DUBLIN (Reuters) – The Irish vote in two referendums on Friday, International Women’s Day, on a constitutional revision which aims to amend articles deemed “sexist” and “dated” of the Basic Law of 1937.
One of the articles targeted, 41.2, states that “through her life within the home, women provide the State with support without which the common good cannot be achieved”, and that “mothers must not be forced to work for economic necessities to the detriment of their duties within the home.
The Irish Prime Minister, Leo Varadkar, believes that the time has come to put an end to “very dated, very sexist” language.
The other proposed amendment aims to extend constitutional protections not only to marital families, but also to other “enduring relationships” – single-parent families, guardianship, grandparents, etc.
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Ireland, a country with a Catholic tradition, has voted in recent years through a referendum for societal reforms, such as the relaxation of legislation on voluntary termination of pregnancy and the authorization of same-sex marriage.
(Reporting Padraic Halpin and Clodagh Kilcoyne, French version Sophie Louet, edited by Tangi Salaün)
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