Ireland will vote in November on a reform of the Constitution to eliminate sexist allusions

March 8 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Government of Ireland has announced that citizens will have to pronounce themselves in a referendum next November on a reform of the Constitution called to eliminate sexist allusions, specifically changing two articles that circumscribe women “within the home”.

A citizen assembly already raised the changes to articles 40 and 41 two years ago and now, coinciding with International Women’s Day, the Executive has picked up the gauntlet to directly poll the citizens, who will have the last word to change a text dating from 1937.

The Government must now specify the scope of the changes, since in fact the previous recommendations also demanded that the Magna Carta include explicit mentions of non-discrimination. The prime minister, Leo Varadkar, did allude this Wednesday to the need to “consecrate gender equality”, according to public television RTE.

“For too long, women and girls have borne the disproportionate burden of caregiving, been discriminated against at home and at work, objectified or lived in fear of gender-based or domestic violence,” Varadkar has declared.