Was it all worth it?
Kathy Sheridan asks whether the struggles of the last 40 years have actually made women's lives better
Ladies drink BabychamMaeve Binchy reminds us what it was like before all this started
Smoke and mirrors: the equality illusionEveryone will benefit from a world where men and women live equally. But if we think we've got there yet, we're kidding ourselves, writes Kat Banyard, author of The Equality Illusion
Violence against women: the movement's constant refrainPatrick Smyth on one issue that has been central to the women's movement and remains a constant concern
Moving beyond the politics of disgustMany early feminists dreamed of a world entirely independent of men. But, say Ann Louise Gilligan and Katherine Zappone, what's important now is that repsect for difference is upheld by the law
Altered images: the struggle for women's bodiesWhy does it appear that some young women today feel empowered by letting it all hang out? Kate Holmquist teases out the issues
Liberation for men in a movement of equality Fintan O'Toole on how it has not just been liberated by the struggle for gender equality 
Old truths with modern resonanceDo the feminist classics mean anything to women in their twenties? Sarah Geraghty and Rosie Goan try to make sense of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique and the 1979 documentary Town Bloody Hall
Table TalkA round-table discussion, hosted by Irish Times editor Geraldine Kennedy and involving four generations, gets to the heart of changes for Irish women over the past 40 years
From ladies to womenIrish feminism didn't spring from nowhere in 1970. Margaret MacCurtain, who pioneered the study of Irish women's history, recalls the struggles of the past
Sowing the seedsMary Maher recalls the early days of the women's movement in Ireland and a particularly significant meeting in Dublin's Mansion House
Common CauseFiona McCann on some of the organisations still fighting for women and on women's issues
Work-life balance: the gender gap by the numbersPatrick Smyth crunches Eurofound numbers
From the archives: Women First - October 8th, 1970On October 8th, 1970, four Irish Times writers gave their personal perspectives on the struggle for women's liberation
Ten things that changed women's lives
Ten things an Irish woman could not do in 1970
Changing times
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Five Irish women from different generations discuss the changes of the past 40 years, where we are now and what the future holds
The panel : who they are from left to right
- Patricia King is regional secretary of the country's biggest trade union, Siptu, and vice-president of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions.
- Mary Robinson, the first woman President of Ireland (1990 to 1997) and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997 to 2002).
- Geraldine Kennedy is the editor of The Irish Times
- Linda Kelly is equality officer of the Union of Students in Ireland. From Cork, she qualified as a speech and language therapist at University College Cork before taking up her position.
- Mamo McDonald, honorary president of Age and Opportunity and former president of the Irish Countrywomen's Association, as well as being the driving force behind the Older Women's Network.
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