# equality - Sunday 5 May, 2013
Vietnam – working on improving technology, conditions and pay – is proving more attractive to brands who want to protect their consumer reputation.
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# equality - Tuesday 23 April, 2013
It is the 14th country in the world to say ‘Yes’ to marriage equality.
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# equality - Wednesday 17 April, 2013
New Zealand is the thirteenth country – and the first in the Asia Pacific region – to vote in favour of same-sex marriage.
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# equality - Saturday 13 April, 2013
LGBT Noise has also expressed concern over a recent homophobic attack on a well-known Dublin nightclub promoter.
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# equality - Sunday 7 April, 2013
The fundamental role the educational system plays today is determining a young person’s future life choices, so if there is to be equal opportunity, then we need to tackle equal access for all, writes Fr Peter McVerry.
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# equality - Monday 1 April, 2013
Cardinal Timothy Dolan said sexual love is intended only for a man and woman in marriage.
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# equality - Monday 25 March, 2013
Unions opposed to the Croke Park II deal have called in the equality expert to see if women will be dispoportionately affected by changes to shift work.
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# equality - Monday 18 March, 2013
Clinton had previously said that she supported civil unions rather than marriage.
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# equality - Friday 8 March, 2013
Parents returning back to work from parental leave will also be allowed to request a change in their working hours or pattern.
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# equality - Wednesday 27 February, 2013
The government confirmed last night that it will axe the Mobility Allowance and the Motorised Transport Grant because it would be too costly to widen the schemes to ensure compliance with equality laws.
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# equality - Tuesday 5 February, 2013
MPs voted by 400 to 175 to approve the draft law, despite a split in David Cameron’s Conservative party over the issue.
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# equality - Monday 28 January, 2013
The 13 and 14 of April have been chosen as the dates during which same-sex marriage will be discussed as part of the Constitutional Convention.
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# equality - Tuesday 22 January, 2013
GLEN, the Gay & Lesbian Equality network, has welcomed the news.
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# equality - Wednesday 16 January, 2013
A new study shows that Black Africans report the highest rates of discrimination in the workplace and when looking for work.
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# equality - Thursday 3 January, 2013
Now almost 2,000 people have entered civil partnerships since they became available in Ireland in April 2011.
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# equality - Monday 10 December, 2012
Hundreds of couples flocked to get married in the northwest state of Washington yesterday – the first day possible following a referendum in November.
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# equality - Thursday 25 October, 2012
The Ombudsman found that the 66-year age limit on Mobililty Allowance Scheme for people with a severe disability has been illegal – and the department has known this for the past four years.
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# equality - Sunday 21 October, 2012
The Tánaiste tells a European forum in Dublin that it will use its chairmanship of the OSCE to highlight trans issues.
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# equality - Saturday 20 October, 2012
The ‘Rally for Recognition’ coincides with a European congress taking place in Dublin this week.
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Up to 300 people are expected to gather outside Leinster House this afternoon.
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# equality - Monday 15 October, 2012
A new EC directive on gender discrimination reckons that men and women should pay the same for their motor insurance. Do you agree?
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# equality - Monday 8 October, 2012
Fingal Couunty Council and Waterford City became the latest councils to support motions on the issue tonight.
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# equality - Wednesday 26 September, 2012
Phil Hogan has been called on to explain his intervention in the housing of a Traveller family in his constituency. Earlier the Environment Minister hung up on a local radio station.
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# equality - Monday 27 August, 2012
The organisation said the lack of legal recognition for children of gay and lesbian couples has a significant impact on the children’s lives.
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# equality - Friday 17 August, 2012
Stacey gives a personal account of life as a transgender person in a small Irish town.
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Genio, the charity heading up the project, says it hopes to provide those living with dementia with the option of living for longer within their own communities and having an improved quality of life.
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# equality - Wednesday 25 July, 2012
The stakes are high for elected representatives in picking a stance on same-sex marriage, writes Scott de Buitléir – and don’t they know it.
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# equality - Thursday 19 July, 2012
# equality - Monday 16 July, 2012
Groupthink, cronyism and lack of accountability are largely to blame for the disastrous mess Ireland is now in, writes Clara Fischer.
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# equality - Wednesday 11 July, 2012
The move to civil marriage is not a massive leap – but it is a hugely important symbol, writes Kieran Rose.
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# equality - Tuesday 10 July, 2012
A woman who has become a mother via a surrogate is seeking maternity benefit has failed in her case at the Equality Tribunal. The Equality Authority is pushing for equal benefits.
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Transport minister Leo Varadkar has also expressed cautious support for full marriage equality.
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# equality - Tuesday 3 July, 2012
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin published the mail on his blog today to highlight that there are still some people “stuck in a different time zone”.
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# equality - Monday 2 July, 2012
Things we learned, loved and shared today.
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The justice minister has become the second senior Cabinet member to show support for full marriage equality.
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# equality - Friday 29 June, 2012
The answer is surprisingly few. Niamh Gallagher explains why she’s working to encourage everyday women to run for office.
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# equality - Wednesday 27 June, 2012
A number of groups have written to the Taoiseach to say that the changes to the Constitution should include rights such as access to housing and healthcare.
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# equality - Monday 18 June, 2012
Ulster Unionist Ken Maginnis said homosexual relationships were a “rung on the ladder” towards “bestiality”.
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