First Citizens' Assembly weekend on gender equality to be held in February
It will discuss the reasons women are still paid less, find it harder to reach top positions, and carry an unequal share of the burden of care.
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It will discuss the reasons women are still paid less, find it harder to reach top positions, and carry an unequal share of the burden of care.
The streets of Dublin city centre were thronged with people from the early afternoon.
Women earn 14.9% less than men in Spain.
Today is the sixth annual International Day of the Girl.
Ireland is the only EU country yet to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
More than 100 disability groups gathered outside the gates of Leinster House today to demand the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities.
I got really really angry with my family when they said they wouldn’t be voting in the marriage referendum, writes Patrick Dempsey.
She called for wage equality “once and for all”.
Everything’s better in rainbow.
There were 335 male unions and 201 female unions in the first year civil partnerships became legal.
They might be serious issues, but they’re also pretty gas.
It makes me feel guilty when we talk about race, and I suspect that’s how most white Americans feel, writes Larry Donnelly, who says there is still a way to go yet before racism no longer has a stronghold in America.
Two male politicians showed how sexism can come in many forms – post-modern with an ironic twist and just plain old-fashioned, writes Maura Adshead.
When the question “why are you getting married?” is put to any couple, gay or straight, the answer is the same: “because we love each other,” writes Christian Daly, who says time for marriage equality is now upon us.
I’m proud I was involved in bringing about civil partnership, because it’s made a real difference to people’s lives – including my own, writes Roderic O’Gorman.
Men should support feminism, says David Cronin – and it should be about more than just high-status women.
Feminism conference aims to open the dialogue between all generations of feminists.
Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore said that legislation discrimination against the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people “are not acceptable”.