Life inside the world's biggest Syrian refugee camp
The conflict in Syria has raged on for seven years. But from the rubble, the women in Jordan’s Zaatari refugee camp are finding ways to build new lives.
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The conflict in Syria has raged on for seven years. But from the rubble, the women in Jordan’s Zaatari refugee camp are finding ways to build new lives.
All I’m asking for is what men have always had: to have children and still get a fair wage, writes Lorraine Courtney.
But living and working in Dublin comes at the price of feeling that I’m causing rural Ireland’s problems, writes Lorraine Courtney.
Soft sexism at work is less frightening than other forms of sexism, but it can carry more serious repercussions, writes Lorraine Courtney.
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Only in a sexist society would women be told that caring about representation at the highest levels of government is wrong, writes Lorraine Courtney.
We have to give teen viewers some credit for knowing the difference between truth and fiction, right and wrong, safe and dangerous, writes Lorraine Courtney.
Conor McGregor’s success has made mixed martial arts a viable outlet for children around Ireland, writes Lorraine Courtney.
HBO’s Big Little Lies has quietly evolved into something more resonant and harrowing, writes Lorraine Courtney.
An economic downturn isn’t an acceptable excuse for unfair treatment of pregnant women, writes Lorraine Courtney.
Women have the right to dress exactly as they want. The right to cover is just as important as the right to uncover, writes Lorraine Courtney.
Forget unrealistic goals and just be nicer to yourself and others in 2017, writes Lorraine Courtney.
We love a monster. And we really love when these monsters are pretty young women, writes Lorraine Courtney.
Lorraine Courtney takes issue with the advice that women shouldn’t wear their engagement rings to job interviews.
Lorraine Courtney argues that the Rose of Tralee competition is outdated and offensive to women.
Jennifer Aniston came out recently to condemn body shaming “under the guise of journalism”.
For all the attention it has garnered as an apparent document of marital infidelity, Lemonade is a decidedly political statement, writes Lorraine Courtney.
RTÉ received dozens of complaints over the Michaella interview this week, deservedly so, writes Lorraine Courtney.
A company in the UK has introduced a “period policy” that will allow women leave if they are suffering.
Joan Burton got lots of criticism for her body language during last Monday’s leaders’ debate – but why, asks Lorraine Courtney.
This isn’t happening because of a shift in cultural attitudes towards sex; it is the result of a growth in online pornography, writes Lorraine Courtney.
Lorraine Courtney writes that naming doctors in fitness to practice inquiries should be scrapped.
Sexual harassment hasn’t gone away, it’s just taken on ever new forms, writes Lorraine Courtney.
Let’s face it New Year’s resolutions aren’t about wellness. Why begin every New Year on a downer and with a creeping sense of failure?
Lorraine Courtney has just returned from Lebanon’s Syrian refugees where she saw firsthand Concern’s great work.
Hatred for overweight people often borders on sadistic and the body-shaming cards handed out on the London tube prove it, writes Lorraine Courtney.
Are you tired of that same old message being rehashed every time a woman is brutally attacked or killed? I am, writes Lorraine Courtney.
“You are a fat, worthless pig.” Words women say to themselves everyday, writes Lorraine Courtney, who questions whether hypersexualised Halloween outfits are empowering or degrading?
Since the foundation of the State in 1918, our Dáil has never been less than 84% male, writes Lorraine Courtney.
“If we don’t cram ourselves into those claustrophobic standards of physical perfection, we’re called disgusting, but if we do, we’re weak and shallow.”
Controversial media coverage in Ireland the US has caused widespread offence in the aftermath of six young people losing their lives.
It’s highly ironic that a supposedly modern, inclusive European democracy still prohibits the sale of alcohol on any day of the year.
Product placement can be annoying but advertising is a necessary evil of our favourite shows.
Our blood banks often run low, yet we are locking thousands of safe donors out.
There should be ways that we can learn and earn at the same time.
Kate Middleton is 33 years old, the mother of a toddler, and is currently pregnant… is anyone really shocked she has a grey hair or two?
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Making GPs the new rationers of medical card extension could destroy long-established bonds of trust between them and their patients.
Women dressing provocatively on 31 October has sparked a debate about whether its empowering or degrading – well, some of us are simply taking advantage of one of the few times we don’t feel inhibited.
Some Grand Theft Auto players have started to act out “virtual rape” on avatars controlled by other people by modifying the game’s code.
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