Cork County Muintir na Tire News: Cork County Council’s Womens Caucus Hosts Special Workshop for Women in Local Government

Tuesday, 16 January 2024

Cork County Council’s Womens Caucus Hosts Special Workshop for Women in Local Government

Valerie O’Sullivan, Chief Executive Cork County Council; Kerry Cullen, Senior Business Psychologist SEVEN Psychology; Mags Donovan, Cork County Council; Dr. Clíodhna McKenzie, Lecturer School of Management and Marketing UCC; Susana Marambio, President of Network Ireland Cork; Nicola Radley, Director of Services Cork County Council; Dr. Mary E. Collins, Senior Executive Development Specialist RCSI Institute of Leadership and Cllr Eileen Lynch, Chair Cork County Council’s Womens Caucus.

A special workshop designed to recruit, represent and retain women in local government was recently held in Cork County Hall. Featuring several notable speakers, Cork County Council’s Women’s Caucus hope the event will not only support the retention of women currently in Council but will also serve to represent and recruit women into local government.

The government’s Oireachtas Caucus was established in 2017 and is a cross-party forum for Irish women parliamentarians to discuss and campaign on issues predominantly affecting women. As part of a more gender equal society, the vision of the Women’s Caucus is an Ireland where there is equal representation of women and men in the Oireachtas and on city and county councils.

The first Women’s Caucus in Cork County Council was established in 2022, just a little over 100 years since Irish women were permitted by law to vote and stand in parliamentary elections, with the objective of addressing the ongoing under representation of women in local government.

The workshop, which centered around the values of Cork County Council’s Womens Caucus, namely gender equality, solidarity, diversity and democracy, featured a range of speakers including Susana Marambio, President of Network Cork, Dr. Cliodhna McKenzie, UCC’s School of Management & Marketing and Dr. Mary Collins RCSI Institute of Leadership.