Published: Wednesday, May 04, 2011
On 25 February 2011, 25 women were elected to Dáil Éireann. This figure represents a numerical and percentage (15 per cent) high in terms of women's political representation in Ireland. However, when compared internationally, the new 'record' is meager. Ireland...
Discussion
Published: Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Who is Sarah? Just your typical, overworked but extremely dedicated public representative, apparently. An average TD who toils from morning to night in the name of such good causes as human rights in Asia, tackling climate change, and... swimming pools. ...
Published: Monday, February 28, 2011
Guest post by Claire McGing. Claire is an Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) scholar in the Department of Geography, NUI Maynooth. Her main research interests are in gender politics and political/electoral reform. The 2011 general...
Published: Sunday, February 27, 2011
We knew going into this election that Ireland's embarrassing record on women in politics was unlikely to improve significantly. Just 15% of candidates who ran for election were women. So, now that the results are (almost all) in: how does...
Published: Sunday, February 20, 2011
Guest post by Senator Ivana Bacik, Labour Candidate for Dun Laoghaire. Ireland has an appalling record on women's representation in politics. In 1990, when Mary Robinson was elected as our first woman President, we were in 37th position in the...
Published: Thursday, February 17, 2011
Guest post by Elaine D'Alton, Clare Women's NetworkMeeting to discuss the possibilities and opportunities for political change and reform in Clare a group of intelligent, passionate and enlightened women could not ignore the lack of female candidates on the ballot....
Published: Thursday, February 10, 2011
Guest post by Gemma Hussey It's hard not to feel weary in the face of the statistics for this election. It certainly seems as if there will be no improvement, and most probably a disimprovement, in the number of...
Published: Monday, February 07, 2011
Women make up 50% of the Irish population, yet just 14% of our TDs are women. Remarkably, the situation is getting worse, not better. In 1990, on the crest of the wave promised by Mary Robinson's election as the first woman President,...
Published: Sunday, January 09, 2011
I just thought that before I started I'd tell you about Chloe. She's the same age as many of you and, like you, she has definite political views. Yesterday she waded in to the Cementgate controversy, defending Joe McNamara after...
Published: Tuesday, September 28, 2010
I'd like to begin by reciting you the lyrics of a song many of you will be familiar with:"She's nothing like the girl you've ever seen before, Nothing you can compare to your neighbourhood whore, I'm tryna find the...
Published: Monday, August 09, 2010
Madam, - Ivana Bacik (Opinion, August 5th) clearly outlines the case for increasing the numbers of women entering politics. What is not so clear, then, is why so many female TDs were against the idea when asked. Could it be...
Published: Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Women need not apply By Madeline HawkeWhile the Catholic Church could never be described as a symbol of gender equality, the recent Vatican document, Normae de Gravioribus Delictis is one of the most disparaging of women yet. In this document...
Published: Friday, July 23, 2010
After years of derision, feminism is finding its voice again, from grassroots protests to a flurry of books, websites and even a summer school. But will it lead to real change? Kira Cochrane, The Guardian, Saturday 24 July 2010Supporters of the...
Published: Thursday, June 10, 2010
My daughter was telling me about a Justin Timberlake song in which, she said, he compares the girl with a takeaway. I looked up the lyrics "Take my order cause your body's like a carry out..." Ads flashed across...
Published: Monday, May 10, 2010
How WIME (Women In Media & Entertainment) got involved in The Shell to Sea Campaign. We were approached by Maura Harrington, headmistress of a small primary school in Erris, County Mayo. She was alerting people all over the country to...
Page 5 of 6 pages ‹ First < 3 4 5 6 >
