SU-2324-7
29-01-2024
Comhairle Acknowledges
The upcoming referendum on the 8th of March 2024 which will ask voters to decide on whether to remove the constitutional reference to the role of women in the home, which is Article 41.2, which currently recognises that “by her life within the home, woman gives to the State a support without which the common good cannot be achieved”, and to expand the concept of the family within the constitution, which stands at the moment “as the natural primary and fundamental unit group of Society”, to define the family as “whether founded on marriage or on other durable relationships”.
Comhairle Notes
The Union’s commitment to equality between genders and it’s responsibility to further that on both a local and national scale.
Comhairle Mandates
That University of Galway Students’ Union adopt a ‘Yes’ position in support of the national campaign for removal of Article 41.2 and expand the concept of the family within the constitution to define the family as “whether founded on marriage or on other durable relationships”.
