Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 14 July 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality

Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Sorca ClarkeSorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Have our witnesses had the opportunity to look at the World Economic Forum's global gender gap report that was published yesterday? Believe it or not, it shows progress. It is now only going to take us 132 years to close the gender gap, versus the previous 136. The figure for gender parity in educational attainment has been put at 22 years. Will we get there before that?

Comments

No comments

Log in or join to post a public comment.