Emma DeSouza: Want to keep the peace in the North? Elect more women Peace agreements involving women are less likely to fail, studies have shown
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A woman walks past a burnt-out bus on the Shankill Road in Belfast after a recent night of violence. Photograph: Peter Morrison/AP Photo
Women make up more than half of the population of Ireland and yet the impact that generations of conflict have had on women is all too often absent from peace processes and post-conflict monitoring. The Women’s Parliamentary Caucus, marking the 23rd anniversary of the Belfast Agreement, recently hosted the event Women’s Voices in Peacebuilding, serving as an important reminder of the role women played in negotiating the landmark agreement.
Naive home workers are in for a rude awakening
on working from home
“According to a survey published by Deloitte, over a fifth of workers have little to no interest in returning to the office,” writes Kate Andrews in The Telegraph. For many who had office-based jobs pre-Covid, the “perks” of working from home are “not contentious: no commute, home-cooked lunches, and, for those already established in their careers, a mortgage-free work space. What’s not to like, in a world with no trade-offs?” But “the trouble, of course, is that there are trade-offs”, Andrews continues. “Major tech giants, including Facebook and Slack, started talking about a ‘salary-by-location’ shift months ago, which would mean a lack of commute is reflected in one’s pay packet.” Given this trend, “it would be naive to think those benefiting from a surreal, locked-down year will continue to do so at no cost: a reality it would appear millions have yet to accept”.
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A Democratic Unionist peer has said he has been forced to hold an Irish passport because of discrimination by the Home Office.
Willie Hay, Lord Hay of Ballyore, told MPs he would not submit to a Life in the UK citizenship test and neither should 40,000 other people like him who were born across the border but have lived their entire lives in Northern Ireland.
The 70-year-old said that when he applied for a British passport he was told he had to apply first for citizenship and was invited to attend an interview to prove his nationality, but he refused to do so on the grounds it was unjustified.
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