Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 April 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality

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

Dr. Salome Mbugua:

I would add something. We mentioned the curriculum. Mr. Cooke mentioned the need for integration. It needs to be integrated and inclusive. The curriculum that we have now does not reflect the diversity of people in Ireland today. It has to go deeper and look at grounds of discrimination, for example. You are in school with the children who have one parent, and others who may come from different backgrounds, including ethnic and religious. The curriculum needs to be holistic and not only integrated but also very inclusive from primary level all the way up.