#Gender

# gender - Sunday 5 January, 2020

They/them

Non-binary pronoun 'they' named word of the decade by US linguists

Jan 5th 2020, 12:45 PM 15,545 Views 112 Comments

‘They’ had previously been named word of the year by the American Dialect Society in 2015.

# gender - Friday 20 December, 2019

Maya Forstater

JK Rowling voices support for woman sacked after transgender tweets

Dec 20th 2019, 8:21 AM 42,711 Views 162 Comments

Maya Forstater lost her job after tweeting that she opposed proposals to reform the UK Gender Recognition Act.

# gender - Tuesday 19 November, 2019

Equal Rights

First Citizens' Assembly weekend on gender equality to be held in February

Nov 19th 2019, 7:28 PM 8,038 Views 23 Comments

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.

# gender - Tuesday 8 October, 2019

Gender Breakdown

Junior Cert results: Girls continue to outperform boys across most subjects

Oct 8th 2019, 6:00 AM 15,514 Views 19 Comments

The data shows girls received more A grades than boys in most subjects.

# gender - Tuesday 24 September, 2019

Stereotypes

French toymakers sign pact to rid games and toys of gender stereotypes

Sep 24th 2019, 10:21 PM 17,002 Views 81 Comments

The charter also envisages that manufacturers will adapt the way their products are advertised.

# gender - Wednesday 12 June, 2019

Progress

'We're falling very far short': Citizens' Assembly on gender equality to start work in autumn

Jun 12th 2019, 1:08 PM 10,806 Views 74 Comments

The assembly will begin its work in October this year.

# gender - Monday 10 June, 2019

Vatican

Vatican issues document rejecting idea that people can choose or change gender

Jun 10th 2019, 9:08 PM 24,924 Views 120 Comments

The document was immediately denounced by LGBT Catholics as contributing to bigotry and violence.

# gender - Friday 31 May, 2019

Local Elections

Women represent less than 6% of seats on some councils - how does your council fare on gender?

May 31st 2019, 12:05 AM 15,912 Views 94 Comments

Sinn Féin and Solidarity-People Before Profit were the only parties to see a decrease in the number of female elected candidates.

# gender - Wednesday 27 March, 2019

Women For Election

Plan for 'bad weather' and 'watch out for dragons in your own party': What FF and FG are telling women election candidates

Mar 27th 2019, 6:20 AM 19,240 Views 20 Comments

Two of the main political parties have held training events for women contemplating a life in politics.

# gender - Sunday 27 January, 2019

Column

The Irish For: Gender, LGBT and transitioning

Jan 27th 2019, 8:45 AM 23,031 Views 52 Comments

Aerach means gay in both the modern sense as well as the original meaning of happy and carefree writes Darach Ó Séaghdha.

# gender - Thursday 29 November, 2018

Gender Quotas

Call to tackle 'significant underrepresentation' of women in senior council roles

Nov 29th 2018, 6:10 AM 10,047 Views 68 Comments

Just under three in 10 Chief Executive (28%) and Director of Services (26%) roles in local authorities nationally are held by women.

# gender - Monday 12 November, 2018

Action Plan This post contains videos

45 women-only posts to be created in third-level education to address gender imbalance

Nov 12th 2018, 1:16 PM 29,402 Views 155 Comments

Mary Mitchell O’Connor said the positions will be for world-class academics and are not ‘easy jobs’.

# gender - Saturday 20 October, 2018

Mental Health

‘You’ve got everything now, you should be fine’: How youth workers are helping LGBTI+ people post-marriage referendum

Oct 20th 2018, 8:30 PM 17,777 Views 44 Comments

Marriage equality and the Gender Recognition Act were two significant milestones in recent years, but there’s still a lot of work to be done.

# gender - Saturday 8 September, 2018

Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Should reference to women's 'life within the home' be removed from Constitution?

Sep 8th 2018, 6:30 PM 26,093 Views 84 Comments

A referendum on the topic has been delayed.

# gender - Friday 31 August, 2018

Opinion

Opinion: 'It would be easy to dismiss female genital mutilation as something alien to Ireland - but it's not'

Aug 31st 2018, 7:00 AM 14,052 Views 60 Comments

Minister Josepha Madigan writes about how she is inspired by Ifra Ahmed and her fight against FGM in Ireland.

# gender - Wednesday 8 August, 2018

Gender Equality

Tokyo medical school admits it altered tests to keep women out

Aug 8th 2018, 1:15 PM 12,981 Views 55 Comments

“We betrayed the public trust.”

# gender - Monday 9 July, 2018

Waking The Feminists

Gender-blind casting and unconscious bias training on the way for some major Irish theatre companies

Jul 9th 2018, 9:14 AM 13,226 Views 73 Comments

The move comes after 18 months of work following the Waking the Feminists movement.

# gender - Tuesday 19 June, 2018

Gender

Gender identity to no longer be considered a disorder of the mind, says WHO

Jun 19th 2018, 10:31 AM 13,694 Views 131 Comments

The World Health Organisation’s revised classification system sees trans-identities added under conditions relating to sexual health.

# gender - Sunday 27 May, 2018

On Chesil Beach

Saoirse Ronan's new film is about sex, the sixties, and a doomed marriage

May 27th 2018, 10:30 AM 26,014 Views 22 Comments

We talked to the director of Saoirse Ronan’s new film, On Chesil Beach.

# gender - Sunday 29 April, 2018

Bacha Poshi

In rural Afghanistan this girl lives as a boy because her family never had a son

Apr 29th 2018, 8:00 AM 23,947 Views 24 Comments

The 18-year-old has pretended to be a boy for most of her life.

# gender - Thursday 5 April, 2018

Over three-quarters of companies in the UK report gender pay gap

Apr 5th 2018, 11:01 AM 6,958 Views 92 Comments

A total of 78% showed a pay gap in favor of men, while 14% favored women and 8% had no gap.

# gender - Monday 2 April, 2018

Paymetoo

UK female MPs launch #PayMeToo campaign over gender pay gap

Apr 2nd 2018, 1:23 PM 10,066 Views 77 Comments

All companies in the UK with over 250 employees will soon have to publish their stats on gender pay differences.

# gender - Sunday 18 March, 2018

Cutting

How people in Cork are fighting back against FGM

Mar 18th 2018, 7:30 PM 25,624 Views 24 Comments

“People don’t speak about it unless a victim of this heinous crime speaks out.”

# gender - Friday 9 March, 2018

Empire Of Misogyny

Diarmuid Martin says Mary McAleese's criticism of the Church was 'brutally stark'

Mar 9th 2018, 9:12 AM 51,045 Views 132 Comments

The former president has called on Pope Francis to address gender inequality in the Catholic Church.

# gender - Thursday 8 March, 2018

Women's Rights

'Unacceptable sexist behaviour': Spanish women stage unprecedented strike for rights

Mar 8th 2018, 6:03 PM 14,983 Views 60 Comments

Women earn 14.9% less than men in Spain.

Misogyny This post contains videos

Mary McAleese says it's 'pure codology' that women can't become priests

Mar 8th 2018, 9:35 AM 44,670 Views 195 Comments

The former president also called the Catholic Church an “empire of misogyny”.

# gender - Monday 8 January, 2018

Hearing Voices

Irish airwaves 'should be monitored every year for gender balance'

Jan 8th 2018, 6:45 AM 12,782 Views 93 Comments

The National Women’s Council will be meeting with the BAI on the issue.

# gender - Saturday 6 January, 2018

Wage Equality

Government to discuss tackling Ireland's gender pay gap with businesses and trade unions

Jan 6th 2018, 8:15 AM 12,254 Views 97 Comments

EU figures show that in Ireland, women currently earn around 13.9% less than men

# gender - Friday 22 December, 2017

Gender Breakdown

Defence Forces 'facing challenges' in fulfilling its gender targets

Dec 22nd 2017, 7:30 PM 9,464 Views 46 Comments

It has run a number of female-focused recruitment campaigns and says that gender diversity is an operational imperative.

# gender - Wednesday 1 November, 2017

Gender Pay Gap

RTÉ's highest earners: Men outnumber women by 2 to 1

Nov 1st 2017, 4:24 PM 14,264 Views 44 Comments

A report looked into gender equality and pay at the national broadcaster.

Report

Almost 7% of women earn the minimum wage, compared to less than 3% of men

Nov 1st 2017, 7:29 AM 7,565 Views 28 Comments

An ESRI report said this was because women were more likely to work in part-time jobs or smaller firms.

# gender - Tuesday 31 October, 2017

Gender Equality

After years of high-profile gender issues at NUIG, 40% of senior lecturers are now female

Oct 31st 2017, 5:09 PM 10,036 Views 35 Comments

The equality reports come following a series of high profile gender discrimination cases taken against the university by female academic staff in recent years.

# gender - Friday 29 September, 2017

Column

Mary Lou McDonald on Dáil debate: 'Playing the woman and not the ball is a tactic'

Sep 29th 2017, 12:50 PM 31,224 Views 295 Comments

The deputy leader of Sinn Féin writes for TheJournal.ie on her frustration with the ‘arrogance and entitlement’ of establishment parties.

# gender - Saturday 9 September, 2017

Gender Roles

'The right to do any job they like': New book sets out a declaration for the rights of boys and girls

Sep 9th 2017, 11:45 AM 8,930 Views 72 Comments

Irish publisher Siobhan Parkinson of Little Island tells us why they decided to publish the book.

# gender - Monday 4 September, 2017

Poll This post contains a poll

Poll: Do you think getting rid of girls and boys children's clothing labels is a good idea?

Sep 4th 2017, 10:13 AM 30,953 Views 190 Comments

A major UK retailer is doing just that.

# gender - Sunday 27 August, 2017

Read Me

'The portrayal of gender abuse is often misused in order to justify discriminatory and even racist speech'

Aug 27th 2017, 8:30 AM 7,834 Views 47 Comments

The inclusivity of our feminist discourse must be continually re-affirmed, write Nicoletta Mandolini and Dr Caroline Williamson.

# gender - Saturday 26 August, 2017

Women On Air

'You won't hear a woman's voice, and it's not acceptable': What are Irish radio stations doing about gender balance?

Aug 26th 2017, 11:00 AM 22,144 Views 150 Comments

We asked the stations themselves – and the Minister for Communications.

# gender - Friday 11 August, 2017

Silicon Valley

Google cancels meeting to discuss gender and diversity due to 'safety concerns'

Aug 11th 2017, 8:15 AM 15,330 Views 116 Comments

Questions being posed internally by employees, along with some of their names, began appearing on outside websites.

# gender - Tuesday 8 August, 2017

Sexism Row

Google sacks worker who said women don't fill tech jobs due to 'biological issues' in internal memo

Aug 8th 2017, 7:45 AM 24,116 Views 138 Comments

US media reports have said that the employee was removed from their position after violating the company code of conduct.

# gender - Sunday 6 August, 2017

Anti-Semitism

Sunday Times 'deeply sorry' for publishing controversial Kevin Myers column

Aug 6th 2017, 2:26 PM 17,603 Views 96 Comments

An apology printed today said the article “included unacceptable comments that caused offence to many”.

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