The old adage that children should be seen and not heard seems to have been a mantra taken to heart by some members of the political establishment in the run up to the recent general election. As the narrative of the election was dominated by discussions around the country’s fiscal meltdown, children’s issues were reduced [...]

How will the political parties Make Their Mark for the Equality and Human Rights Infrastructure?
Here is ERA’s poll of the manifestos. A more in-depth analysis is available here (PDF).
Only three of the five parties make any broad statement about equality & human rights

Sinn Fein:
The current system is not fit for purpose. It has [...]

Rev. Jesse Jackson will push message that equality and rights matter in GE 11
Election 2011 got under starter’s orders this week with the launch of a campaign urging people to “Make Your Mark for Equality and Human Rights” on their ballot papers.
Equality & Rights Alliance, a coalition of 155 organisations and activists with a membership [...]

This article was written both as a think-piece and a message to urge those concerned for educational equality and quality issues to examine and make inputs on the draft plan entitled ‘Better Literacy and Numeracy for Young People‘ put forward by the Tánaiste and Department of Education and Skills last November.
The deadline for receipt of [...]

History suggests that there is a limit to the degree of income inequality that is sustainable in society. For example, gross levels of income inequality is believed to have been one of the causal factors of The Great US Depression in the 1920’s and there are many reasons to believe that inequality is [...]

Why everyone from your mother to your local fascist will love it.
Eagerly marketed as a ‘feel-good film’, Made in Dagenham has ditched the dour kitchen sink realism you might expect, for a triumphant, heart-on-sleeve dramatisation of a strike that changed British history and the lives of British workingwomen. In 1968, 187 sewing machinists for the [...]

FEMINIST OPEN FORUM
Do the Trade Unions Belong
to Women?
Panellists include:
SALLY ANNE KINAHAN
Assistant General Secretary, ICTU
FIONNUALA Ni BHROGAIN
Branch Officer, CWU
STEPHANIE SCHMOLINER
IG Metal (Germany
ANNE SPEED
National Campaigns Organiser, SIPTU
Chair: Dr SOPHIE GAMWELL
ICTU Newman Fellow, UCD
Thursday 14TH October at 7.30pm
at: Exchange Dublin, Exchange St Upper,
Temple Bar, Dublin 2
ALL WELCOME - Please come along and join in the discussion!

Irish society remains deeply unequal despite massive wealth creation during the Celtic tiger years.   It is estimated that a mere 5% of the population hold 40% of the wealth in Ireland.
Discrimination as experienced by women, Black and minority ethnic people  including Travellers, older people, young people, lesbian, gay and transgendered people, lone parents, carers, people [...]

6 per cent of the those who took part in the 2010 Solidarity Factor, incorporating the results of TASC’s 2010 Equality Survey favour raising minimum wage, 29 per cent favour establishing maximum wage and 49 per cent favour combination of both approaches.
Commenting on the findings the equality think-tank’s Director, Paula Clancy, said today:
“There is now [...]