gender and modernisation in the irish republic international perspectives on gender week 18
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Gender and Modernisation in the Irish Republic International Perspectives on Gender
Week 18
July 12, 1963
Sean Lemass1899-1971
1960s women factory workers
Ireland’s Declining Fertility Rate, 1960-19982011: 2.05 live births / woman
Women’s Organizations,1960s and 1970s
Gay Byrne, The Late, Late Show presenter 1962-1999
1980s: RecessionAnd Drug Dependency
Visit of Pope John Paul II to Ireland, 1979
Campaign Poster, 1983 Referendum
Ireland’s Declining Fertility Rate, 1960-19982011: 2.05 live births / woman
Campaign Posters,Irish referendum on Divorce, 1986
Irish Women’s Studies
Irish Economy Takes Off
Sean O’Casey Bridge, Dublin Docklands
Declining Trust in the Catholic Church
Mary RobinsonIrish President1990-1997
Pro-Choice CampaignPoster, AbortionReferenda 1992
Pro-Life Campaign PosterAbortion Referendum 2002
Campaigning for Access to Abortion
Unfinished Housing near Dublin
Former Dell Factory, Limerick
Irish Unemployment Rate
•Peaked at 15% in 2011
•Under 25 unemployment rate was 25% in Nov 2013
•Peaked at 31% in Jan 2012
Irish graduates protesting at the Famine memorial next to the Irish Center for Financial Services