Engaging with Women’s Platform
Women’s Platform connects NI women and organisations to international contexts, supporting engagement with human rights mechanisms and decision-making.
Women's Platform is a small women’s sector organisation working to connect the women’s sector in Northern Ireland to the UK/Ireland and international levels, including Europe and the UN, and strengthen the voices of women and girls in Northern Ireland at international level. Women’s Platform is in special consultative status with the UN, and has a track record of engaging with UN human rights mechanisms. A key role for Women’s Platform is also to build platforms for women in Northern Ireland to engage with international networks to gather evidence and good practice to support service delivery, engagement and advocacy in Northern Ireland.
Women’s Platform runs training programmes, and supports the women's sector to advocate for policies and services that meet women's needs as well as human rights principles. Training programmes focus on international human rights mechanisms including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the Commission on the Status of Women and the women, peace and security agenda, which focuses on strengthening women’s voices in peacebuilding.
Women’s Platform coordinates women’s sector submissions to UN human rights mechanisms, and engages with grassroots women’s groups and organisations to gather evidence of needs and priorities. Women’s Platform also aims to develop opportunities for women in Northern Ireland to be part of CSW, and is working to find ways for more women and girls to attend CSW in New York. This work builds on outreach and engagement with other women’s sector organisations, and grassroots groups, but all programmes, workshops and webinars are open to all women. The aim of Women’s Platform is to help ensure all women and girls are aware of their rights, and to support women and girls exercise their rights in local communities, at Northern Ireland level, at UK/Ireland level and internationally.
How can I get involved?
Sign up to the Women’s Platform mailing list.
Follow Women’s Platform on social media: @niwep on X/Twitter and @womensplatformni on Instagram
Join training programmes, webinars and workshops; details are advertised on Women’s Platform social media and the website at least two weeks before all events
Get in touch at info@womensplatform.org and chat to Women’s platform directly about support and opportunities available
Resource links
Commission on the Status of Women
The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality, the rights and the empowerment of women.
Women’s Platform
Women’s Platform is a feminist organisation in Northern Ireland advancing gender equality by amplifying women’s and girls’ voices locally and internationally.
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
This special edition reprints the groundbreaking Beijing Declaration on women's rights, and a copy of the General Assembly's political declaration assessing progress on the Platform for Action five years after its adoption.
Women’s rights in review 30 years after Beijing
The UN report reviews 30 years of global progress on gender equality under the Beijing Declaration, analysing data from 159 countries. It highlights achievements and outlines priority actions to advance women's rights worldwide.