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Labour market statistics and female participation |
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| Women and Caring |
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Work Life Balance |
Work-life balance |
| Project title |
Men’s Under-Representation in Primary School Teaching |
| Summary |
This study was the Department of Education and Science to address an urgent policy issue in education where women dominate in primary teaching and fewer men are entering the profession. It involved a review of available literature to identify the key factors to be explored in the empirical data collection, followed by a survey men and women who entered the profession in the last 10 years. The study was completed in April 2005. The study has been used in the formulation of policies at Government level. |
| Funding Agency |
Dept. of Education and Science |
| Programme |
Gender Equality |
| Type of Project |
Research |
| Date from |
2004 |
| Date to |
2005 |
| Person Months |
5 |
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| Project title |
Parental Leave in the Council of Europe Member States |
| Summary |
Following nomination, by the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, as a National Expert on Work/Life Balance and Parental Leave I was invited by the Council of Europe to prepare a research report on Parental Leave in the 45 member states. The research involved an examination of policies, availability and uptake of parental leave in 45 member states, and identification of better practice models. I presented Interim and Final Reports at meetings of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg in June and November 2004 and submitted my report, now published on the Council of Europe's web site in December 2004. The research report was a major contribution of the Council of Europe's input to the Beijing Platform discussions in the US in March 2005.
While undertaking this research I was invited to become the Irish representative on the International Network for Leave Policies and Research. I presented the findings of my Council of Europe study at the annual meeting of this Network in London in November 2005
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| Funding Agency |
Council of Europe |
| Programme |
Directorate General for Human Rights |
| Type of Project |
Research |
| Date from |
June 2004 |
| Date to |
December 2004 |
| Person Months |
6 |
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| Project title |
Career Advancement of Women in Academe |
| Summary |
The Equality Committee, Trinity College Dublin, sponsored research to identify best practice models for the advancement of women in academic posts. This involved desk research and study visits to institutions in the Nordic countries (Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland) and Australia. A report was submitted to College in October 2002. This report has been used in the WISER-T research project conducted in Trinity College in 2005. I was a member of the WISER-T Steering Committee and supervised the design and implementation of a survey of Trinity College staff across the Faculties of Science and Engineering.
Funding is being sought from the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) in 2006 to support further initiatives in the area of Women in Science, Engineering and Technology (SET).
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| Funding Agency |
Trinity College Dublin/Science Foundation Ireland |
| Programme |
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| Type of Project |
Research |
| Date from |
2002 |
| Date to |
2005 |
| Person Months |
6 |
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| Project title |
Factors Militating Against Female Participation in the Study of Engineering at Third Level |
| Summary |
While the intake of female students to science courses in the Irish third level institutions is almost equal to, if not greater than, that of male students, this is not the case for engineering. This study was sponsored by the Dept. of Education and Science. It involved a review of the literature and a national survey of Careers Guidance Teachers. This was followed by a national survey (conducted in c. 90 schools) of c. 3,500 male and female pupils in sixth class who are taking their Leaving Certificate exams. The objective of the school survey, and interviews/focus groups conducted in 2004, was to ascertain the real or perceived obstacles to girls taking up engineering at university level. To date, the evidence from most countries, including Ireland, is that female representation among engineering students is c. 1 in 5. The report to the Department of Education and Science identified practical measures that could lead to an increase in female entrants of engineering at third level with a view to ensuring a better gender balance.
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| Funding Agency |
Dept of Education and Science |
| Programme |
Gender Equality |
| Type of Project |
Research |
| Date from |
2002 |
| Date to |
2004 |
| Person Months |
30 |
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| Project title |
Gender and the Legal Professions in Ireland |
| Summary |
This project was undertaken jointly by the Law School, Trinity College, (Ivana Bacik and Cathryn Costello) and Department of Statistics to examine gendered careers within the legal profession and in legal training/education. A major national survey was completed providing quantitative and qualitative data on women’s representation and participation, career progression and segregation in the law. This survey was supplemented by interviews and focus groups. In addition, the study contains a wealth of both historical and comparative data about women lawyers in other countries.
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| Funding Agency |
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform |
| Programme |
National Development Plan - Measures for Women |
| Type of Project |
Research |
| Date from |
2002 |
| Date to |
2003 |
| Person Months |
18 |
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| Combining Motherhood and Entrepreneurship: Strategies, Conflict and Costs in, editor(s)Louise Kelly , Women Entrepreneurship: New Management and Leadership Models, Praeger US, 2013, [Eileen Drew and Anne Laure Humbert] |
Who's Minding the Kids? Work and Family Issues among Owners of Small Business Enterprises in Ireland in, editor(s)Cary Cooper and Ron Burke , Human Resource Management in Small Businesses: Achieving Peak Performance, Cheltenham, UK. Northampton, MA, USA, Edward Elgar, 2011, pp236 - 258, [Eileen Drew and Anne Laure Humbert]
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