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WHEN IT COMES to gender equality in the workplace, Ireland is above the EU average, coming in 9th place, according to a new index by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE).
When it comes to health, the index found that men and women are equal in Ireland taking the top spot in the EU.
We are in 8th position in relation to money, 11th on knowledge and 5th when it comes to time.
However, Ireland featured further down the list when it came to equal power between men and women, coming in 19th place – below the EU average.
The results show there is a need for more work on “women and decision-making,” says Minister of State, Kathleen Lynch.
While the Equality Minister acknowledged that Ireland performs poorly on decision-making, she noted that while women are under-represented on corporate boards (a measure in the index) they occupy over a third of all positions on State boards, which was not included in the index.
Minister Lynch delivered one of the keynote addresses at the index launch in Brussels, joining the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy.
The full Gender Equality Index for Europe report, which took nearly three years to complete, is available at EIGE.
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With all that’s going on, you’d have to say that Europe is in a far worse state than it was 20 years ago. And the outlook ain’t rosy.
@Ó Connmhaigh: Actually far more people died in terrorist attacks in the 70′s than now
@Rui Firmino: So far
@Rui Firmino: what’s the 70s got to do with 20 years ago?
@Rui Firmino: which was over 40 years ago. Or what year do you think it is…
@ Rui is making the point that the threat of terrorism was far more dangerous in the 1970s then now … Terrorism is at it lowest level at present.
So don’t believe the hype!
@Rui Firmino: yup, as an older fella, I can confirm you’re right. And it wasn’t just a little bit more either. It was a lot more.
@Rui Firmino: that was 40 years ago though..
Wonder if they were Islamic terrorists or is it to do with austerity?
@Rui Firmino: more likely austerity.
@Peter McGlynn:
Agreed, IS and company don’t really do letter bombs
@Rui Firmino: most probably anarchists. Greece has a long history of violent anarchist groups
@P.J. Nolan: ya no virgins for the old letter bomb unfortunately
@Rui Firmino: Muslims Against Austerity
@Paul Devlin: There’s a group that have done stuff like this, but they are not Anarchist. Anarchists wouldn’t do this. There was a bogus group alright a few years ago, but they were denounced by every Anarchist group in Europe. Guys like Bader Meinhoff or Red Brigade would do this carry on though.
@Eric Foley: Golden Dawn type Right wing extremists could be suspects as well to be fair. They have literally murdered several people in Greece in the last few years.
Well if you crush a population this sadly is the result…..
@Kerry Blake: so your saying he deserved it
@Paddy: No Paddy I’m just pointing out due to the policies inflicted on Greece this is the end result.
remember when golden dawn were supposed to be the next greatest threat to human civilisation? Really goes to show the diletante politics of the media circus. On to the next doomsday scenario
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