Omagh on Thursday...

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The importance of giving a voice to rural women in NI

Charmain Jones, Women’s Spaces Co-ordinator (Rural) was interviewed by the Sunday Life to showcase the new regional women’s peacebuilding programme...

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Introducing Women’s Spaces

The Women’s Spaces Programme is a new innovative programme which aims to strengthen women’s capacity to take their rightful place...

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