Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 March 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence

Impact of Covid-19 on Gender Equality: Discussion

Ms Mary Van Lieshout:

I thank Deputies Brady and Clarke for their important and supportive inputs. I will introduce some other colleagues who are joining us today. Ms Suzanne Keatinge is the director of Dóchas, and she will speak to the questions from both Deputies on the important tracking of the sustainable development goals, SDGs, and how Dóchas is leading and contributing to that process. I am also going to look to my colleague, Ms Louise Finan from Dóchas, to take Deputy Brady's question on vaccine equity, because Dóchas has been spearheading initiatives in that regard on behalf of the sector. I am going to invite my colleague, Ms Karol Balfe from Christian Aid, to speak to Deputy Brady's concerns and some of the points he has raised on the protection of human rights defenders, a matter on which we all share a deep concern. Karol Balfe will speak to some of Christian Aid's experience in that regard. I first invite in Suzanne Keatinge.

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