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# Women in the Home

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# Your Say
Poll: Should reference to women's 'life within the home' in the Constitution be amended?
The Justice Committee published a report on the matter yesterday.
# Derailed
Referendum on women’s place in the home delayed after committee vote
The Oireachtas Justice Committee has voted for pre-legislative scrutiny of the removal of the women in the home reference.
# Women in the Home
Citizens' Assembly to consider care issue in a bid to prevent referendum delay
Minister Flanagan sent a letter regarding the referendum on the women’s place in the home to Justice Committee members this week.
# Contention
Referendum on women’s place in the home may be delayed until next year
Concerns have been raised about the proposal for a straight-forward deletion of the reference to women in the home in the Constitution.
# Referendum
Taoiseach says 'women in the home' reference in the Constitution is 'sexist, anachronistic language'
Varadkar said it is time to separate the idea that women are inherently linked to caring and family roles.
# Referendum
Government set to approve plan to hold woman's 'life within the home' referendum in October
However, there is no consensus among the Oireachtas women’s caucus as to whether the wording should be deleted or amended.
# Women in the Home
No referendum on ‘women in the home’ clause before "extensive consultations"
The government says that a possible referendum on altering the article 41.2 of the constitution is complicated by the desire to acknowledge the work of home carers.
# Constitution
Constitutional Convention votes to alter 'women in home' clause
A vast majority of the delegates voted to change the article, with 98 per cent supporting a proposal to make it gender-neutral.
# Reform
Cautious welcome given to progress on constitutional convention
Interest groups have welcomed the latest reports that draft proposals on the makeup of the convention are imminent – as long as there is sufficient consultation.