NICVA Policy manifesto
The third NICVA policy manifesto was produced in a time of hope and uncertainty when Northern Ireland might see the return of devolution. The manifesto is an attempt to draw out key views from across the voluntary and community sector and to present them as a proactive policy platform which we would recommend to political parties and decision makers within government.
The sector we represent is large and varied and its views can be as diverse as its members are numerous. However, this manifesto represents a concerted effort to agree and prioritise the issues that concern us most. Our aim is social change.
The Assembly election and human rights
Posted by Feargal O'Kane on Mar 08 2007 under Human rights, Alliance Party, DUP, Green Party, SDLP, Sinn Féin, UUP, PUP, Parties, Manifesto
Patrick Corrigan from Amnesty International has an interesting post on human rights in Northern Ireland and whether this assembly election will make any difference.
Human rights have always been part of, what is now called, the ‘contested space’ in Northern Ireland, writes Patrick Corrigan. Sure, isn’t that how our recent local difficulties erupted in the late 1960s and early 1970s? Dispute over civil and political rights for all citizens, bleeding (literally) into … street disorder … the emergence of paramilitary organisations and … repressive tactics by the State (by the way, feel free to pick your own chronological order for these aforementioned events – for our current purposes, it doesn’t really matter), leading to a 25 year (and counting) cycle of violence and stalemate.
Anyway, after a dozen years of peace-processing, with polls opening in about 30 hours, will the 2007 Assembly election make any difference to human rights?
Read the rest of the entry at the Amnesty ‘Belfast and beyond’ blog.
What will elected representatives do to ensure that disabled people are represented at all levels of political life in Northern Ireland
Posted by DisabilityAction on Mar 07 2007 under Disability
‘Sharing’ or ‘Seperate but Equal’ Manifesto analysis from NICIE
Posted by Lisa on Mar 05 2007 under A Shared Future, Education & training, Alliance Party, DUP, SDLP, Sinn Féin, UUP, Parties, Manifesto
Pam Tilson from NICIE sent this helpful roundup of how the manifestos deal with the issue of creating a shared future.
‘Sharing’ or ‘Separate but Equal’?
How far along the road have each of the parties moved to recognising that ‘separate but equal’ – some kind of benign apartheid - is no longer acceptable and that we need to move towards a society where shared schools, housing, workplaces, leisure facilities and other services are commonplace?
NICVA interview with Anna Lo (Alliance party)
Posted by Stephen Gray on Mar 02 2007 under Election, A Shared Future, Education & training, Equality, Race, Alliance Party, Video
Anna Lo, Alliance, called in to NICVA for a discussion with Lisa McElherron on the key issues in the forthcoming Assembly election.
NICVA interview with Deirdre Nelson (DUP)
Posted by Stephen Gray on Mar 02 2007 under Children and families, Rural development, DUP, Women, Video
Deirdre Nelson, DUP, called in to NICVA for a discussion with Lisa McElherron on the key issues in the forthcoming Assembly election
NICVA interview with Stephen Nicholl (UUP)
Posted by Stephen Gray on Mar 02 2007 under Election, Health and wellbeing, UUP, Women, Video
Stephen Nicholl called in to NICVA for a discussion with Lisa McElherron on the key issues in the forthcoming Assembly election.
NICVA interview with Alban Maginness (SDLP)
Posted by Feargal O'Kane on Mar 01 2007 under Education & training, Housing and homelessness, SDLP, Video
Alban Maginness called in to NICVA for a discussion with Lisa McElherron on the key issues in the forthcoming Assembly election.
Slugger O’Toole and Stratagem environment policy panel
Posted by Feargal O'Kane on Mar 01 2007 under Environment, Election goings on
Sluuger O’Toole in partnership with Stratagem launched the first of a series of policy panel discussion, on blogtalkradio eariler today. It was a politician free zone, bringing together group of people together who have a serious, depth knowledge of given areas, who, in conversation with one another, will sketch out precisely the kinds of challenges that lie in front of our future ministers on the very first of taking up their briefs
- David Gordon of the Belfast Telegraph;
- Ciaran Rogan of Translink;
- Noel Williams of the Energy Saving Trust; and
- Jim Kitchen of the Sustainable Development Commission.
Listen to the policy panel discussion
PUP - footage from Election Question Time at NICVA
Posted by Stephen Gray on Feb 14 2007 under Election, Poverty, Video, PUP
PUP representative Dawn Purvis answers the question - if there is one thing you could as an MLA what would it be?
Young People - from the NICVA Policy Manifesto
Posted by Feargal O'Kane on Feb 13 2007 under Young people, Policy Manifesto
Young people are vital members of society in Northern Ireland. The rights of young people are not something that is conferred on them by society in return for good behaviour – they are inalienable human rights to which everyone is entitled. All young people are entitled to the same rights as adults but also have additional rights conferred on them by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).
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