Houses of the Oireachtas in Ireland as lawmakers discuss gender equality in February 2023. 

Ireland votes to ditch ‘sexist’ wording from constitution

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Houses of the Oireachtas in Ireland as lawmakers discuss gender equality in February 2023. 

Houses of the Oireachtas/CC BY 2.0/Wikimedia Commons

On March 8, International Women’s Day, voters in Ireland will decide if they want to replace a clause in the constitution that deems a “woman’s place is in the home.” The Irish government has proposed new wording that recognizes the value of the provision of care in the home “by members of a family.” And, military regimes in the West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso recently severed ties from the regional alliance known as the Economic Community of West African States or ECOWAS. Now, their militaries are uniting in an effort to jointly fight Islamist militants. Also, in part four of a yearlong investigative report on children’s homes in Uganda by The World’s Halima Gikandi, we hear about the tale of two different homes. Foodstep Uganda operates without approval using funds from many American donors; Ekisa Ministries has a different approach. Plus, would you relocate to a Scottish island for the princely sum of $190,000 a year? 

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