Media Operational Notice

Assembly Committee to Be Briefed on ‘the Role of Firearms in Violence Against Women and Girls’

At its meeting this week, the Justice Committee will hear from the Women’s Resource & Development Agency (WRDA) on their research on the role of firearms in violence against women and girls.

WRDA research considered how the use of firearms in domestic abuse in Northern Ireland exacerbates violence against women and girls.

Date:  Thursday 23 April 2026

Time:  2:05pm-3.05pm          

Witness:  Dr Meghan Hoyt, Women’s Resource & Development Agency              

Location:  Room 30, Parliament Buildings                

Watch:  Home - Northern Ireland Assembly TV (niassembly.tv)

For media enquiries, please contact:  communications@niassembly.gov.uk     

For more details see the Business Diary .

Notes to editors  You can find out more about the WRDA here  https://www.wrda.net/   and read the research,  The Role of Firearms in Violence against Women and Girls in Northern Ireland  by Elaine Crory,  here.