# Women's Rights

This year

2023

# international women's day

Hundreds march through Dublin on International Women's Day

Protestors chanted “women’s rights, migrant rights, same struggle, same fight”.

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Mar 8th 2023, 8:29 PM

Voices

Analysis: The six-month rule for Mother and Baby Homes redress does not add up

Barrister Seán Beatty says the government’s six-month rule around compensation is impossible to justify.

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Jan 31st 2023, 6:33 PM

Last year

2022

# Tehran

Iran ousted from UN women's rights body over protest crackdown

The US led the campaign for Iran’s removal.

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Dec 14th 2022, 8:20 PM

# Mahsa Amini

American VP Harris moves to remove Iran from UN women's commission

Iran has been facing protests in the wake of the 16 September death of Mahsa Amini in police custody

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Nov 2nd 2022, 10:55 PM

Voices

Ruth Coppinger: Savita 10 years on - why we need a permanent memorial

Maternity care must change forever in this country so we never see another case like Savita’s, writes Coppinger.

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Oct 14th 2022, 9:08 AM

Voices

Analysis: The rights of women and girls in Ireland have come a long way - here's how far

Emma Bowie & Oileán Carter-Stritch look at how women’s rights have improved in this country, on International Day of the Girl.

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Oct 11th 2022, 7:00 PM

Voices

Opinion: It's time we designed a better politics for women that benefits us all

Minister of State Peter Burke says he’s hoping to make real change for women in public life.

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Jun 28th 2022, 8:28 AM

# Abortion

'A step backward for women's rights': America reacts as Roe v. Wade is overturned

The decision has been met with mixed reaction from civilians, lawmakers and politicians on either side of the political divide.

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Jun 24th 2022, 6:06 PM

# Afghanistan

Women TV presenters defy Taliban order to cover faces on air

Since regaining power last year the Taliban have imposed a slew of restrictions on civil society.

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May 21st 2022, 2:18 PM

# Explainer

Roe v Wade: What you need to know about the 1973 case that enshrined US abortion rights

Jane Roe – a pseudonym for Norma McCorvey – sued the Dallas Attorney General, Henry Wade.

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May 3rd 2022, 8:39 AM

All time

# Universal Periodic Review

UN to review Ireland's record on human rights, conversion therapy and Traveller discrimination

Minister for Equality Roderic O’Gorman will lead the Irish delegation and deliver a speech at today’s hearing.

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Nov 10th 2021, 6:00 AM

# taliban regime

Only boys will restart secondary school in Afghanistan tomorrow

In Kabul, workers were seen raising a sign for the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.

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Sep 17th 2021, 10:02 PM

# international concerns

As the Taliban cement their position, they've been making clear their views on the role of women

Concerns about women’s rights have continued to grow since the Taliban took over Afghanistan last month.

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Sep 12th 2021, 7:00 AM

# Women's Rights

'We need enormous effort': Coveney leads UN Security Council meeting on Afghanistan in New York

The foreign affairs minister visited the 9/11 memorial earlier today.

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Sep 9th 2021, 9:40 PM

# Taliban

Afghan women stage protest outside presidential palace in Kabul

The protesters are urging the Taliban leadership to uphold women’s rights and include women in the government.

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Sep 3rd 2021, 1:43 PM

Voices

Tom Clonan: The Irish Army Ranger Wing face a treacherous Kabul - but they are highly trained

The security expert says every person evacuated from Kabul by the ARW will represent a life transformed, free of Taliban persecution.

42.1k

Aug 25th 2021, 7:00 AM

# Afghanistan

'We fear what is coming': Women in Kabul speak out as Taliban takes back control

Women in Afghanistan tell The Journal “everyone is living in fear” since the Taliban regained control of the country.

Women living in Kabul tell The Journal "everyone is living in fear" since the Taliban regained control

Females in particular are afraid to leave their homes, Órla Ryan and Laura Byrne write

"We simply do not know what they have in store for us. All we can do now is wait," Mahbouba Seraj says

22.2k

Aug 18th 2021, 12:05 AM

Voices

GP: My patients do not need to see your placards with your value judgements

Dr Brian Kennedy says recurring abortion protests outside healthcare clinics are wrong and need to stop.

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Aug 12th 2021, 12:55 PM

# Women's Rights

Turkey criticised for pulling out of landmark treaty protecting women

The convention requires governments to adopt legislation prosecuting domestic violence and similar abuse.

23.6k

Mar 20th 2021, 2:45 PM

Voices

Holly Cairns: The gender pay gap is a scandal - we must resolve to end it

In the week when we celebrated International Women’s Day, the Social Democrats TD says we should settle for nothing less than equal pay for equal work.

14.9k

Mar 10th 2021, 7:00 AM

# Women's Rights

Citizens' Assembly meets to discuss constitution clause on ‘women in the home’

The Assembly heard that Article 41.2 of the Constitution came from “a very different time, for a very different Ireland.”

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Feb 13th 2021, 4:25 PM

# truth to power

'It didn’t matter to her that the establishment might be upset': How Marian Finucane brought women's stories to the fore

The broadcaster used her platform to discuss topics that were rarely if ever spoken about in a public forum in Ireland.

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Jan 3rd 2020, 4:19 PM

# Equal Rights

First Citizens' Assembly weekend on gender equality to be held in February

It will discuss the reasons women are still paid less, find it harder to reach top positions, and carry an unequal share of the burden of care.

8.4k

Nov 19th 2019, 7:28 PM

# Women's Rights

El Salvador: Woman who was jailed after her baby was stillborn is acquitted in court

The 21-year-old said “it was hard the whole time I was inside.”

30.6k

Aug 20th 2019, 7:23 AM

# period poverty

'Girls are forced to have sex in exchange for sanitary pads or 50 cents'

Young female activists are working to improve people’s lives in the largest urban slum in Africa, Kibera.

78.4k

Jul 23rd 2019, 9:00 PM

# Women's Rights

Taoiseach says there is an 'epidemic' of violence against women

The government today ratified the Istanbul Convention which obliges it to protect women from all forms of violence.

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Mar 8th 2019, 1:00 PM

Voices

Opinion: It is time for change in the Catholic church and that starts with equality for women

‘Guided by the Holy Spirit we must come together and find new inclusive governance structures to replace the old patriarchal model, which has broken down’, writes Colm Holmes.

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Feb 22nd 2019, 7:00 AM

# repealed

11 emotional tweets about this week's historic repealing of the Eighth Amendment

“It’s a moment brought about by a movement in the streets, civil disobedience, and young people and women in particularly fighting for change. Let’s keep it up!”

4.6k

Dec 14th 2018, 7:00 PM

# Abortion Law

Cost of rolling out abortion services in Ireland will be 'significant', says Harris

The abortion legislation will be introduced in the Dáil next week

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Sep 27th 2018, 4:00 PM

# RIP

'A towering figure in the struggle': Tributes after death of women's rights campaigner Sylvia Meehan

“Her death marks the passing of a remarkable woman of whom it can truly be said: ‘She made a difference’.”

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Sep 6th 2018, 5:27 PM

# referendum delay

Government accused of trying to 'press gang' committee to delete Constitutional women in the home reference

It had been suggested that the clause should be amended rather than deleted.

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Sep 3rd 2018, 5:42 PM

# tuam site

'Putting our shameful past behind us': Mother and baby home forum meets for the first time

How to memorialise the past, as well as what health and well-being supports are needed for former residents will be discussed.

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Jul 26th 2018, 4:50 PM

Voices

'She was living in a derelict building dripping with damp under a tin roof. The year was 1998'

During the making of No Country for Women, we journeyed with women today to learn more about their mothers’ and grandmothers’ lives, writes Anne Roper.

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Jun 19th 2018, 7:00 AM

# Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington

President Higgins unveils plaque at Dublin Castle where an Irish suffragette smashed a window

Hanna Sheehy Skeffington was one of the founders of the Irish Women’s Franchise League, which aimed to ensure that women got the right to vote as part of the Home Rule Bill.

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Jun 13th 2018, 4:20 PM