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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.
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Dec 7th 2018, 8:52 AM
# 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.
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Sep 5th 2018, 1:05 PM
# 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.
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Sep 2nd 2018, 6:00 AM
# 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.
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Jul 12th 2018, 1:57 PM
# 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.
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Jul 10th 2018, 7:36 PM
# 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.
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Jul 5th 2018, 6:00 AM
# 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.
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Oct 10th 2013, 2:17 PM
# 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.
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Feb 17th 2013, 4:24 PM
# 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.
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Feb 22nd 2012, 2:08 PM