Gender Discrimination in Third Level Institutions: Ireland, a Case Study
Un Atelier Annie Macdonald Langstaff avec Shivaun Quinlivan, Université nationale d'Irlande à Galway.
Résumé
[en anglais seulement] In November 2014, the National University of Ireland was found to have discriminated against women on two separate occasions. The impact of these rulings was a union campaign within the National University of Ireland Galway pushing for gender equality within that institution, but also within the University sector more broadly. This campaign ultimately resulted in a Government appointed Expert Group “HEA National Review of Gender Equality in Irish Higher Education Institutions” who reported in June of this year. Amongst the more significant recommendations are that any new President or Vice President of an Irish University must be able to show demonstrable experience of advancing gender discrimination and the immediate introduction of mandatory quotas for academic promotion. The focus of this talk is to provide a critical assessment of the initial cases, the campaign that followed and the resulting Higher Education Authorities recommendations.
La conférencière
[en anglais seulement] Dr Shivaun Quinlivan is a lecturer at the School of Law, NUI Galway, where she teaches primarily in the area of Constitutional Law and Disability Law and Policy. She has worked with and for a range of statutory and other agencies in Ireland and Europe, including the Equality Authority, the National Council for Special Education, the Association of Higher Education Access and Disability, the Health Service Executive, as well as working on a number of European Commission funded projects.
Les ateliers
Créés en 1988 en l'honneur d'Annie MacDonald Langstaff, B.C.L. 1914, première femme à obtenir un diplôme en droit au Québec, ces ateliers servent de forum aux universitaires, juges, avocats et personnes travaillant au sein de la communauté pour présenter le fruit de leurs recherches universitaires ou pour donner un aperçu de leur pratique sur des sujets relatifs aux femmes et au droit.
