Ireland's Heart Has Been BO(ugh)T

How to be a Youth Politician with Monya Ahmed MYP

I spoke to Monya Ahmed MYP about how she became a Youth MP which took her from her family home on the North Coast in Northern Ireland to speaking in the House of Commons. Monya is now studying for a degree in Ulster University and is a member of various youth led organisation and projects across N.I. You can follow her and learn more about how to get into politics at: https://www.instagram.com/monya.myp/

Why Menstruation Matters with Katrina McDonnell (@katrina_mcd)

I spoke to Katrina McDonnell, founder of Menstruation Matters [https://www.instagram.com/menstruationmatters_/?hl=en] about everything from periods, to imposter syndrome, to what it's like to have changed the law for people with periods right across the North of Ireland. Katrina is a force of nature, her unwavering commitment to making life better for women and girls in Northern Ireland has not only means that everyone now gets access to free period products in all public buildings in the North, but she's also working on a campaign to ensure kids can go to the toilet when they need during school hours, all the while she works in campaigns for The Good Law Project! ****** You won't be shocked to know that this podcast *isn't* professionally produced. I'm doing all this stuff myself whilst working full time. You can support me by engaging with my work here: Support my novel. [https://influencedthenovel.wordpress.com/] Read my Substack [https://substack.com/@goodwillcxunting]. Listen to my podcast. [https://open.spotify.com/show/1Sa8bV7y3zJP2u31DNH4Q0?si=4QzG6SZUTmu13NpgyQSTY] Browse my journalism. [https://gemmamcsherry.com/5714-2/] Watch my Tiktok [https://www.tiktok.com/@goodwillcxunting] Follow my Instagram. [https://www.instagram.com/goodwillcxunting?igsh=dW12bTZoZGNhOTZz&utm_source=qr] And if you're feeling extra generous, you can buy me a cheesy chip here. [https://buymeacoffee.com/goodwillcxunting] https://buymeacoffee.com/goodwillcxunting

Politics doesn't work: Women do

Writer and journalist Goodwill Cxunting explores the history of the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition and asks what the establishment of a dedicated Women's Safety Minister in the Northern Irish assembly could mean for women in the North of Ireland. Sign the petition for a Women's Safety Minister here: https://www.change.org/p/establish-a-dedicated-women-s-safety-minister-in-northern-ireland?utm_medium=custom_url&utm_source=share_petition&recruited_by_id=f0eb8e30-a721-11ea-a64d-dd05d422ccbf

SUSPEND SUSPENDED SENTENCES IN N.I.

Women are being failed by the Northern Irish judicial system as violent criminals who attack women are disproportionately handed suspended sentences, leaving women vulnerable to reattack and telling men that violence against women and girls is essentially decriminalised. Writer and journalist Goodwill Cxunting compares three cases of domestic abuse in the Northern Irish judicial system with three cases in England. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Ireland's Heart Has Been BO(ugh)T

Forget 'Stop the Boats': We Need to Stop The BOTS Causing Ireland's Disinformation Epidemic The rise of 'Irish Patriotism', when adopted and expressed alongside, and in alignment with, Anglo-American Patriotism and whiteness, is identity that is being pushed as being the 'true Irish' by bots targeting Irish social media: Where there are three times more bots accounts than there are real people. Writer and journalist Goodwill Cxunting explores what a bot is, asks what may be causing these bots, and suggests various motivations for narrative pushing in Ireland. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.