women
Reclaim the Night: Hundreds of people to gather in Belfast and Derry to demand end to gender-based violence
Simultaneous marches will be held in the two cities on Saturday
140 women and girls killed by partner or relative per day in 2023 – UN
Two reports found that ‘the home is the most dangerous place for women and girls’.
Calls to recognise service of sacked pregnant servicewomen
Conservative MP Alicia Kearns raised the issue in the House of Commons.
Streeting: Women treated like ‘alien species’ due to health inequalities
The Health Secretary also pointed to inequalities in prostate cancer diagnoses, with black men two and a half times more likely to die than white men.
Lack of resources continues to hinder strategies to tackle violence against women and girls
Music Cities event invites discussion around women’s safety in our night-time economy
MP calls for all workplaces to have domestic abuse policies to support survivors
Equalities minister Bridget Phillipson responded by saying there is more employers can do and more the Government can do to support survivors.
Government supports ‘single-sex exemptions’ based on biological sex – Phillipson
The equalities minister said the Government would ‘make sure that providers can continue to support single-sex exemptions’.
Exercise can help cut risk of ‘baby blues’ – study
Odds of postpartum depression were reduced by up to 45%.
Women with menopause symptoms ‘should be offered HRT as first-line treatment’
Nice stressed that the symptoms women experience are real and treatments are available.
Student group to light up Belfast City Hall in pink to show dangers facing women
The student group Walkie Talkie Girlies Society have been given the ‘pink’ light by the council