A new CSO hub on equality data shows it is 'a man's world that men are making a mess of'.
The Women and Men in Ireland Hub has been developed to serve as a one-stop shop for equality data related to women and men in Ireland.
The hub provides a wide range of information, broken down into gender equality, work, education, health, safety & security and transport.
The gender pay gap in Ireland for 2022 was 9.6% - meaning the average man earned 9.6% more than the average woman.
Just under two-in-six of working women work part-time, compared with just under one-in-six of men.
While women account for just under two-in-four of all employments, only one-in-four of employments in the top 1% of earnings are held by women.
Ireland ranks fifth for men and 15th for women for average life expectancy across Europe.
Former Barnardos CEO Fergus Finlay told The Hard Shoulder discrimination has been copper-fastened.
"Nothing surprised me, the overall picture is a shocking one," he said.
"This is the first time the CSO has gathered all the data in one place and they've put it down in a way that makes it accessible.
"Women in Ireland live longer than Irish men.
"They don't live as long as women in Europe, so that's the first thing, but living longer than men they are much more likely to live in consistent poverty, they're much more likely to be better qualified, they're much more likely to be in lower-paid jobs.
"The discrimination against women, the nature of the society we live in, it's copper-fastened in this hub.
"Every page you look at shows you injustice.
"I printed out the first 10 pages and every single statistic says this is man's world - and it's a man's world that men are making a mess of".
'Set up by men for men'
Irish Independent Features Writer Saoirse Hanley told the show women should be asked what they want.
"I suppose we already knew it was, now we've just gotten data confirmation," she said.
"I think that it's kind of nice for the CSO to make a resource that you can point people to now that disagree with me.
"We're looking at this, and men are looking at this in particular, through a patriarchal lens.
"Through the lens of a system that was set up by men for men.
"I would like to see, following on from this data, actually going out ands asking the women, 'Why are you working part-time?'
"We're not asking the women why they're working from home; I personally would prefer to work from home.
"That has increased, according to the data, by 306% since COVID that women are choosing to work from home.
"So, why don't we ask women what they want from society?"
'Who is it an injustice against?'
Author Estelle Birdy said we should be looking at the reasons behind the data.
"I think you need to drill down a little bit more into some of these statistics," she said.
"Why are women working part-time? Why are they earning almost 10% less per hour than men.
"There may be various reasons for that, we don't actually know from the raw data.
"I did actually find it quite shocking the differential between women in Europe, they do live significantly longer than Irish women.
"The qualifications, you can say that's an injustice, but who is it an injustice against - males are less qualified.
"[Women] are reaching a higher level of attainment in education so we need to look at that too."
Ms Birdy pointed to the construction industry being primarily male, which she said was down to "the physicality of construction".
You can access the Women and Men in Ireland Hub here.
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