Motions

At present it is not illegal in Northern Ireland to discriminate against older people in the provision of goods, facilities and services, whereas such discrimination is illegal in England, Scotland and Wales. The Northern Ireland Assembly have been unable to...

Domestic Violence and Abuse has long been a scourge on Northern Irish society, with statistics showing that the impact of the pandemic has served only to exacerbate the issue. Congress acknowledges fully the severe negative impact caused by Domestic Violence...

Conference welcomes the passing of the Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Bill and specifically the provisions in relation to up-skirting and down blousing. Conference commends all those who campaigned to ensure that Northern Ireland has the...

Congress notes with concern that Northern Ireland is now the only region of these islands without a strategy on tackling violence against women and girls. It notes further that over the last years Northern Ireland has one of the highest rates of femicide (i.e...

Conference notes the new legislation to protect shop workers from violence, threats and abuse introduced in Scotland in August 2021. This law created a specific offence for abusing, threatening or assaulting a retail worker. Conference also notes that the...

This online hate speech and abuse conference notes the high level of abuse on social media platforms. Much of that abuse is gender based. In Northern Ireland women journalists have been subjected to vile treatment. Sectarian, homophobic, and racist abuse is...

Conference is concerned at the draconian use of COVID legislation as a repressive mechanism against citizens who attempted to exercise their democratic right to protest.     The Reclaim the Streets protesters in Belfast, the Sarah Everard protests in London...

Conference is aware that covid-19 is the biggest challenge that we have faced in decades.  Although we have all faced the challenge the impact has not been felt equally across society.    It is clear that the pandemic is exacerbating existing socio economic...

Conference applauds the women, civil society groups and trade unions who tirelessly campaigned to realise free, safe and legal abortion healthcare in Northern Ireland. Whilst trade unions welcomed the Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations which came into...

Health inequalities including unfair and avoidable differences in health and access to healthcare across the population, and between different groups within society have long been an issue. The COVID pandemic and the current cost of living crisis have exposed...