On behalf of the Scottish Government and the National Advisory Council on Women and Girls (NACWG), Sleeping Giants Team put together a panel of 20 diverse women and girls from all parts of the country and all backgrounds who don’t normally have the chance to talk about their lives and what matters to them. We have been working together since May 2023, reporting to the NACWG and Scottish Government to make sure that what they do makes a real and lasting difference to all women and girls across Scotland.
The Empowering Women Panel has been supported to build their knowledge, skills and confidence, so that they have both the power and the capability to hold Scottish Government and the NACWG to account, as well as the power to investigate and research issues that are important to them.
To find out more about the Empowering Women Panel, watch this video:
The Empowering Women Panel has been supported to build their knowledge, skills and confidence, so that they have both the power and the capability to hold Scottish Government and the NACWG to account, as well as the power to investigate and research issues that are important to them.
To find out more about the Empowering Women Panel, watch this video:
You will find a short video about the Panel on our YouTube Channel here.
Some of the members have written blogs about issues they are particularly passionate about:
View photos from our day sessions here:
Year 1
We carried out an evaluation of the first year with the help of an independent researcher. You can read the executive summary here:
We carried out an evaluation of the first year with the help of an independent researcher. You can read the executive summary here:
Our focus was on the cost-of-living crisis and how this has impacted on women from marginalised communities. View this here:
NACWG
Independent evaluation
Research Scotland was commissioned to carry out an independent evaluation of Phase Two NACWG.
The aim of this independent evaluation was to:
To inform the evaluation, a Theory of Change was developed to outline the change the NACWG aims to achieve throughout Phase Two and interviews were then held with members of the NACWG, Empowering Women Panel and Scottish Government officials to gather findings.
The full report and executive summary are available for download, alongside a visual and audio summary of the findings delivered by members of the Empowering Women Panel.
For more information and to view the report and summary, click here.
The aim of this independent evaluation was to:
- assess whether and how NACWG is delivering its objectives
- establish what works and identify elements of good practice
- make recommendations for improvement.
To inform the evaluation, a Theory of Change was developed to outline the change the NACWG aims to achieve throughout Phase Two and interviews were then held with members of the NACWG, Empowering Women Panel and Scottish Government officials to gather findings.
The full report and executive summary are available for download, alongside a visual and audio summary of the findings delivered by members of the Empowering Women Panel.
For more information and to view the report and summary, click here.
