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Department of Women

Hi I'm Rosie and I'm from Dublin and I'm a solicitor by training and I work for an NGO representing asylum seekers and refugees. My idea will benefit women but it will also benefit men, children, families, employees, employers and society at large by increasing the number of women who are participating in Irish life. I joined Fine Gael for a number of reasons. I was in America last year, and I was there for the election and I saw the fallout from the election and how quickly things can shift, and I felt like you know I have a lot of beliefs and principles and whatever else. And if you don't stand up and fight for them then somebody else might and you might see things change in a way you don't want it to. Fine Gael is a large party and as the party of government has the means to make these changes a reality. So instead of you know, arguing from the sidelines, or shouting up at a window that is closed off, you?re in the room where its happening. I think the team are going to react very positively. I think it's a big idea. There's going to be practical implications of course. But at the same time I see this as having a really positive impact for everyone in Irish society and I think the team will see that too. Hello, I'm Rosie and today I'm pitching for a department of women's affairs. And I'm making this pitch because now its forty years since equality legislation was first introduced. But progress has been slow and women remain unrepresented across many areas of our economy and in society, especially in senior management and in leadership roles. So removal formal barriers to participation was an important part to ending discrimination but there's more to be done, and what we need is proactive positive steps to encourage a change in culture, in practice and in our expectations for women. So rather than just focusing on representation as numbers on a page. A department of women's affairs could get straight to the point. It could ensure that women are represented across a range of policy areas. The Department could have responsibility for substantive policy, around issues such as participation in the economy, childcare, and women's health. But it could also play an important advisory role, by ensuring that other departments have a chance to gender proof their policies, and to consider the impact of policies on women as a group. This means that rather than waiting and hoping for representation to increase over time, we'll always have a minister at the cabinet table who-s responsible for representing the interests of women. Women are, after all over half the population but we're underrepresented in decision-making roles in society. The effect of this is that there is an inevitable tension between the people shaping and structuring our society, our businesses, and our government, and the people who are trying to fit into those structures. And the benefits aren't just a nice sounding more modern more equal Ireland. It's also about a vibrancy of perspective, and of experience when setting policy. And alongside that we're also going to ensure that women?s talent, and their education and their expertise are used fully for the benefit of everyone. And that includes, women, men, children and families. So, while its not easy to create the kind of change that equality promises, in this centenary year of women getting the vote, this department would mark a new commitment to include women in Irish life more fully. So what?s needed is positive action and a strong guiding hand from government and this is something I think a women's department could do very well.