gender equality Archives – The College View

Affordable child care essential for gender equality in the workplace

December 11, 2019

A discussion was held at the inaugural #WorkEqual conference which took place on November 27th, regarding affordable and accessible childcare provisions, as well as an optional shared paternal leave in the first year of a baby’s life in order to achieve workplace equality.

Gender equality in higher education addressed at World Government Summit in Dubai

February 20, 2019

Gender equality in higher education addressed at World Government Summit in Dubai

University of Limerick recognised for leading the way on gender equality

November 28, 2018

Currently, 33 per cent of their professors are female, this has risen by two per cent since November 2017. UL received the Athena Swan Bronze award in 2015 for their work in advancing gender equality, an award that DCU won in 2017.

Gender equality conference to be held in Ireland next year

November 29, 2017

Ireland will host the 10th European Conference on Gender Equality in Higher Education next year in Trinity College.

Ireland ranks above EU average in gender equality

November 1, 2017

Ireland ranks above the EU average in gender equality according to a report published earlier this month. The Gender Equality Index revealed that Ireland scored 69.5 out of a potential 100 while the EU average

NUIG Discrimination Controversy Continues

September 30, 2015

Trade unions SIPTU and the Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT) have this week called on Minister for Education, Jan O’Sullivan, to intervene in a dispute regarding equality in the workplace at NUI Galway.