Oireachtas committee calls for referendum on Constitution's 'outdated gender stereotypes'

(Left to right) Members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality - Senator Mary Alice Higgins, Deputy Sorcha Clarke, Senator Fintan Warfield, Committee Chair Deputy Ivana Bacik, Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, Deputy Reada Cronin, Senator Pauline O'Reilly. The committee recommends that a referendum should be held in 2023 to remove the "Woman in the Home" clause from the Constitution. Picture: Maxwells

A referendum to replace outdated gender stereotypes in the Irish constitution and broaden the understanding of ‘family’ beyond those bound by marriage has been called for by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality.

A new report, launched by the Committee on Wednesday, recommends that a referendum should be held in 2023 on Articles 40.1 and 41 of the Constitution.