#Gender

# gender - Wednesday 2 December, 2020

# Health

Taoiseach says it's 'not satisfactory' that trans healthcare report hasn't been published

Dec 2nd 2020, 2:14 PM 13,623 Views 0 Comments

The National Trans Healthcare Steering Committee has raised concerns about the status of the report.

# Equality

Men occupy most senior positions in civil service but are 'more likely to perceive gender bias in promotions'

Dec 2nd 2020, 6:10 AM 16,711 Views 57 Comments

Over a third of workers believe that using flexible work options negatively impacts their chances of promotion, according to a new study.

# gender - Tuesday 30 June, 2020

# Child Marriage

Call to prevent Covid-19 pandemic resulting in two million FGM cases 'that would otherwise be averted'

Jun 30th 2020, 8:24 AM 25,044 Views 11 Comments

The UNFPA has called for urgent action to be taken to protect girls around the world.

# gender - Thursday 14 May, 2020

# Discrimination

'We had bottles thrown at us, a woman spit on us': Six in 10 LGBT people avoid holding hands in public

May 14th 2020, 6:00 AM 26,672 Views 31 Comments

Three in 10 people avoid certain locations for fear of being assaulted, according to a new survey.

# gender - Wednesday 26 February, 2020

# Opinion

Opinion: Why we asked people on the streets of Dublin if they watch pornography

Feb 26th 2020, 7:00 PM 41,743 Views 34 Comments

Cliodhna McAllister writes about how her experiences with Tinder, dating and porn got her thinking about how we view sexuality and gender in Ireland.

# gender - Saturday 15 February, 2020

# Women In Politics

General election to feature in upcoming debates of the Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality

Feb 15th 2020, 7:00 AM 9,815 Views 29 Comments

The assembly is meeting this weekend to begin a structured examination of gender and gender stereotyping in Ireland.

# gender - Monday 3 February, 2020

# Herstory

'Why haven't I known about her up to now?': RTÉ broadcasts landmark series celebrating women in Irish history

Feb 3rd 2020, 6:00 PM 17,109 Views 13 Comments

It involves a six-part series as well as a podcast series.

# 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 15,633 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 43,780 Views 161 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 8,303 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 15,683 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 17,238 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 10,993 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 25,002 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 16,188 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 19,294 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 23,783 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 10,134 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

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

Nov 12th 2018, 1:16 PM 29,780 Views 150 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 17,869 Views 46 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

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

Sep 8th 2018, 6:30 PM 26,174 Views 83 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 14,168 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 13,003 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 13,275 Views 75 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 13,825 Views 119 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 26,163 Views 21 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 23,985 Views 24 Comments

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

# gender - Thursday 5 April, 2018

# UK

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

Apr 5th 2018, 11:01 AM 6,972 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 10,085 Views 68 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 25,740 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 51,213 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 15,150 Views 54 Comments

Women earn 14.9% less than men in Spain.

# Misogyny

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

Mar 8th 2018, 9:35 AM 44,965 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 12,869 Views 85 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 12,320 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 9,572 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 14,346 Views 39 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 7,575 Views 26 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 10,140 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 31,360 Views 273 Comments

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

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