# Gender

This year

2023

Voices

Teacher: My teenage students understand the difference between gender and sex

Eoghan Cleary says his students are well able to wrap their heads around gender identity issues.

32.5k

Apr 28th 2023, 4:00 PM

Last year

2022

# transgender

Explainer: How will the changes to UK Gender Identity Services impact on Ireland?

The HSE is aiming to establish a specialist service in Ireland.

14.2k

Aug 11th 2022, 12:05 AM

# Health

Secrecy, shame, and getting help: Men and eating disorders in Ireland

Psychologists and men who have had eating disorders explain the warning signs and what can be done to treat EDs.

14.9k

Jun 26th 2022, 12:05 AM

# Third Level

Women in academia: 'What women get is endless mentoring, instead of a focus on changing the structures'

Academia is no longer dominated by men, with women making up more than half of lecturers. But problems remain across third-level in Ireland.

15.9k

Jan 25th 2022, 8:00 PM

All time

# Allegation

Jordan call for investigation into gender of Iran women's goalkeeper after losing on penalties

The Jordan Football Association are claiming foul play after missing out on qualification for the 2022 Women’s Asian Cup.

10.5k

Nov 15th 2021, 6:41 PM

Voices

Opinion: 'Until the 70s, puritanical attitudes of Irish society and State discouraged women’s writing'

Eilis Ní Dhuibhne writes about how women writers in Ireland faced a range of barriers up until recent decades.

10.0k

Nov 9th 2021, 7:00 AM

# gender recognition

People will be able to self-identify as male or female in Scotland's census next year

National Records of Scotland, who are responsible for the census, said people do not need a gender-recognition certificate to identify as a different gender from the one registered at birth.

10.6k

Sep 1st 2021, 10:55 AM

THE MORNING LEAD

Number of security officers on Luas temporarily increases by 30% after report on women’s safety

A report by

Lauren Boland

Activists say better infrastructure, like lighting at bus stops, and including women in planning are crucial to making public transport safer.

The number of Luas security officers has increased by 30% after a report found that women have serious safety concerns on public transport, Lauren Boland reports.

Activists say better infrastructure, like lighting at bus stops, and including women in planning are crucial to making public transport safer.

Negative experiences have a "lasting effect" on women's transport choices, according to Transport Infrastructure Ireland.

39.6k

Jul 28th 2021, 12:05 AM

# listen up

Top commercial stations play Irish female artists in charts at lower rate than most national radio

There were no women and no people of colour in FM104′s top 20 most-played songs.

17.6k

Jul 8th 2021, 7:18 PM

# Waiting Lists

'We can't keep relying on other countries': HSE begins hiring experts to oversee service for trans youth

Teni has welcomed the fact that a consultant psychiatrist and a paediatric endocrinologist are being hired.

11.6k

Apr 20th 2021, 8:00 PM

# National Gender Service

'The lack of medical support is a travesty': Trans people facing five-year healthcare waiting list

On Transgender Day of Visibility, Teni CEO Éirénne Carroll talks to The Journal about access to healthcare in Ireland and worrying developments in the US.

33.4k

Mar 31st 2021, 6:00 AM

# Health

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

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

13.7k

Dec 2nd 2020, 2:14 PM

# Equality

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

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

17.0k

Dec 2nd 2020, 6:10 AM

# child marriage

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

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

25.1k

Jun 30th 2020, 8:24 AM

# Discrimination

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

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

27.1k

May 14th 2020, 6:00 AM

Voices

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

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

42.1k

Feb 26th 2020, 7:00 PM

# Women in Politics

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

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

9.9k

Feb 15th 2020, 7:00 AM

# herstory

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

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

17.2k

Feb 3rd 2020, 6:00 PM

# they/them

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

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

15.7k

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Jan 5th 2020, 12:45 PM

# maya forstater

JK Rowling voices support for woman sacked after transgender tweets

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

44.0k

161

Dec 20th 2019, 8:21 AM

# Equal Rights

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.

8.4k

Nov 19th 2019, 7:28 PM

# gender breakdown

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

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

15.8k

Oct 8th 2019, 6:00 AM

# Stereotypes

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

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

17.4k

Sep 24th 2019, 10:21 PM

# Progress

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

The assembly will begin its work in October this year.

11.1k

Jun 12th 2019, 1:08 PM

# Vatican

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

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

25.1k

120

Jun 10th 2019, 9:08 PM

# Local Elections

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

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

16.5k

May 31st 2019, 12:05 AM

# 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

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

19.3k

Mar 27th 2019, 6:20 AM

Voices

The Irish For: Gender, LGBT and transitioning

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

24.4k

Jan 27th 2019, 8:45 AM

# Gender Quotas

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

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

10.2k

Nov 29th 2018, 6:10 AM

# Action Plan

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

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

30.0k

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Nov 12th 2018, 1:16 PM

# Mental Health

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

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.

18.0k

Oct 20th 2018, 8:30 PM

# Your Say

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

A referendum on the topic has been delayed.

26.3k

Sep 8th 2018, 6:30 PM

Voices

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

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

14.3k

Aug 31st 2018, 7:00 AM

# Gender Equality

Tokyo medical school admits it altered tests to keep women out

“We betrayed the public trust.”

13.0k

Aug 8th 2018, 1:15 PM

# waking the feminists

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

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

13.3k

Jul 9th 2018, 9:14 AM

# Gender

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

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

13.9k

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Jun 19th 2018, 10:31 AM

# On Chesil Beach

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

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

26.4k

May 27th 2018, 10:30 AM

# bacha poshi

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

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

24.1k

Apr 29th 2018, 8:00 AM

# UK

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

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

7.0k

Apr 5th 2018, 11:01 AM

# paymetoo

UK female MPs launch #PayMeToo campaign over gender pay gap

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

10.1k

Apr 2nd 2018, 1:23 PM