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07-07-2018, 05:32 AM
Ireland to vote on removing 'woman's place in the home' clause from constitution
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The Republic of Ireland will hold a referendum on an article in its Constitution which states a woman's place in "in the home."*
SEE ALSO: Prepare to sob at these moving stories of people travelling home for Ireland's abortion vote (https://mashable.com/2018/05/24/home-to-vote-hashtag-ireland/)
Article 41.2 of the Irish Constitution, which was created in 1937, stipulates that: "The State recognises that by her life within the home, woman gives to the State a support without which the common good cannot be achieved."
The constitution also discourages mothers from gaining employment lest it affect their domestic obligations at home.*
"The State shall, therefore, endeavour to ensure that mothers shall not be obliged by economic necessity to engage in labour to the neglect of their duties in the home," the article continues.* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/07/06/ireland-womans-place-home/)
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The Republic of Ireland will hold a referendum on an article in its Constitution which states a woman's place in "in the home."*
SEE ALSO: Prepare to sob at these moving stories of people travelling home for Ireland's abortion vote (https://mashable.com/2018/05/24/home-to-vote-hashtag-ireland/)
Article 41.2 of the Irish Constitution, which was created in 1937, stipulates that: "The State recognises that by her life within the home, woman gives to the State a support without which the common good cannot be achieved."
The constitution also discourages mothers from gaining employment lest it affect their domestic obligations at home.*
"The State shall, therefore, endeavour to ensure that mothers shall not be obliged by economic necessity to engage in labour to the neglect of their duties in the home," the article continues.* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/07/06/ireland-womans-place-home/)
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