Coming out of meetings to the news about #ourNMH , now #theirNMH. It's disgraceful.
I'm just screengrabbing this for posterity.
Stephen Donnelly: "I would never propose a new Maternity Hospital that had, or could ever have, any religious influence."
How will you know, Minister, how many services are denied?
Like, he said with a *straight* face, SAINT Vincent's is also a SECULAR nonprofit...
How...?
What was the actual fucking point. Really.
In the late 1990s, the Adelaide doctors fought hard to keep the religious ethos out of Tallaght as it merged.
In 2022, we handed over our brand new NMH until 2321 to the prevailing winds of the Vatican and government. #OurNMH
This may be the first time I've ever used the f word on twitter. That's how angry I am.
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In my speech last night at Fingal Integration Forum about building Inclusive community, I spoke about the need for local community groups to hold public bodies to account, not just in formal mechanisms, but through local engaged and responsive framing of key issues
1. To keep public bodies deeply and keenly engaged with our communities, who they serve 2. Not to wait for consultation on the terms of the public body, but to prompt consultation on the needs of the people
3. to keep the local community appraised and informed of key issues and how they can respond effectively as individuals and groups 4. To track and complain about inequality & injustice in a robust way 5. To educate on & highlight different experiences of public services
Pleased to attend the Fingal Integration Forum Balbriggan Diversity Awareness Day at Flemington community centre with many good friends and colleagues.
Now the @WomanBold calls on us to climb the mountain together!
The Fingal Integration Forum committee introduce themselves to the crowd - Yetunde (in gold) kicks off, followed by Helen, Mojisola, John, Olanike and Lawrence.
Senator Eileen Flynn speaking truth to power at @flacireland@INARIreland launch of the new EU funded Equal Access Project - beir bua! #equality
Now up Sakshi, Daniel and Siphiwe on behalf of @INARIreland present @INARIrelandiReport.ie data to highlight need for the new Equal Access Project.
Sakshi and Siphiwe are members of the iReport.ie Peer Advisory Group.
Thanks Sakshi Arya, Siphiwe Moto, Daniel Kemenyezi
If you're organising events at work for anti-racism month in March, a few tips... 1. There are lots of online events going on for March - you might think about attending one as a group in your organisation and following it with a zoom/teams discussion in-house.
2. If you are planning a panel, particularly if you are looking for representation from minority communities, I suggest that you offer a speakers fee upfront with your invitations. This is a respectful approach. Too often this burden falls on invited speakers to request it.
3. Design your events so that they go beyond awareness to identify key actions - e.g. theme events around working practices & processes, rather than discrete minority identities.
Today we launched a new report on race equality in Irish universities, and I'm so grateful to everyone who has shared the report, the key findings, and given their thoughts on steps forward. The report contains key recommendations in 8 areas, and these are all achievable.
Before leaving university life in 2019, I spent most of my academic career working on race equality inside universities, in faculty committees, staff networks, and trade unions. It was a privilege for me to be able to co-author this report with my colleague Dr Marta Kempny.
Our recommendations are based on what we know works for race equality in higher education internationally, what's been tried and tested in other types of institutions and organisations, and what can help HEIs in Ireland meet the Public Sector Equality and Human Rights Duty.
High level of “segregation” reported between full-time staff and staff on precarious contracts, the latter being much more likely to be from minority ethnic groups. New report from @hea_irl on racial inequalities in Irish higher education irishtimes.com/news/education…
New survey data today from @hea_irl
- majority agree “race inequality exists in Irish higher education”
- “critical need” for senior management to take leadership role in improving race equality in higher education
- minority ethnic staff under-represented in senior positions.
Policies on race/ethnicity were less visible within broader equality policies, such as Dignity at Work.
If policies did exist, there is no real implementation of them and no visible outcomes, respondents reported. independent.ie/irish-news/edu…