#Gender
'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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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’.
‘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.
Poll: Should reference to women's 'life within the home' be removed from Constitution?
A referendum on the topic has been delayed.
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.
Tokyo medical school admits it altered tests to keep women out
“We betrayed the public trust.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
How people in Cork are fighting back against FGM
“People don’t speak about it unless a victim of this heinous crime speaks out.”
Diarmuid Martin says Mary McAleese's criticism of the Church was 'brutally stark'
The former president has called on Pope Francis to address gender inequality in the Catholic Church.
'Unacceptable sexist behaviour': Spanish women stage unprecedented strike for rights
Women earn 14.9% less than men in Spain.
Mary McAleese says it's 'pure codology' that women can't become priests
The former president also called the Catholic Church an “empire of misogyny”.
Irish airwaves 'should be monitored every year for gender balance'
The National Women’s Council will be meeting with the BAI on the issue.
Government to discuss tackling Ireland's gender pay gap with businesses and trade unions
EU figures show that in Ireland, women currently earn around 13.9% less than men
Defence Forces 'facing challenges' in fulfilling its gender targets
It has run a number of female-focused recruitment campaigns and says that gender diversity is an operational imperative.
RTÉ's highest earners: Men outnumber women by 2 to 1
A report looked into gender equality and pay at the national broadcaster.
Almost 7% of women earn the minimum wage, compared to less than 3% of men
An ESRI report said this was because women were more likely to work in part-time jobs or smaller firms.
After years of high-profile gender issues at NUIG, 40% of senior lecturers are now female
The equality reports come following a series of high profile gender discrimination cases taken against the university by female academic staff in recent years.
Mary Lou McDonald on Dáil debate: 'Playing the woman and not the ball is a tactic'
The deputy leader of Sinn Féin writes for TheJournal.ie on her frustration with the ‘arrogance and entitlement’ of establishment parties.
'The right to do any job they like': New book sets out a declaration for the rights of boys and girls
Irish publisher Siobhan Parkinson of Little Island tells us why they decided to publish the book.
Poll: Do you think getting rid of girls and boys children's clothing labels is a good idea?
A major UK retailer is doing just that.
'The portrayal of gender abuse is often misused in order to justify discriminatory and even racist speech'
The inclusivity of our feminist discourse must be continually re-affirmed, write Nicoletta Mandolini and Dr Caroline Williamson.
'You won't hear a woman's voice, and it's not acceptable': What are Irish radio stations doing about gender balance?
We asked the stations themselves – and the Minister for Communications.
Google cancels meeting to discuss gender and diversity due to 'safety concerns'
Questions being posed internally by employees, along with some of their names, began appearing on outside websites.
Google sacks worker who said women don't fill tech jobs due to 'biological issues' in internal memo
US media reports have said that the employee was removed from their position after violating the company code of conduct.
Sunday Times 'deeply sorry' for publishing controversial Kevin Myers column
An apology printed today said the article “included unacceptable comments that caused offence to many”.
Poll: Do you worry about gendered toy advertisements?
Are dolls for girls and cars for boys a thing of the past?
RTÉ says it has not introduced 'secret bonuses' to staff
This was on foot of a report this morning.
Chris Evans and Graham Norton among BBC's top-paid presenters
The former Top Gear 2.0 presenter is earning over £2 million – more than four times the amount of the BBC’s highest-paid woman.
Why there are so few female surgeons: 'There's definitely an issue around being competitive in an interview'
Yesterday, the Royal College of Surgeons launched a report that aims to increase their female representation.
HSE to ask women working in the health sector how they balance maternity with work
Just 7% of all surgeons in Ireland are women.
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