Early booking advised to attend International Women's Day event at SETU Carow

SETU in Carlow will host an impressive selection of speakers to mark International Women's Day on March 8th, with early booking advisable for the free event. 

SETU’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Office is delighted to host an event on Wednesday 8th March celebrating International Women's Day 2023 (IWD 2023). The United Nations (UN) Observance of IWD 2023 is under the theme “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality”.

Organiser Karolyn McDonnell of the National Centre for Men’s Health at SETU Carlow campus emphasises the importance of the theme in developing cyber-awareness amongst staff and students of SETU.

“This year for IWD, the United Nations are focused on highlighting the impact of the digital gender gap on widening economic and social inequalities. Our aim with this event is to talk about technology-facilitated gender-based violence and highlight the importance of protecting the rights of women and girls in digital spaces”. 

Recent media coverage spotlighted the online abuse experienced by women in the public domain, including Carlow Kilkenny representatives Jennifer Murnane O’ Connor and Kathleen Funchion.

Following a meeting with the Ceann Comhairle about this issue, both TDs will speak about their experiences in efforts to expose and tackle this insidious trend.

Law lecturer at SETU’s Wexford and Carlow campuses Aisling Hennessy, will present the emergent legislation and legal protections aimed at tackling various forms of cyberviolence, from sextortion to cyber-harassment, doxing to trolling. 

Chris Staff of the Department of Computing will discuss practical ways to maximise online safety and ways to safeguard the integrity of your digital identity.

Padraig O’ Neill of SETU partner organisation UNUM will discuss women in the FinTech sector, and the company’s success in scoring 97% in diversity and inclusion.

#IWD2023 will be held in SETU Carlow Campus on the ground floor of the Central Services Building and in the Lecture Hall A102 from 9am until 12noon on Wednesday March 08th

Running order:

9.00am - Opening address by Dr. Yvonne Kavanagh 

9.15am - Jennifer Murnane O'Connor, TD for Carlow/Kilkenny and Spokesperson on Children

9.45am - Kathleen Funchion, TD for Carlow/Kilkenny and Spokesperson on Children and Youth Affairs

10.15am - Aisling Hennessy, Law Lecturer

10.40am -11.10am Refreshment Break  Alannah Somers and Student Music Society

11.10am - Chris Staff, DPhil, Computing Lecturer

11.30am - Padraig O Neill, Managing Director UNUM

12noon  - Close

The event is free and open to anyone but space is limited so we are asking those interested to book via Eventbrite:

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/ setu-carlow-campus- celebrating-international- womens-day-tickets- 569142810467