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By Sinéad Pentony The rights of women have improved greatly, but the goal of full equality remains a work in progress. Addressing the gender inequality challenges that remain is more difficult than previously, because fundamental change is required in economic policy-making and planning. We have to identify ways of incorporating a focus on equality into […]
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The recent Dáil debate on a private members bill to provide for terminations of pregnancy in fatal foetal abnormality has raised important human and legal concerns. The bill was opposed by Government on the basis of the Attorney General’s advice that its text was incompatible with the Constitution. However, at my request the Oireachtas Committee […]
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International Women’s Day (March 8th) provides us with an opportunity to reflect on issues relating to gender equality and to take stock on where progress has been made and the challenges that remain to be overcome. This is the first of two articles which assesses progress and challenges associated with women and the economy. Ireland […]
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The Report and Final Stage debates on the Gender Recognition Bill 2014 have now concluded in Seanad Eireann. The Bill will now proceed to the Dáil in March. The Minister responsible for this legislation, Labour’s Kevin Humphreys, only accepted two significant amendments in the Seanad. The first amendment is that the Bill will contain a […]
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By Niall Crowley. If Alex Fogarty was told one more time how mature he was he could really have claimed the right to violence. Alex, 15 years old we were told repeatedly, from the National Youth Council of Ireland was on the ‘Prime Time Debate’ on votes for 16-year-olds. He was up against Noel Howard […]
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By Oliver Moore. Berlin in January is a very cold time to have a demo. Yet 50,000 people – about the same number as attended Dublin’s biggest water protest, the zenith of Ireland’s opposition to long and oppressive austerity – marched the frosty streets that month not for a high profile march against cuts or […]
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By Rachel Moran With the relentless practicalities of running a country it is perhaps unsurprising that our politicians don’t often propose legislation which has, at its heart, the goal of human harmony. November 27th of this year was a welcome exception. With Minister Frances Fitzgerald’s proposal of ‘The Sexual Offences Bill 2014’ we have it […]
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