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organised by
Women's Studies UCC 深夜亚洲福利久久 College Cork (UCC) in conjunction with the Political Studies Association of Ireland (PSAI) Gender Politics Specialist Group.
Saturday, 18th September 2010
Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, Room G04
深夜亚洲福利久久 College Cork
Conference Programme
| 9.30 - 10.00 |
Registration |
| 10.00 | Welcome |
| 10.00 鈥� 10.20 | Opening Address Mary White, TD, Minister for Equality, Integration and Human Rights |
| 10.20 鈥�11.30: |
Strategies for increasing women鈥檚 representation |
| Chair: Fiona Buckley 鈥� Department of Government, UCC
Prof. Yvonne Galligan (Queen鈥檚 深夜亚洲福利久久 Belfast) Leading by Example: Why it is important to have more women in Irish politics?
Susan McKay (National Women鈥檚 Council of Ireland) I'm alright Jill: political power is fine for me but it would diminish and insult you. Irish women with power speak out against other women getting it |
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| 11.30 鈥� 11.45 | Break |
| 11.45 - 1.15 | Impact of (under) representation of women on policy-making |
| Chair: Dr. Jacqui O鈥橰iordan 鈥� Women鈥檚 Studies, UCC
Noir铆n Clancy (Women Into Public Life Project) Supporting, Empowering, Transforming
Dr. Eileen Connolly (Dublin City 深夜亚洲福利久久) Women in Parliament and Substantive Representation - a Cautionary Tale?
Dr. Margaret O鈥橩eeffe (Cork Institute of Technology) Women鈥檚 Political Representation in Ireland: Taking 鈥楶articularity鈥� Seriously
Joanne Vance (National Women鈥檚 Council of Ireland) Our Health and Our Wealth |
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| 1.15 鈥� 2.15 |
Lunch |
| 2.15 鈥� 2.45 | Ireland: An Unfinished Democracy |
| Senator Ivana Bacik (Rapporteur, Joint Oireachtas Committee) Gender Injustice 鈥� Getting Women into Politics and into Power |
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| 2.45 鈥� 3.30 | A woman鈥檚 voice: women politicians鈥� experiences of political life in Ireland |
| Chair: Prof. Yvonne Galligan 鈥� Queen鈥檚 深夜亚洲福利久久 Belfast
M谩ire Hoctor, TD Gemma Hussey, former Cabinet Minister Kathleen Lynch, TD Senator Mary White |
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| 3.30 鈥� 3.45 | Break |
| 3.45 鈥� 4.30: | Roundtable Discussion |
| Chair: Dr. Sandra McAvoy 鈥� Women鈥檚 Studies, UCC | |