The last Citizens' Assembly prompted a referendum to repeal the 8th Amendment. This one will look at how to advance gender equality in a number of areas across Ireland.
Image: Sam Boal Image: Sam Boal LAST WEEKEND’S General Election will be a feature of upcoming discussions among members of the public taking part in the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality.
The election on 8 February put 160 TDs into Dáil Éireann but of that just 36 were women – more three times less than the 124 men who were elected. Some people will be very aware of how many women are in the 33rd Dáil, how many were in the 32nd, some will be surprised to hear the numbers of how many or how few, so it will be in the background like everything else. A number of advocates and activists will speak at the assembly meetings being held in the Grand Hotel in Malahide, Dublin this weekend.
Inequality among the LGBT community is one of the issues that will be discussed at various sessions over the course of the assembly, including one session today when Paula Fagan of LGBT Ireland will discuss the personal experiences of gender in Ireland from an LGBT perspective. Related Read 25.01.20 'It's up to people how they define themselves': Citizens' Assembly to examine gender in LGBT community
“It’s getting people to think how much gender stereotyping is inside all of us, or not, so it’s about opening windows and that’s why we were looking for the atypical [professions].
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