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Time for Redress for Women Forced to Give Up Their Jobs When They Wed? – September 17th, 2024

Sep 17, 2024 12:30 By radiokerrypodcast
Time for Redress for Women Forced to Give Up Their Jobs When They Wed? – September 17th, 2024
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There’s acknowledgement that survivors of abuse in schools run by religious orders deserve redress. But are there other groups in society who also deserve recompense for the injustice they suffered? What about the women who had to give up their jobs when they got married. This bar which affected women in the public service and those who worked in banks. The ban ended in 1973 as a result of Ireland joining the EEC (now EU). Jerry spoke to feminist and author Rosita Sweetman.

 

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