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Public meeting on gender equality takes place in Kilkenny this evening

A public meeting will take place this evening at Butler House in Kilkenny to discuss gender equality. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, as part of the Fine Gael's Women's Network will host the meeting along with Deputy John Paul Phelan. All are ...

21 Mar 2022 at 12:33

Scotland

Footballer launches race discrimination case against Airdrie FC

Footballer Rico Quitongo has launched a racial discrimination case against his former club Airdrie and one of its directors. The 22-year-old claimed he was racially abused by a fan during a game last year, but the club dropped an investigation ...

30 Mar 2022 at 17:25

Millions from LGBT community ‘thrown under the bus’ by Johnson

Millions of people from the LGBT community have been “betrayed” and “thrown under the bus” by Boris Johnson after he U-turned on a pledge to ban so-called conversion therapy, campaigners have said. Jayne Ozanne, an LGBT rights activist within ...

31 Mar 2022 at 22:25

Ex-cricketer hails women’s sport as being at ‘highest point’ as she collects MBE

Women’s sport in the UK is “at the highest point it has ever been”, according to former cricketer Ebony-Jewel Rainford-Brent as she collected her MBE at Windsor Castle. Rainford-Brent, now a commentator, was joined by England Women’s Six ...

03 May 2022 at 17:25

Scotland

Sturgeon praises ‘courageous’ broadcaster Barbour for awards ceremony walkout

Nicola Sturgeon has praised a sports broadcaster who walked out of an awards ceremony in protest at “unacceptable” comments in a speech. Eilidh Barbour left the Scottish Football Writers’ Awards part way through the speech, and later ...

12 May 2022 at 17:25

Headteachers call for action over gender pay gap on International Women’s Day

School leaders have warned that action must be taken to stop the pay gap between male and female headteachers from widening. On Tuesday, International Women’s Day (IWD), Paul Whiteman, general secretary of the NAHT school leaders’ ...

08 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Commons trans row after Tory MP says ‘a woman is an adult female human’

A row over transgender rights emerged in the Commons after a Tory MP called for legislators to be “clear and courageous about what a man is and what a woman is”. Sir Bernard Jenkin, one of the few male MPs present in the chamber ...

10 Mar 2022 at 17:55

Report shows ‘shocking’ use of sexual violence to convert or punish LGBT+ people

Around one in four LGBT+ victims of sexual violence in the UK could have been assaulted by people trying to “convert or punish” them, research suggests. Some 23.5% of people surveyed for the LGBT+ anti-abuse charity Galop said ...

26 Jan 2022 at 01:26

Doctors to get training in women’s health under new Government strategy

Doctors are to undergo training in women’s health as part of a new 10-year Women’s Health Strategy for England. The Government has set an ambition to ensure “women and girls feel listened to and have their concerns taken ...

20 Jul 2022 at 01:01

Equalities minister quits, citing ‘atmosphere of hostility’ for LGBT+ people

Mike Freer has resigned from his post as equalities minister, as he accused the Government of creating an “atmosphere of hostility for LGBT+ people”. The minister is the latest in a string of parliamentarians to quit, ...

06 Jul 2022 at 18:45

Scotland

Listen to marginalised women on front line of climate crisis – young activists

World leaders must listen to marginalised women and people of colour who are on the front line of the climate crisis, young activists have said. Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai and fellow campaigners ...

14 Jun 2022 at 17:54

Footballer felt ‘unsupported’ by club after racism during game, tribunal told

A footballer felt “unsupported” by his club after hearing a fan had shouted racial abuse at him during a game, an employment tribunal has been told. Rico Quitongo has taken his former club Airdriedonians FC ...

16 Jun 2022 at 18:29

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