Gender Equality

Global campaign for better gender balance is supported by board chairpersons and CEOs of medium and large organisations

Market tumult will pass but the failure to start investing early in a pension could haunt you financially throughout your retirement

Don’t assume all ‘straight white men’ benefit from current work practices, employers’ conference told

‘Flat rate’ payment in Ireland means many fathers can’t afford to take time off work

‘I think more women want a soft life, a beautiful life, than feeling all this pressure to do all these things,’ says cofounder Brittany Hugoboom

Women who gave their principal economic roles as ‘home duties’ fell by 60% since 2010 alone yet the gender pay gap remains

Nearly every second adult in countries across the world thinks it is job done on female equality, which it patently is not

Talk of a new Ireland is one thing, but it must focus on improving people’s lives to be worth anything, women declare in Longford

Rite & Reason: The question remains whether recent reforms signify a genuine commitment to inclusivity or are merely symbolic gestures aimed at appeasing critics

A retired Supreme Court judge, a barrister and a GP say things have improved for professional women, yet they face ongoing challenges

The trans activist who fought the State for years for the right to change her gender on her birth cert would prefer to ‘talk about me as a person rather than all the baloney with the courts’

Balance for Better Business will expand focus from Iseq listed companies to the private sector

Limited number of listed companies, on which it has concentrated until now, meant small changes had outsize impact on figures

A fascinating collection of essays edited by Jennifer Redmond and Mary McAuliffe that reflects incisive research into Irish sexual politics and gender identities

From gender to Gaza, climate policy to USAID, the start of Trump’s second term as seen a deluge of orders and pronouncements overturning what has gone before

It is the less predictable events that will present the biggest problems for the Coalition

Mary Hanafin hoping ‘at least two’ women TDs from party are appointed as ministers of State on Wednesday

Three departments, including Education, reported pay gaps trending in the wrong direction

Department of Equality again the only department at which women received higher average hourly pay

Fear of criticism can make female leaders feel squeamish about building a public profile

Irish Times Group had previously highlighted the appointment of more women to senior executive positions as the main reason for the reduced pay gap

While being young and female is still no picnic, young men are struggling in multiple ways

Binary categories hurt everyone, especially those whose natures or physiques are non-compliant

A record number of women are expected to run in the next general election but insults and misogyny make the job of parties more difficult to encourage women to enter politics

Girls are told the world is not safe and advised to impose controls on their behaviours. None of these precautions would have protected Gisèle Pelicot

New group, the Alliance for Gender Quotas at Local Level, brings together academics and advocates for Traveller, migrant and disabled women

Norma Burke says rule requiring PPI members to be ‘full-time’ press photographers earning 80% of their income from editorial work discriminates against women

Auto-enrolment legislation is a missed opportunity as calls for measures to boost women’s pension funds were ignored

We tend to discuss what men are and should be, while suggesting it is inappropriate for men to comment on femininity or womanhood

Defence Forces members feel the organisation has been the target of unfair criticism from politicians including the Taoiseach and the public after soldier received suspended sentence over vicious assault

The big ideological gap is of the past seven years is between younger men and women, and the trend is remarkably consistent across disparate cultures

Achieving gender parity in the workplace is essential not only for the empowerment of women, but also to power Ireland’s economy

A social media fad of women glamorising a very retrograde ideal of domesticity is a fantasy world with hidden dangers

Elections 2024 leave gender breakdown among representatives largely unchanged

Just 11% of the martime hub’s employees are women due ‘male dominance’ of sector

Government-backed Balance for Better Business targets 40 per cent or more female representation on company boards

Ireland is now one of two EU states with only men leading its public companies

Workers in Republic much more likely to be educated to at least degree level

Top Level Appointments Committee concerned at lack of diversity in senior positions

Brianna Parkins: It’s any wonder women aren’t all screaming them into the void over the situation