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Ireland goes to the polls to change the constitution that says a woman's place is in the home
Voting underway at Old St Josephs Gym Hall in Dublin, as Ireland holds referenda on the proposed changes to the wording of the Constitution relating to the areas of family and care, March 8, 2024
IRELAND voted on a referendum today to delete a reference in the country’s constitution to women’s domestic duties and broaden the definition of the family.
The first of the votes, which took place on International Women’s Day, deals with a part of the constitution that pledges to protect the family as the primary unit of society.
Voters were asked to remove a reference to marriage as the basis “on which the family is founded” and replace it with a clause that says families can be founded “on marriage or on other durable relationships.”
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