# gender-quotas - Thursday 16 October, 2014
# Budget Review
# Budget Review
A panel of women politicians came together in Dublin this morning to discuss Budget 2015.
# gender-quotas - Tuesday 16 September, 2014
# Gender Politics
# Gender Politics
Gender quotas are coming in at the next General Election. What will that mean for parties? FF are looking at the detail…
# gender-quotas - Saturday 16 August, 2014
# In Balance
# In Balance
The Government has set out a 40% balance as a goal.
# gender-quotas - Wednesday 16 July, 2014
# Geography Over Gender
# Geography Over Gender
Analysis: One male junior minister joked that he’d have to buy a dress given the lack of women – but it raises the question: why weren’t any female FG TDs promoted?
# gender-quotas - Saturday 12 July, 2014
# Gender Quotas
# Gender Quotas
Just 27 of Ireland’s 166 TDs are female, but are gender quotas the best way to increase this figure?
# gender-quotas - Tuesday 29 April, 2014
# Business
# Business
Female CEO are more likely to be fired, according to a new report. Let’s look at the possible reasons for this finding.
# gender-quotas - Wednesday 19 March, 2014
# Where Are All The Women?
# Where Are All The Women?
Less than one in five of the party’s candidates in May’s elections are women.
# gender-quotas - Tuesday 11 March, 2014
# Quotas
# Quotas
properly run quota system would encourage parties to go find the good female candidates; without obligation this won’t happen, writes John Verling.
# gender-quotas - Wednesday 5 March, 2014
# Women In Politics
# Women In Politics
Industry is leading the way in discovering the benefits of gender balanced boardrooms, and the business of politics should be no different, writes Emer Higgins.
# gender-quotas - Friday 28 February, 2014
# No Laughing Matter
# No Laughing Matter
Quotas will never resolve the battle of the sexes. They’re regressive, counter-productive and a very short-sighted solution to gender representation, writes Lorraine Courtney.
# gender-quotas - Tuesday 19 November, 2013
# News Fix
# News Fix
Everybody’s talking about the pay of senior HSE staff, two robberies in Dublin, and the possibility of power cuts.
# Gender Quotas
# Gender Quotas
Fine Gael’s Mairead Fernane said a woman has to want to get into politics and it is “pointless” to encourage them just to meet the quotas.
# gender-quotas - Saturday 16 March, 2013
# Roisin Shortall
# Roisin Shortall
The Minister of State also spoke about Minister Hogan’s Traveller letter controversy, why gender quotas are a positive thing, and why she’s not in politics for a career.
# gender-quotas - Friday 20 July, 2012
# Gender Quotas
# Gender Quotas
The new Bill – which has been sent to President Higgins for signature – cuts party funding if they don’t balance genders.
# gender-quotas - Friday 29 June, 2012
# Opinion
# Opinion
The answer is surprisingly few. Niamh Gallagher explains why she’s working to encourage everyday women to run for office.
# gender-quotas - Thursday 10 May, 2012
# Opinion
# Opinion
These times are an opportunity, writes Clara Fischer. Why shouldn’t feminism become the new normal?
# gender-quotas - Friday 23 March, 2012
# Opinion
# Opinion
Dividing us along gender lines might be well-intentioned but it undermines the very principle of democracy, writes Simon Tuohy.
# gender-quotas - Thursday 15 March, 2012
# Gender Quotas
# Gender Quotas
Independent senators had wanted new laws to require at least 40 per cent of candidates to be from either gender.
# gender-quotas - Tuesday 13 March, 2012
# Opinion
# Opinion
All the figures show that women are paid and promoted less than their male colleagues. It’s time we took action, writes Mary Mitchell O’Connor.
# gender-quotas - Thursday 9 February, 2012
# Take 5
# Take 5
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
# Kathleen Lynch
From The Daily Edge
# Kathleen Lynch
The esteemed American newspaper’s reference to Lynch’s hair colour is reminiscent of Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s recent gaffe.
# gender-quotas - Thursday 2 February, 2012
# Gender Quotas
# Gender Quotas
The reforms – described as “groundbreaking” by Minister Phil Hogan – will also introduce new controls on political funding.
# gender-quotas - Saturday 21 January, 2012
# Women In Politics
# Women In Politics
Female politicians relate their personal experiences of running for office in a male-dominated political world at Dublin Castle conference.
# gender-quotas - Friday 20 January, 2012
# Women In Politics
# Women In Politics
Speaking at a conference in Dublin this afternoon on how to elect more women, Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore compared Leinster House to a boarding school for its lack of gender balance.
# Take 5
# Take 5
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
# Women In Politics
# Women In Politics
Enda Kenny told a women in politics conference about his personal sacrifices in pursing politics and discussed gender quotas.
# Opinion
# Opinion
Political scholar Claire McGing says a gender quota for elections is one step to balance – but meaningful change requires more than that.
# gender-quotas - Wednesday 28 December, 2011
# Opinion
# Opinion
It will take around 370 years for Ireland to reach a 50:50 gender balance in politics – so gender quotas make sense, argue Claire McGing and Fiona Buckley.
# gender-quotas - Friday 16 December, 2011
# Gender Quotas
# Gender Quotas
The conference, entitled How To Elect More Women, comes in the wake of this week’s legislation which will introduce gender quotas.
# gender-quotas - Wednesday 14 December, 2011
# Gender Quotas
# Gender Quotas
The legislation will halve the funding for political parties if they don’t run at least 30 per cent of candidates of either gender.
# gender-quotas - Tuesday 22 November, 2011
# Opinion
# Opinion
Yes, we need more women in politics – but gender quotas go against everything our democracy stands for, writes Labour TD Joanna Tuffy.
# gender-quotas - Monday 14 November, 2011
# Gender Quotas
# Gender Quotas
However, Labour’s Joanna Tuffy has said election quotas would be “anti-democratic” and “discriminatory”.
# 9 At 9
# 9 At 9
Nine things to know this morning…
# gender-quotas - Saturday 12 November, 2011
# Opinion
# Opinion
Having more women in politics is the shake-up our system needs – but those who say we don’t need quotas are kidding themselves, writes Eoin Murray.
# gender-quotas - Thursday 18 August, 2011
# Women In Politics
# Women In Politics
The Labour TD for Wicklow / East Carlow says women face five particular challenges they need met, before they can consider running for election, and we can achieve balance.
# gender-quotas - Saturday 28 May, 2011
# 9 At 9
# 9 At 9
Nine things you need to know by 9am: Parties face gender quotas or funding cuts, JP McManus to sue Facebook, and the kit Barack Obama left behind in Ireland…
