Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 20 October 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality

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

Ms Roisin Duffy:

As far as we are concerned, the same rules apply. Gender monitoring needs to happen when it comes to digital offerings, especially on digital platforms. That is not just about who has come or who is quoted but also the pictures that are used. Everything, including the complexion of the page, almost like the page of a newspaper, needs to have some level of gender balance. Quite often, it is just a lack of being conscious of the fact that a platform has three generic pictures of men in uniforms or whatever. It just means platforms have to be more creative. My experience of this is that as soon as it is mentioned, people see it and they work to change it.

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