News 2008-09
Back to Current News
Gender and Promotions Report
June 2009
The Equality Officer has submitted the Gender and Promotions Report to the Equality Committee. This report was prepared at the Provost's request to examine the low proportiono of women applying for promotion in certain grades. The report provides an update on previous reports carried out in College on the subject of women's career progression, includes consultation with staff and a good practice review.
Gender and Promotions Report
Other reports
Annual Equality Monitoring Report 2008
June 2009
The Equality Officer has submitted the Annual Equality Monitoring Report 2008 to the Equality Committee. This report is prepared with the assistance of the Monitoring Advisory Group and includes baseline statistics on staff and students in relation to different equality grounds.
Monitoring in College
Annual Equality Monitoring Report 2008
15 April 2009
The winners of this year’s Trinity College Dublin Challenging Stereotypes Creative Competition were Rosaleen McDonagh in first place in the student category for her text entry ‘Consanguinity’ and in the staff category, Helen Fisher won first place for her text entry entitled ‘Bernadette’ and Florence Dowling was a runner up for the photograph ‘Sweet Diversity’.
The Challenging Stereotypes Creative competition is held locally in each university and the finalists proceed to the intervarsity judging. This year participants were asked to submit a text or visual entry, challenging stereotypes in relation to the nine equality grounds: gender, age, religion, ethnicity, disability, marital status, family status, sexual orientation and membership of the Traveller community. The aim of the competition is to challenge stereotypes and foster a positive approach to diversity within College and in the University sector as a whole. The overall intervarsity winners were announced at the Equality Authority on April 30th last. 
“It was heartening to see the very considerable increase in participation from across College and the panel was impressed at the range of themes that were represented in the competition,” stated Chair of the Trinity Equality Committee and competition judge, Dr Sinead Ryan of the School of Mathematics. “The diversity and quality of the entries stimulated discussion amongst the panel and made for a challenging but rewarding judging process. The winning entries attracted the panel's attention with unexpected observations, eye-catching graphics and thoughtful prose that went to the heart of the Challenging Stereotypes competition. It was a pleasure to be involved”.
Trinity College’s Equality Officer, Karen Campus said: “There is a link between stereotyping and the inequalities experienced by groups in terms of how they are treated by society. Through images and perpetuating myths stereotyping shapes our assumptions and expectations of certain groups can be used to justify social inequalities or even lead to discrimination. This competition provides an opportunity to challenge our perceptions and expectations focussing on the nine equality grounds. It is an opportunity to raise a positive awareness of the diversity of staff and students in College and foster a collegiate environment.”
The TCD judging panel, Chair of the Equality Committee, Dr Sinead Ryan, Student 
Union Welfare Officer, Orlaith Foley and Professor of English, Stephen Matterson, considered staff and student entries, and welcomed the increased participation in this second creative competition sponsored by the Equality Authority and the IUA Equality and Diversity Group.
The IUA Equality and Diversity Group, constituted in 2007, is comprised of Equality Officers from the universities in the Republic of Ireland and meets regularly to share good practice and develop joint initiatives, including this competition. The Equality Authority is the coordinator of the European Year of Equal Opportunities For All Legacy Funding, which has enabled this initiative.
See Photo Gallery
See entries
See Challenging Stereotypes Creative Competition details
Equality Authority Annual Report 2007
The Equality Authority launched its Annual Report 24 July 08
The Equality Authority's Annual Report 2007 was launched yesterday in Dublin by John Moloney, Minister for State for Equality, Disability and Mental Health. This Report outlines the important body of casework carried by the Equality Authority over the past year in relation to the nine grounds of discrimination. The Authority received over 11,000 queries and had over 700 casefiles under the Employment Equality Act and Equal Status Act. The most common ground for complaints related to age and disability. The Report includes details of the research carried out by the Authority on the business case for diversity, gender-inequalities in time-use and a CSO study on the experience of discrimination, amongst others; and outlines the activities for the European Year of Equal Opportunities for All 2007.
For furthe details please see the Equality Authority.
