gender inequality

Leaning in. The quiet revolution.

Sara McCracken on March 9, 2017, 11:11 am

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As International Women’s Day draws to a close for 2017, I’ve been reflecting on why it is necessary to have such a day. It is simple. International Women’s Day (IWD) is about acknowledging that in 2017, women still face discrimination and are under represented in many aspects of public life. Discrimination comes in many guises. For example, from the blatant sacking and sidelining of women who are pregnant, to everyday sexism, such as using derogatory language which subtly undermines women. …

Soapbox: BBC Question Time and its failure to represent women in Northern Ireland…

Soapbox on January 29, 2016, 1:06 pm

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RIGHT TO QUESTION: The BBC is always beset with criticisms of bias. Recently Question Time faced criticism of for loading the panel to the right. When the programme came to Belfast last week Rosa Thompson was dismayed when none of the questions chosen from the floor included a woman.

At the current rate of progress, gender equality of MLAs at Stormont will only take another 65 years

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on January 25, 2013, 12:00 pm

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Bronagh Hinds’ chapter of Everyday Life After the Irish Conflict: The Impact of Devolution and Cross-Border Cooperation [reviewed yesterday] examines women’s political participation points to limited progress in addressing the gender balance of political institutions. The proportion of councillors who are female rose to 24 per cent in 2011 from 14 per cent in 2000. Sounds good. But of the 14 opportunities for co-option in the NI Assembly between 2007 and 2012 2010 “to replace MLAs who had resigned or …