Gender equality funding

EMPLOYMENT, enterprise and influence have been set out as the main priorities in a Government initiative to eliminate gender inequality.

Yesterday, Justice Minister Dermot Ahern announced a €61 million fund and invited applications from projects focused on giving women equal opportunities in work.

He was speaking in Dublin Castle at the launch of the first of four strands in the Equality for Women Measure 2008-2013. He used his speech to tell women’s groups their best hope for eliminating disparity was to support the Lisbon treaty referendum.