Posts and events that are relevant for women and look at issues specific to women, such as pregnancy, menopause, gender imbalance etc.
Last year, when the lockdown hammer fell and we were sent scuttling to the shelter of our homes, we collectively endured shock, horror, fear, dismay and something akin to grief, as the habitual structures that underpinned ‘normality’ were suddenly pulled out from under our feet. As the global suffering unfolded and footage emerged of Italians …
Press Play to view this Irish Language video blog. Enable Closed Captions for English translation. It is an updated, Irish version of this earlier blog post https://comhcheol.ie/women-work/ written in 2016
Any pregnant woman will tell you that once your bump begins to show, people are falling over themselves to tell you birth stories. Very often these stories are far from positive ones, and if the listener is a first time mother-to-be, the fear factor quickly begins to ratchet up as she realises that she too …
The Positive Birth Movement comes to Co. Donegal Read More »
In 2009 the Dalai Lama said “THE WORLD WILL BE SAVED BY THE WESTERN WOMEN”. He also said he is a feminist. I’m one myself. I had sort of forgotten until some sparks reignited recently. Despite PhD-level education, I have, due to child-rearing and geography, been loitering around the bottom of the career ladder; working …