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State not doing enough to encourage more women to enter politics, human rights watchdog warns

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September 27, 2023

State not doing enough to encourage more women to enter politics, human rights watchdog warns

Source: The Irish Times

Progress on improving the representation of women in Irish politics has been “negligible” in the last six years, a new report has said.

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has criticised the slow progress in recent years with the number of women TDs increasingly only marginally from 22 per cent in 2016 to 22.5 per cent in 2022.

Click here to read the full article published by The Irish Times on 25 September 2023.

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Ronan McGreevy

Progress on improving the representation of women in Irish politics has been “negligible” in the last six years, a new report has said.

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has criticised the slow progress in recent years with the number of women TDs increasingly only marginally from 22 per cent in 2016 to 22.5 per cent in 2022.

Click here to read the full article published by The Irish Times on 25 September 2023.

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Author
Ronan McGreevy

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