Ahead of the upcoming general election, Sarah Finnan spoke with Katie Deegan from Women for Election, discussing the significance of advocating for women’s rights in Ireland, the evolution of the political landscape over the last decade, and the challenges female politicians face today.
Ahead of the general election this Friday, Sarah Finnan sat down with Katie Deegan of Women for Election to discuss the importance of advocacy for women’s rights in Ireland , how the political landscape has changed over the past ten years and the challenges facing female politicians today.We work with all political parties and none. We’re inclusive of trans women, Traveller women, and other ethnic minority groups We try to bring in women from as many diverse backgrounds as we can.
We can’t wait for the kids who are in school now to be the politicians of the future, we need this change now. I was talking to Orla O’Connor, Director of the National Women’s Council, and she said that when they visited a school earlier this week, a six-year-old drew a picture of a politician and it was a man in a suit. It’s that ‘if you can’t see it, you can’t be it’ kind of mentality.
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