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OUR MISSION "An Ireland where all women enjoy equality with men and can achieve their full potential, while enjoying a safe and fulfilling life"You are here: HomeWelcome to the Website of Gender Equality Division, Department of Justice and Equality HIGHLIGHTSThe25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action will be marked worldwide in 2020.Acomprehensive national reviewof Ireland's response to these commitments was submitted in 2019. This report, as well as Ireland's previous reports,are available on our Beijing +25 page.For current information on progress towards gender equality in Ireland, see the CSOMenandWomeninIrelandReport2016.Follow Ireland's gender-sensitive implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in progress reportsand on the SDG dataportal. For gender statistics relevant to Ireland's progress under the Beijing Platform for Action, see the EUEIGEGenderStatisticsDatabase.The NationalStrategyforWomenandGirls2017-2020 is the whole-of-government framework through which actions to advance the rights of women and girls are being pursued. A StrategyCommittee advises on implementation and reporting progress.For information on DiscoveringWomeninIrishHistory see the Scoilnet resource provided by the Department of Education and Skills. In 2018, the Houses of the Oireachtas marked the one hundredth anniversary of the giving of voting rights to women and the resulting women in Parliament through the V t il100/Mn sanOireachtas programme of events which took place throughout 2018, withfurther details on the Oireachtas website.CURRENT NEWS and EVENTSSaturday25January2020Inaugural meeting of Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality and public consultationThe Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality (the Assembly) is meeting today in Dublin Castle for the first time to begin the process of advancing gender equality. They are guided in this work by the Oireachtas resolution passed in July 2019 that established the Assembly. All of the Assembly s public proceedings will be live streamed on its website, www.citizensassembly.ie, in English and as Gaeilge.A public consultation inviting any person, group or organisation with views on achieving greater gender equality to contribute them to the work of the Assembly will be opened on Monday 27 January and will close on Friday, March 6th. Further details will be available on the Assembly s website (www.citizensassembly.ie). Chairperson of the Assembly, Dr Catherine Day encouraged contributions expressing the hope that we hear from as broad a range of opinions and voices as possible. All of the submissions received by the Assembly will be published on our website .For further details please see the PressRelease.Wednesday11December2019Launch of second report of Balance for Better Business Review GroupToday, Wednesday 11 December 2019,Balance for Better Business launched its second report reiterating its call for Irish companies to rapidly address the low levels of female representation on their Boards and outlining new targets for senior leadership teams of listed companies, as well as the Boards and leadership teams of large Irish-owned private companies.For further details and a link to the report please see the PressRelease.Wednesday11December2019Government launches consultation on Flexible Working under Future Jobs IrelandToday, 11 December 2019, the Government launched a consultation seeking the public s views on flexible working as part of Future Jobs Ireland, the whole of Government plan to prepare businesses and workers for the future. This consultation is being undertaken to seek views from employers, employees, trades unions and the wider public on the types of flexible working arrangements currently in place and the changes that they wish to see. The closing date for receipt of submissions is 5pm on the 31/01/2020.For further details please see the PressStatement.More...News EventsOlder news items...ArchiveThis website was developed with support from the European Union Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity PROGRESS (2007-2013)This Programme is implemented by the European Commission.It was established to financially support the implementation of the objectives of the European Union in the employment, social affairs and equal opportunities area, and thereby contribute to the achievement of the Europe 2020 Strategy goals in these fields.For more information seehttp://ec.europa.eu/progressThe gender equality operation is co-funded by the Irish Government as part of the European Social Fund Programme for Employability Inclusion and Learning (PEIL) 2014-2020.

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