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Workplace Leave For Caring – Your Rights in Ireland

Photography of two people a middle-aged woman and an older man, perhaps her father man, who are seated and hugging leaning into each other. They look sad. There are 2 cups on the table in front of them. The setting is not a home. Perhaps they are in a hospital or respite care setting. The text overlay reads "Ireland's workplace leave rights - compassionate leave"

Photo of a young woman holding a toddler. A thermometer held by someone else is in the foreground. The text overlay reads "Irelands workplace leave rights serious medical leave".

Phrases To Challenge Conversational Inequality At Work

#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

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. THEN CONSIDER VOTING FOR WOMEN.

Share Salary Information

“What is the worst that can happen if you ask your colleagues what they are paid?”

Sharing salary information amongst colleagues is a critical way that women have uncovered unequal pay. Consider with whom you may be in a position to share information about both salary and benefits. Perhaps you, like Samatha Barry, can nurture a whisper network worth 10 thousand.

=> How to Ask Your Coworkers About Their Pay