PLATFORM NEWSFLASH
The Northern Ireland Women’s European Platform
Working towards
equality and peace for women on a local, national European and international level
58 Howard Street, Belfast BT1 6PJ
niwep@btconnect.com
www.niwep.org.uk
August 1
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Local News
Women’s Under-Representation on Public Bodies
Northern Ireland Women’s
European Platform has recently received two requests from the Department of Environment and Department of Employment and Learning
to promote the vacant positions of Governors of Further Education Colleges and the Historic Buildings Council.
- Chairman of the Historic
Buildings Council, DOE – An information pack including the application forms can be downloaded from www.doeni.gov.uk/epd
- Governors of Further
Education Colleges – www.delni.gov.uk or e-mail joyce.montgomery@delni.gov.uk for further information.
The recommendations highlighted
in the publication ‘No Place for a Woman’ should be applied to public appointments if they wish to increase the
participation of women. ‘No Place for a Woman’ is available on the
website www.niwep.org.uk
Government Publications
The OFMDFM has published
a document – The Disability Discrimination (NI) Order: Consultation on Private Clubs, Premises, Functions of Public
Authorities and Questions Procedure. The document can be accessed through
www.ofmdfmni.gov.uk/disability
Calling all the Heroes
Do you know a group of
volunteers who make a different in your community and who devote their time to helping others?
The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service is given to groups of two or more volunteers for outstanding achievement. You can download a nomination form and find out come information from the website
at www.queensawardvoluntary.gov.uk and the deadline in 30 September.
Child Protection and New Technology
New Technology is extremely
popular with children and young people – internet services, mobile phones and file sharing have increased communication
abilities for children and young people. While clearly important in opening up
new and exciting opportunities for information sharing, these forms of technology also raise child protection and safety issues. Volunteer Development Agency is holding a one day seminar to raise awareness of the
links between new technology and safety of children on Friday 20 October 2006. Information
can be found on www.volunteering-ni.org
Why Women? Campaign and Report
The Why Women? campaign is speaking up for women’s organisations, who do great work
for women and society as a whole, but are under threat from lack of funding. We are calling on the government to put gender
back on the agenda by:
- acknowledging the systematic disadvantage women face because of their
gender, and
- publicly recognising the essential services and expertise the women's
sector provides to address this.
Information
on this campaign can be found on http://www.niwep.org.uk/id4.html
The why women? is based on information from in-depth interviews with 44 women’s
organisations. The research describes the issues and problems that women’s organisations work with, the range of services
and activities they deliver to address these issues, the impact of their services and funding barriers threatening their sustainability.
why women? Executive Summary (word 388kb)
why women? Executive Summary (pdf 138kb)
why women? Full Report (word 4647kb)
why women? Full Report (pdf 1252kb)
European
News
At the European
Women’s Lobby Board of Administration meeting in May 2006 the EWL officially launched its “Who Cares?” campaign.
This campaign focuses on the provision of affordable, accessible and high quality care services for all dependants, available
to all women and men whatever their financial situation.
As part of the
Care Campaign, EWL developed a Position Paper on Care, which covers a range of issues related to care that need to be addressed in order to fully tackle this issue in European
societies view a view to realising gender equality, including:
1) Gender stereotypes and care; 2) the Economics of care: provision of affordable care services; 3) Quality work and quality
care services: care and the labour market; and 4) The case
of domestic migrant care workers; and European Union policies and care.
During the EWL Care Campaign an e-petition
was launched on the EWL website. The petition is available for signing until International Women’s
Day (8th March) 2007 at http://www.womenlobby.org/site/form_3.asp
International News
A position paper on the UN reform prepared by Litha Musyimi-Ogana
Advisor: Gender, Parliamentary Affairs & Civil Society Organisations (CSO), South Africa can be found on http://www.niwep.org.uk/id4.html
