Welcome to new group member Northern Ireland Women’s European Platform

Published: Thursday, May 09, 2019

Northern Ireland Women's European Platform NIWEP represents women's organisations in Northern Ireland in the European Women's Lobby, as part of the UK Joint Committee on Women. NIWEP also represents Northern Ireland at the United Nations, as an NGO with Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations since 1999. Within Northern Ireland, NIWEP's core objective is to build capacity and share international learning on women's rights and human rights with a view to strengthening women's effective participation in public life and policy making. It also creates a collective voice on specific issues of concern to women in Northern Ireland, designed to assist effective participation of the sector in policy making in order to ensure inclusion of women's rights in regional and local policy. https://blog.niwep.org/