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been the rise in the number of women in employment. However, women in the workplace still face an array of challenges. The gender pay gap highlights the inequalities women face in the workplace, especially when it comes to things like pay, access to work, progression within organisations, including … step back and see the progress that has been made. Specifically, Ireland has been a positive player in working to reduce the gender pay gap and good progress, but not enough progress, has been made in recent years. Our gender pay gap has reduced from

them now. We have a situation still ongoing in Ireland where workplace discrimination and sexual harassment remain concerns. We have the ongoing gender pay gap and workplace inequality. Women in Ireland still earn less than men on average, with a gender pay gap of approximately 12%. Childcare costs

ability to earn and pay their bills? It is having a really appalling impact on women's careers. We talk about the gender pay gap. The lack of childcare contributes to that hugely. Approximately 30% of women in this country's workforce are in part-time employment. Some … shortage of services, but with regard to childcare and elder care. We sometimes see figures put out that there is a 14% gender pay gap in this country; that is not accurate. It is far closer to 24% when you look at the gap between the weekly wage

third-level education than men, when they finish their education and enter the workforce, they are not paid as well. The gender pay gap in Ireland stands at just over 9%. This means the average man earns 9% more than the average woman. That said, progress has been

based violence. It is self-evident that a large amount of work is still to be done. Women in Ireland face a gender pay gap. Women are still underrepresented in business and politics. One in four women in Ireland experiences domestic violence. This is not just a women … must be part of the solution. It is vital for men today to reflect on the example set by those who have championed gender inequality before us but I am deeply concerned by some of the trends we are seeing emerging among young men here in Ireland

symptoms of inequality are still with us in Ireland today. As women, we face discrimination when it comes to opportunity, the gender pay gap and glass ceilings. Women have blazed a trail, achieved and risen to the top in many areas: business, politics, the arts, sports, broadcasting

largest group of people excluded from their fair share of benefits in our economy. A clear example of this is the gender pay gap, which is institutional sexism. It is unacceptable and needs to change. It will only change when the very systems that exclude working class women