Only 1 in 3 adults (34%) agree that employers in Ireland are doing enough to reduce the gender pay gap, with only 1 in 5 females (22%) agreeing.

  

International Women's Day

International Women's Day (IWD) 2025, focuses on the theme "Accelerate Action." This theme emphasises the urgency of advancing gender equality, highlighting that, at the current pace, achieving full gender parity could take until 2158—over five generations from now.

This theme focuses on unlocking equal rights, power, and opportunities for all women and girls, aiming for a feminist future where no one is left behind. Central to this vision is empowering the next generation—particularly young women and adolescent girls—as catalysts for lasting change.

 

With International Women’s Day (IWD) coming up on the 8^th of March we asked adults in Ireland what they thought about gender equality in Ireland and around the world.  Survey results show significant differences in attitudes between Genders.

 

 

·       Only 1 in 3 adults (34%) agree that employers in Ireland are doing enough to reduce the gender pay gap so that women are paid the same as men, in the same or equivalent roles. This is lowest among females at 22% compared to 48% of males.

 

·       42% of adults agree that men do get behind initiatives like IWD and the goals of equality, lowest among females at 33% compared to 50% of males.

 

·       More than half (60%) of respondents agree that younger children need to be better educated on the goals of International Women’s Day (IWD) in promoting equality for future generations.

 

·       63% of respondents think children should be made aware of equality and the goals of IWD in primary school and 32% think they should be taught from secondary school onwards.

 

·       Only 14% of adults know of schools who are supporting International Women’s Day, this number is highest with adults aged 20 or younger with 34% knowing schools supporting IWD.

 

·       More than 1 in 2 (54%) of adults in Ireland think with the new government in the U.S. gender equality around the world will worsen, highest at 68% of those in their 20s.

 

 

·       Of those working, 24% say their company or place of work celebrate the day. This number is highest for adults in their 30s with 27% celebrating the day in work.

 

 

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About iReach Insights

iReach Insights provides a range of research and market intelligence services in Ireland and Europe. iReach has built a Consumer Decisions Research Panel of 40,000 members in Ireland, delivering robust research insights. The survey questions were included in the Nationally Representative iReach Consumer Decisions Omnibus run between the 13^th and 20^th of February and has a 3% Confidence Interval and 95% Confidence Level.

 

Questions asked of adults nationwide:

 

Q1. Do you think highlighting International Women’s Day (IWD) achieves anything?

Q2. Do you agree or disagree that Employers in Ireland are doing enough to reduce the Gender Pay Gap, for women to be paid the same as men, in the same or equivalent roles?

Q3. Do you agree or disagree that the Government in Ireland is doing enough to reduce the Pension Gap, to allow women to retire independently?

Q4. Do you agree or disagree that younger children need to be better educated on the goals of International Women’s Day in promoting equality for future generations?

Q5. How soon in education should awareness of Equality and the goals of International Women’s day be thought?

Q6. Do you know if Schools are doing anything to celebrate International Women Day, to raise awareness of equality amongst younger children?

Q7. Do you agree that men do get behind initiatives like International Women’s Day and the goals of equality?

Q8. Does your company or place of work do anything on the day?

Q9. Do you think the new government in the USA is having, or will have an impact on the advancing of gender equality?

 

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