Tag: women
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The New EU Directive on Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence
A new EU Directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence is a landmark development says Dr Ronagh McQuigg.
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Women theatremakers in Northern Ireland – New Podcast Now Available
In a new podcast series, Queen’s University researcher Dr Shonagh Hill generates a conversation across generations of women theatremakers in Northern Ireland that celebrates their work, as well as highlighting the challenges they face.
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Domestic Violence – The ‘Shadow Pandemic’
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, incidents of domestic violence have increased dramatically. Dr Ronagh McQuigg looks at this shadow pandemic of domestic abuse.
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The problem with women’s prisons – and why they do more harm than good
Northern Ireland has seen a recent increase in women prisoners. Research by Dr Gillian McNaull highlights the need for better mental health, addiction and housing services to prevent the criminalisation of vulnerable and marginalised women.
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Hundred years of votes for women – but they still remain on the fringes of Irish politics
A century after suffrage, the goal of gender equality in representative politics on the island of Ireland has advanced, but has not been achieved says Dr Marie Coleman and Professor Yvonne Galligan.
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When it comes to experts on TV, women are still neither seen nor heard
Julia Paul challenges the media’s typical perception of what constitutes an “expert” and asks why is there still an underrepresentation of female experts in the media.
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Gender and Political Leadership
In the run-up to the US presidential election, Professor Yvonne Galligan takes a look at gender equality in political leadership across the world and asks what can be done to tackle the cultural bias towards males in such leadership roles and bring about a greater level of gender balance.