UN report welcomed

Ms Kellie O'Dowd, women's rights officer of the Union of Students in Ireland, has welcomed the UN report stating that Ireland…

Ms Kellie O'Dowd, women's rights officer of the Union of Students in Ireland, has welcomed the UN report stating that Ireland ranked 23rd on women's participation in a range of professions.

With such high profile women as the President, Mrs Robinson, Ms Margaret Heffernan and Dr Miriam Hederman O'Brien there was a perception in Ireland that women had achieved equality, she said. But this report highlighted the plight of women in seeking equal representation in all walks of life, she said.

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