Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 13 June 2023
Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth
Challenges Facing Women Accessing Education, Leadership and Political Roles: Discussion
Ms Vivienne Glanville:
What happens in that space is that supports are put in place. We have mentoring, IT support, and a buddy system. A person partners with somebody who has done it previously, who will give back and be a helping hand. We also assist with childcare and with the loan of laptops. We try to look at the barriers. We are doing it for a long time now. We try to break them down and see what we can put in place. As members well know, it can bring up issues when people start a new programme or start analysing human rights and society. They might need referrals to specialist agencies also, such as counselling when different things happen. We have all of that in place now as well because we have seen that it can be an issue too.
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