By Michael Scholes & Aidan Stennett To highlight International Women’s Day, this blog article updates a previous one examining the Gender Pay Gap in Northern… Read More »What is the Gender Pay Gap in Northern Ireland in 2019?
Please note that more up-to-date statistics on gender representation can be found in the RaISe research paper Who Runs Northern Ireland? A Summary of Statistics… Read More »Who runs Northern Ireland? Taking stock of gender and power in Northern Ireland
By Michael Scholes & Aidan Stennett Please note: we have posted a new version of this blog article using the most recent data, see here.… Read More »What is the gender pay gap in Northern Ireland?
While women are increasingly better educated than men, they earn less, feel less financially secure, provide the bulk of unpaid care, have smaller pensions, face… Read More »Women’s economic transition to retirement
By Aidan Stennett & Eóin Murphy
Please note: we have posted a new version of this blog article using the most recent data, see here.
This article examines the gender pay gap in Northern Ireland: what is it, how is it measured and what is the scale across different sectors?
Read More »How big is the gender pay gap in NI’s public and private sectors?
Following decades of piecemeal development, governments are increasingly seeking to address the common problem of fragmented, uneven and incoherent equality legislation.
Population ageing has been identified as a major societal challenge common to most European countries, particularly in terms of health and social care provision. In view of this, the European Commission has encouraged Member States to have high-level strategies in place. For example, it recommends policies to improve the sustainability and efficiency of social and health care systems; policies that promote health throughout the life course and encourage prevention and rehabilitation in order to reduce demand for long-term care. Commission initiatives to inspire and support Member States have included the European Year of Active Ageing and Solidarity between the Generations 2012 and the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing.
The Belfast Agreement in 1998 contained a comprehensive suite of human rights safeguards. These include the introduction of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to be accessible in Northern Ireland courts, establishment of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, consultation by the Commission on any additional rights supplementary to the ECHR to constitute a Bill of Rights and prohibition of the Northern Ireland Assembly to legislate in any way contrary to the ECHR or any Bill of Rights.
Read More »Human Rights in Northern Ireland: What if the Human Rights Act were repealed?
