# womens-rights - Tuesday 28 June, 2022
# Maternity Leave
# Maternity Leave
Minister of State Peter Burke says he’s hoping to make real change for women in public life.
# womens-rights - Friday 24 June, 2022
# Abortion
# Abortion
The decision has been met with mixed reaction from civilians, lawmakers and politicians on either side of the political divide.
# womens-rights - Saturday 21 May, 2022
# Afghanistan
# Afghanistan
Since regaining power last year the Taliban have imposed a slew of restrictions on civil society.
# womens-rights - Tuesday 3 May, 2022
# Explainer
# Explainer
Jane Roe – a pseudonym for Norma McCorvey – sued the Dallas Attorney General, Henry Wade.
# womens-rights - Wednesday 10 November, 2021
# Universal Periodic Review
# Universal Periodic Review
Minister for Equality Roderic O’Gorman will lead the Irish delegation and deliver a speech at today’s hearing.
# womens-rights - Friday 17 September, 2021
# Taliban Regime
# Taliban Regime
In Kabul, workers were seen raising a sign for the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.
# womens-rights - Sunday 12 September, 2021
# International Concerns
# International Concerns
Concerns about women’s rights have continued to grow since the Taliban took over Afghanistan last month.
# womens-rights - Thursday 9 September, 2021
# Women's Rights
# Women's Rights
The foreign affairs minister visited the 9/11 memorial earlier today.
# womens-rights - Friday 3 September, 2021
# Taliban
# Taliban
The protesters are urging the Taliban leadership to uphold women’s rights and include women in the government.
# womens-rights - Wednesday 25 August, 2021
# Afghanistan Rescue
# Afghanistan Rescue
The security expert says every person evacuated from Kabul by the ARW will represent a life transformed, free of Taliban persecution.
# womens-rights - Wednesday 18 August, 2021
# Afghanistan
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
# womens-rights - Thursday 12 August, 2021
# Abortion Protests
# Abortion Protests
Dr Brian Kennedy says recurring abortion protests outside healthcare clinics are wrong and need to stop.
# womens-rights - Saturday 20 March, 2021
# Women's Rights
# Women's Rights
The convention requires governments to adopt legislation prosecuting domestic violence and similar abuse.
# womens-rights - Wednesday 10 March, 2021
# International Women's Day
# International Women's Day
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.
# womens-rights - Saturday 13 February, 2021
# Women's Rights
# Women's Rights
The Assembly heard that Article 41.2 of the Constitution came from “a very different time, for a very different Ireland.”
# womens-rights - Friday 3 January, 2020
# Truth To Power
# Truth To Power
The broadcaster used her platform to discuss topics that were rarely if ever spoken about in a public forum in Ireland.
# womens-rights - Tuesday 19 November, 2019
# Equal Rights
# Equal Rights
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.
# womens-rights - Tuesday 20 August, 2019
# Women's Rights
# Women's Rights
The 21-year-old said “it was hard the whole time I was inside.”
# womens-rights - Tuesday 23 July, 2019
# Period Poverty
# Period Poverty
Young female activists are working to improve people’s lives in the largest urban slum in Africa, Kibera.
# womens-rights - Friday 8 March, 2019
# Women's Rights
# Women's Rights
The government today ratified the Istanbul Convention which obliges it to protect women from all forms of violence.
# womens-rights - Friday 22 February, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
‘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.
# womens-rights - Friday 14 December, 2018
# Repealed
From The Daily Edge
# Repealed
“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!”
# womens-rights - Thursday 27 September, 2018
# Abortion Law
# Abortion Law
The abortion legislation will be introduced in the Dáil next week
# womens-rights - Thursday 6 September, 2018
# RIP
# RIP
“Her death marks the passing of a remarkable woman of whom it can truly be said: ‘She made a difference’.”
# womens-rights - Monday 3 September, 2018
# Referendum Delay
# Referendum Delay
It had been suggested that the clause should be amended rather than deleted.
# womens-rights - Thursday 26 July, 2018
# Tuam Site
# Tuam Site
How to memorialise the past, as well as what health and well-being supports are needed for former residents will be discussed.
# womens-rights - Tuesday 19 June, 2018
# Opinion
# Opinion
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.
# womens-rights - Wednesday 13 June, 2018
# Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington
# Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington
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.
# womens-rights - Saturday 19 May, 2018
# Crackdown
# Crackdown
They were detained for “attempting to undermine the security and stability of the kingdom”.
# womens-rights - Sunday 18 March, 2018
# Cutting
# Cutting
“People don’t speak about it unless a victim of this heinous crime speaks out.”
# womens-rights - Thursday 8 March, 2018
# Women's Rights
# Women's Rights
Women earn 14.9% less than men in Spain.
# Read Me
# Read Me
IWD is an important moment to look to the changes we need to make for women’s equality, writes Orla O’Connor.
# womens-rights - Wednesday 7 March, 2018
# Me Too
# Me Too
President Michael D Higgins spoke to Ryan Tubridy ahead of International Women’s Day tomorrow.
# womens-rights - Saturday 6 January, 2018
# Women's Christmas
# Women's Christmas
Events are taking place to celebrate the contribution of women to society.
# womens-rights - Wednesday 26 July, 2017
# Wage Equality
# Wage Equality
All I’m asking for is what men have always had: to have children and still get a fair wage, writes Lorraine Courtney.
# womens-rights - Tuesday 13 June, 2017
# Eighth Amendment
# Eighth Amendment
The UN Human Rights Committee has again called on Ireland to reform its restrictive abortion laws.
# womens-rights - Saturday 27 May, 2017
# Rodrigo Duterte
# Rodrigo Duterte
Duterte told a military camp that they were allowed to rape women because he would take the blame for it.
# womens-rights - Friday 5 May, 2017
# That's The Enda It
# That's The Enda It
The Taoiseach has sought to clarify that Ireland had conveyed its concerns over Saudi Arabia’s record on women’s rights.
# womens-rights - Thursday 4 May, 2017
# Secret Vote
# Secret Vote
“Ireland has a long-standing and proud record in the area of women’s rights and children’s rights,” Minister Flanagan said.
# womens-rights - Thursday 30 March, 2017
# First Lady
# First Lady
President Trump said that his wife’s poll numbers are higher than his own.
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