Seanad debates

Thursday, 13 December 2018

Centenary of 1918 General Election and Irish Women’s Right to Vote: Motion

 

10:40 am

Photo of Rónán MullenRónán Mullen (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am not making a political point. I am simply talking about how the ordering of business in the Dáil and the Seanad could reflect that priority but that is of equal relevance to women and men.

We should all commit ourselves to working hard on behalf of all the women in other parts of the world today who are denied basic respect for their dignity and rights. In recent times we have talked, for example, about Asia Bibi who languished in prison in Pakistan. However, the denial of voting and other basic, ordinary rights of everyday life, inappropriate arrangements for marriage and so on continue in many parts of our world today. There is much that we need to focus and work on together.

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