Achieving Gender Equality At Work – Care Policy and Practice Conference

Wednesday, November 09, 2022

Sinéad Gibney, Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission is pleased to invite you to our conference on Achieving Gender Equality At Work – Care Policy and Practice at Croke Park Conference Centre from 9am to 4.30pm on 9 November, 2022.  The Conference will discuss the role of care policy and practice in achieving workplace gender equality from a structural, legislative, policy and practice perspective. The Conference is being organised in association with Ibec and ICTU and is an initiative of our Worker and Employer Advisory Committee of which they are members.

RSVP:

Please RSVP to rsvp@ihrec.ie by Tuesday, 25 October 2022.

Please note that places are limited.

Special Requirements: Please let us know if you have dietary or accessibility requirements (including: ISL, disabled car parking etc.)

Conference Format

The morning session will be in plenary and issues discussed will include gender equality, decent work, care as a right, the recommendations of the Citizen’s Assembly on Gender Equality, the European Care Strategy, and the intersection of national gender equality and care policies and practices.

The afternoon session will be in parallel panel discussions on: gender equality and sharing care; intersectionality, employment and care; gender pay gap and gender segregation; older people, disabled people, and care; early childhood care and education; and sexual harassment and domestic abuse. All registered participants will be given the full list of speakers on each parallel panel and invited to select the session they wish to attend in advance of the conference. The conference will close with a final plenary.

Contributors to the Conference include:

• Chidi King, Chief, Gender, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Branch, International Labour Organization
• Roderic O’Gorman T.D., Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
• Ivana Bacik T.D., Chairperson, Oireachtas Joint Committee on Gender Equality
• Professor Jonathan Herring, Professor of Law, University of Oxford
• Orla O’Connor, Director, National Women’s Council of Ireland
• Suzy Byrne, Regional Manager, National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities
• Hans Dubois, Research Manager, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
• Mariaam Bhatti, Coach and Learning Development Worker, Co-founder and Director, Great Care Co-op
• Dr Ursula Barry, Emeritus Associate Professor, University College Dublin
• Bridget Kelly, Community Development Worker, National Traveller Women’s Forum
• Tinu Achioya, Programme Manager, Cultúr Migrants Centre, Meath
• Nem Kearns, Member, Disabled Women Ireland
• Amy Hassett, Member, Disabled Women Ireland
• Dr Helen Russell, Research Professor, Economic and Social Research Institute
• Colm Kelly Ryan, Head of Programmes & Advocacy, Men’s Development Network
• John Hurley, Senior Research Manager, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
• Heather Lowry, Head of Talent, Diversity & Organisational Development, An Post
• Professor Virpi Timonen,  Professor in Social Policy & Ageing, Trinity College Dublin
• Noeline Blackwell, Chief Executive Officer, Dublin Rape Crisis Centre
• Mandy La Combre, Senior Industrial Relations Officer, Financial Services Union
• Professor Mathias Urban, Desmond Chair of Early Childhood Education, Dublin City University
• Darragh Whelan, Director, Childhood Services Ireland
• Darragh O’Connor, Head of Strategic Organising, SIPTU
• David Joyce, Equality Officer, ICTU
• Dr Kara McGann, Head of Social Policy, Ibec
• Professor Kathleen Lynch, Commissioner, Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission
• Sinéad Gibney, Chief Commissioner, Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission   

Starts: 9 November 2022 09:00
Ends: 9 November 2022 16:30
Location: Croke Park Conference Centre, Dublin 1