Joan Burton – Deshocks

Rwanda’s women get ahead, while Ireland prepares for quotas

Mary Lou McDonald had to fight for maternity leave from the Dail - there is currently no provision for this. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I wrote this piece in March after a trip to Rwanda to meet women politicians there, and after spending about four months shadowing and interviewing women politicians in Ireland. I just [...]

2013-07-13T18:00:27+00:00 July 13th, 2013|Categories: Opinion|Tags: Aine Collins, Dail, development, Frances Fitzgerald, gender, gender quotas, Joan Burton, Kathleen Lynch, Leinster House, Mary Lou McDonald, Millennium Development Goals, quotas, sexism, Simon Cumbers Media Fund, women, women in politics|

Rwanda

Rwanda is the most densely populated country in Africa AND has very fertile soil. This is how that works out. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) At the moment I am busy making plans for a trip to Rwanda in February. I received funding from Irish Aid's Simon Cumbers Media Fund last summer for a project on [...]

2013-01-22T19:30:05+00:00 January 22nd, 2013|Categories: Opinion|Tags: Africa, Agnes Binagwaho, development, gender, gender quotas, Ireland, Joan Burton, Kathleen Lynch, Louise Mushikiwabo, Mary Lou McDonald, Millennium Development Goals, quotas, Simon Cumbers Media Fund, women, women in politics|