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We’re setting up a new Citizen’s Assembly on gender equality. We’ve made great strides in improving equality in Ireland in recent years, but we’re still falling short. The pace of change is too slow; it could take generations before men and women are equal. We want to change that 
The Citizen’s Assembly is the next step in our aim to make Ireland the first country in the world in which men and women are truly equal. It’ll start in October and will have 6 months to complete its work. The Assembly has proven to be a really good way to tease out issues.
Women are still paid less than men, many find it harder to reach the top of their professions & there is still a very unequal share of the burden of care among men & women. These are the kinds of issues we’ll ask the Assembly to examine. Govt will then act on its recommendations
