Meetings
Assembly on
Gender Equality
14 November 2020
Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality
14 November 2020
Saturday’s Proceedings
Please note that the information in the presentations and papers and its interpretation is based on the specialist expertise of the speakers who are independent of the Assembly and its Chair and Secretariat.
Members give feedback from breakout rooms
Each breakout group nominated a member to give feedback from their discussion.
A video of this feedback is available here and transcript is available here.
Morning Session
Dr Catherine Day opened the morning session and members viewed a short video about low paid workers
Her remarks and that video can be watched here.
Dr Helen Russell, ESRI
Dr Helen Russell presented to the Assembly in two parts.
Dr Helen Russell delivers her Presentation on Gender and Paid Work, which was accompanied by a slideshow presentation.
Dr Helen Russell followed up on her introductory presentation with a presentation on the Gender Pay Gap: Causes and Solutions. Her video presentation was accompanied by a more detailed slideshow presentation.
After Members watched Dr Helen Russell’s presentation, there was a Q&A with Helen Russell, Frances McGinnity and Karina Doorly of the ESRI. A video can be watched here.
Dr. Pauline Cullen – Work – Citizens’ Assembly
Dr. Pauline Cullen presented on the Work Submissions received by the Citizens’ Assembly. Her video presentation was accompanied by a slideshow presentation. To download the contents of the summary table on Work, click here.
Advocacy panel: Work & Pay
A video of this discussion can be viewed here.
A paper has been submitted by each speaker and can be accessed by clicking on their name.
- Jennifer McCarthy Flynn – The National Women’s Council
- Kara McGann – IBEC
- David Joyce – Irish Congress of Trade Unions.
- Moderated by Paul Donnelly – Technological University Dublin.
Advocacy: Small Firms Association
Elizabeth Bowen delivers a perspective from the Small Firms Association, which was accompanied by a paper.
Lived Experience
A video of this discussion can be viewed here.
A paper has been submitted by each speaker and can be accessed by clicking on their name.
- Avril Hannifin – An Cosán
- Suzy Byrne – National Advocacy service for people with disabilities
- Mariaam Bhatti – Campaigner, community worker & social policy practitioner
- Moderated by Tom Arnold – Chairperson of the Irish Constitutional Convention.
Afternoon Session
Dr Catherine Day introduced the afternoon session
Her remarks can be viewed here.
The Members watched a video on Country Measures to Reduce the Gender Pay Gap by:
Professor Damian Grimshaw of Kings College, London
In his talk, Professor Damian Grimshaw presented the following slideshow presentation.
The Chair introduced the afternoon discussion session – here.
The citizens then moved into their breakout groups
Dr Alicja Bobek, Trinity College
Citizens took a break from their discussions to watch Dr Alicja Bobek present on her research on Experiences of Working in Low Pay Sectors, which was accompanied by a more detailed slideshow presentation.
As well as the previous videos citizens had also watched the following videos to prepare for their discussion
Economic benefits of gender equality: Labour market activity and equal pay – European Institute for Gender Equality
Perspectives of Health Care Assistants – SIPTU
Gender equality women and men with equal opportunities to work and develop – Business Europe
Politicians supporting WorkEqual 2020 – Work Equal
Citizens also received a summary paper prepared by the Secretariat.
After their discussions members returned for a plenary session where, Dr Catherine Day concluded the first Work meeting
The Chair’s closing remarks can be viewed here.
Click here to view additional questions responded to by speakers.
