Policy Submissions

The Department of Justice held a public consultation on a draft 2021/22 Modern Slavery Strategy for Northern Ireland. This document is Women’s Aid Federation NI and Belfast & Lisburn Women’s… Read more →

A consultation on the Policing Board Northern Ireland’s policing plan for 2020-25 was launched at the end of 2019 for submission in January 2020. Women’s Aid responded to the consultation,… Read more →

Women’s Aid response to NIO consultation on dealing with the past

A review of the Programme for Assistance and Support for those seeking to exit prostitution

Recommendations on how domestic violence and abuse should inform the health & social care response to mental health service provision

Women’s Aid recommendations for how Domestic Homicide Reviews might function in Northern Ireland.  

WAFNI response to Education Authority Strategic plan

Opposing the two child cap and rape clause A briefing paper on issues relating to the 2-child tax credit cap and ‘rape clause’, published by the Women’s Policy Group Northern… Read more →

WAFNI response to consultation on Safe Access to Healthcare Services A response to Clare Bailey MLA’s consultation on safe access to healthcare services, and proposed buffer zones around reproductive health… Read more →

Adoption and Children NI Bill A response from WAFNI on the Adoption & Children’s Bill for Northern Ireland.

Listen Up Government – children and young people’s response to the draft NI strategy for CYP Women’s Aid consulted with children and young people in our services about what they… Read more →

WAFNI response to Children and Young People’s Stategy NI

WAFNI response to Safeguarding Board NI Policies and Procedures

WAFNI response to Draft Northern Ireland Policing Plan 2017-18 A response to the draft Policing Plan for Northern Ireland 2017-18

WAFNI further evidence to family justice review group Supplementary written evidence supplied to Lord Justice Gillen and the Family Justice Review Group

NIHE homelessness strategy consultation response A response to the Northern Ireland Housing Executive’s draft Homelessness Strategy

WAFNI repsonse to PfG outcome 7 delivery plans A response to DOJ’s delivery plan for Outcome 7 of the Programme for Government.

WAFNI Stalking evidence for Justice Committee Evidence to the Justice Committee on a potential stalking law for Northern Ireland.

Draft Programme for Government response

Proposals for withdrawal of compendia on ‘A profile of older people in Northern Ireland’ and ‘Gender Equality Statistics’

WAFNI response to Protect Life 2 Suicide strategy

WAFNI response to Review of Family Justice

Women’s Aid Federation NI VCSE Funding Response Form

WAFNI response to Trafficking & Modern Slavery Strategy 2016-17 – FINAL – 9 September 2016

PPS Victim & Witness Policy consultation

Women’s Aid NI response to the draft Programme for Government Framework.

Women’s Aid NI response to consultation on improving health of people in the criminal justice system.  

Women’s Aid NI response to Department of Health consultation on an Innovation Grant Scheme.  

Women’s Aid NI response to DOJ consultation on a domestic abuse offence, coercive control, and Clare’s Law for Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that does not have a domestic violence disclosure scheme. A DVDS is a scheme that allows people to ask police if… Read more →