AQW 37952/22-27

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 12/01/2026
Answered On Date: 27/01/2026
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail any short-term actions that have been delivered under the Ending Violence Against Women and Girls framework, since its launch.

Answer:

Since the launch of the Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (EVAWG) Strategic Framework we have delivered a wide range of actions. The Local and Regional Change Fund are driving meaningful change across communities and organisations, with visible impact in schools, sports clubs and the community and voluntary sectors.

The Power to Change Campaign, jointly launched by TEO, DoJ and the PSNI in January 2025, targets harmful attitudes and behaviours of men and boys and uses the active bystander approach.

The pilot stage of the coercive control campaign has now been completed, and it is planned for regional rollout in 2026. We have also established key-sectoral working groups to identify actions to improve outcomes for women and girls in educational, workplace, social and nighttime settings.

We will continue to prioritise actions that deliver the long term, transformational change needed across society to end violence against women and girls.