Gender Action Implementation Group Meeting

Wednesday 28 September 2022

Room 29 Parliament Buildings
Discussion Note

Attendees:

Karen Martin (Chairperson)
Maria Bannon
Louise Close
James Gilsenan
Paul McIlwaine
Liz Milligan
Sebastien Mingout
Michael Potter

Apologies: 

Kate McCullough
Raymond Russell
Richard Stewart

Update - Gender Action Plan research - RaISe report

Maria Bannon explained that the main item on the agenda would be a research paper entitled “Progress and Implications of the Northern Ireland Assembly Gender Action Plan” provided by RaISe.

The group were advised that the next 6 monthly Gender Action Plan update would be tabled at SMT in October 2022, and the subsequent update in April 2023, would be the closure report for the current Gender Action Plan.

  • Having considered the research paper, the Group concluded that further information would be helpful in the following areas: Outcomes-based gender strategies in other legislatures
  • Other outcomes-based gender strategies relevant to the NI Assembly
  • Examples of content of outcomes-based strategies

RaISe agreed to produce a further research paper by mid-November.

The Group was updated on progress of the draft Transgender Policy and draft Menopause Policy.

Date of next meeting:

TBC

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