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Queen’s on Gender website and report launch

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Celebrating work on Gender happening at Queen’s University Belfast

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Safeguarding Rights and Equality in Northern Ireland

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Professor Colin Harvey reflects on the draft Withdrawal Agreement with regards to rights and equality provisions.

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Gender and Political Leadership

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In the run-up to the US presidential election, Professor Yvonne Galligan takes a look at gender equality in political leadership across the world and asks what can be done to tackle the cultural bias towards males in such leadership roles and bring about a greater level of gender balance.

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How decent data can help African girls overcome second class status

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Given the UN’s focus on gathering data on girls across the world, Dr Yassin Brunger looks at how in Africa, girl-focused and girl-relevant data is a critical tool for identifying the challenges that continue to disadvantage girls.

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What does the 23 June mean for Northern Ireland specifically? Legal Perspectives no 3: Equality legislation

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In the third of three articles on the legal implications of a Brexit on Northern Ireland, Professor Dagmar Schiek looks at the future of equality law and policy in Northern Ireland.

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Mobility & Equality in the EU: Friend or Foe?

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Is Free Movement, or mobility, of Persons in the European Union still maintained as a fundamental principle under the UK’s threat to withdraw from the EU? Or will the EU betray its principles and foreswear equal treatment of free moving citizens? An afternoon seminar chaired by Professor Dagmar Schiek, Queen’s.

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Public attitudes towards LGB equality and same-sex marriage

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Nicola Carr, Paula Devine, Siobhán McAlister and Gail Neill reflect on a current judicial review on same-sex marriage, and use data from the Northern Ireland Life and Times survey to explore public attitudes to LGB equality issues.

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Out on its own: what next for marriage equality in Northern Ireland?

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Following a resounding public vote in the Republic of Ireland and the Supreme Court ruling in favour of equal marriage in the USA, Dr Nicola Carr asks whether the same could now happen in Northern Ireland.

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