Research finds ‘right supports’ could attract women back to workforce

Some 218,000 women in Ireland between the ages of 20 and 64 are not currently participating in the workforce, but 16,000 could be persuaded to do so with the “right supports”, new research carried out by Solas has found.

Authored by Joan McNaboe, the further education and training authority’s new Women on Home Duties report was launched last Wednesday in Dublin.

“Women who are not currently working represent a major source of untapped ...