Irish, EU & international politics & economics
By Jade Tenwick. “I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.” — Audre Lorde. This year, at the age of 25, I am planning to strike and march for the first time for women’s rights. I will be joining […]
By Emma Campbell. Just last week Alliance for Choice in Belfast and Derry signed two letters – one was a joint letter from some of the pro-choice groups in the Republic of Ireland (ROI) to health minister Simon Harris TD about the shameful gaps and barriers built in to the […]
Guest post by Amelia Martínez Lobo. Over the past several months, workers in the European Parliament have organised a campaign against the sexist harassment and violence that we experience in the absence of guarantees and protection of actionable protocols. The #MeToo movement in the European Parliament has as its fundamental […]
By Amy Ward. The overwhelming vote for repeal of the Eighth Amendment represents a cathartic, watershed moment for Irish society. But the result should not be seen as Ireland’s coming of age, as its entry into the modern world, or as a gift conferred on us by the establishment parties […]
By Siobhán Mulvey. Don’t go out at night. Don’t walk home late. Don’t walk alone. Get a taxi. Text me when you make it home safe. All warnings that have been issued to women for as long as we can remember – many times by those who have nothing but […]
By Liz Nelson. Let’s talk about what nobody at Davos wanted to talk about: tax and women. This year’s annual billionaires’ gathering at Davos was notable for surfacing one or two lone voices questioning the sustained value of philanthropy. Sitting on the fringes, they were challenging anyone who would listen […]