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Oct 13 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
We are thrilled to announce that the word "woman" will not be removed from our Maternity Protection Act 1994. The Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022 has been amended, and the word "woman" has been reinstated.
#ThesesWordsBelongToUs
data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/…
When we launched our campaign #TheseWordsBelongToUs to defend the word "woman" we were contacted, and supported by so many women who felt deeply how unjust it was to erase us from legislation that pertains to women, and only women.
#TheseWordsBelongToUs
However, The Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022 still removes section 7(2) from our Maternity Protection Act 1994: 7(2) References in this Part to an employee are references to a female employee only. The words "He and "his" will be included.
Yet, in the face of hostility, our campaign worked.
We will keep on working for the rights of women and children in Ireland.
We made a submission to the NCCA consultation on the draft junior cycle SPHE curriculum and a resource you can use to make our own.
thecountess.ie/consultation-o…
The proposed SPHE would see gender ideology imbedded into Irish secondary schools as part of the curriculum. You still have time to express your views. The consultation closes 18th October.
Use our submission and bullet points as a guide.
#WeWillBeHeard
thecountess.ie/consultation-o…

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“Labour Party leader and chair of the gender committee Ivana Bacik gave her backing to keeping the word “woman” in the laws that cover maternity rights in Ireland” from @irishexaminer

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Hugely important and significant piece in today's
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@ibec_irl to their own delight, recently announced that it had issued new trans guidance with TENI.
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WOMEN are being removed from our Maternity Protection Act 1994 via the Work Life Balance Bill, with the "replacement of “woman” with “person".
@SenatorKeogan spoke in the Seanad about the removal of Women and female.
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