So why are equality and human rights so important now? Past progress has benefited many of us but there are still many groups who are denied equity. Since the foundation of the State every decade in Ireland has seen various groups discriminated against, excluded and in some cases dehumanised.
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The Donegal Food Equality Forum believes there should be a national fund to help groups with food poverty. In collaboration with the 21 members of the Donegal Food Response Network (DFRN), they are preparing to send a delegation to Dáil Éireann to highlight the issue.
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At a Wexford Local Development event that aimed ‘to examine the local context 100 years after women were given the right to vote,’ issues of gender equality in politics, education and daily life were raised.
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As we launch Women’s Week here on Changing Ireland, editor Allen Meagher shares his thoughts on the continued fight for equality.
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Notes on above figures:
• Figures for 2007-2009 refer to the Community Development Programme and the Local Development Social Inclusion Programme (combined).
• These programmes were amalgamated into the Local Community Development Programme (which operated between 2010 and April 2015).
• This programme evolved into the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) that has operated since 2015.