Tag: Actions for Individuals

– a collection of actions, sometimes very small actions, that individuals can do to move workplaces towards gender equality.
“Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you want to become.” James Clear (“Atomic Habits”)
– individual action is worthwhile because when just 3.5% of the population gets on board => change has always occurred.

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Understand the Causes of Ireland’s Gender Pay Gap & Working Women’s Income

Ireland's Workplace Gender Gaps: gender care gap, gender employment gap, education field gap, gender hiring gap, gender negotiation gap, gender talent development gap, gender promotion gap, gender retention gap, gender achievement gap, gender leadership gap, gender pension gap, gender investment gap, gender wealth gap, gender poverty gap.
  • Collectively working women earned less than working men (the “unadjusted gender pay gap”). On average in 2019, an Irish woman earned  €2879 every month, while the average man earned  €3885.
  • Collectively working women earned 26% less than men or € 12,072 annually in 2019.

Can you unpick the causes versus the effects of Ireland’s gender gaps?

=> LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CAUSES OF IRELAND’s GENDER PAY GAP
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Phrases To Challenge Conversational Inequality At Work

Gender Inequality Phrases Workplace

 #ChooseToChallenge  – International Women’s Day 2021
How to support colleagues who are being silenced verbally at work.

Each of us is responsible for our own thoughts and actions. It may not be easy, but we can ‘choose to challenge’ conversational inequality. Prepare a phrase to avoid brain freeze when faced with conversational inequalities. 

=> FIND YOUR PREFERRED PHRASE
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Ireland’s Local Governmental Approach to Gender Equality Sustainable Development Goal 5.5

Irish Local Government Approach to SDG 5

SDG Target 5.5 states: “Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life”. Gendelity reviewed Ireland’s approach to SDG 5.5 at local government level.

Is your local government acting on Ireland’s national ambitions to achieve SDG 5.5?

=> EXPLORE THE STATUS, PLANS & ACTIONS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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Stats on Workplace Discrimination in Ireland

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Despite being better educated overall, women aged 25-64, with a degree in Ireland earn 28% less than their male counterparts (OECD). In the 2019 workplace, 39% of women report experiencing discrimination. 1/3 indicate the discrimination was gender-based (CSO 2019). Globally based on current trends, it will take 257 years to close the gender gap in economic opportunity (UN 2020).

=> Get the Facts About WHO EXPERIENCES DISCRIMINATION IN IRISH WORKPLACE