Delegates at the Union of Students in Ireland Congress have passed a motion to join calls for the reopening of the Gay Men’s’ Health Service (GMHS) clinic and other sexual healthcare facilities that are currently closed or highly restricted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. USI will now lobby for these services to be reinstated as a matter of urgency – the GMHS is currently only open for returning PrEP patients, leaving no services for other issues affecting gay men and the rest of the LGBTQI+ community and others. While a phased reintroduction of STI services is currently under way, this needs to be sped-up, […]
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The Union of Students in Ireland is encouraging and supporting students to contact their local representatives and members of the Oireachtas Justice Committee ahead of a committee discussion on the Labour Party ‘Harassment, Harmful Communications and other Related Offences Bill’. USI has joined calls for legislative protections to ensure image based sexual abuse is recognised as a crime is Ireland. A person should never have their images shared without their consent. People, particularly women have been victims of these attacks for years, most recently with the images shared on the Discord server. USI fully supports Women’s Aid’s 16 Days of Action Campaign […]
A new campaign aimed at encouraging students to take action against the significant barriers preventing asylum seekers from taking up or completing third-level education has been launched by the Union of Students in Ireland (USI), the Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland (MASI) and student justice and equality organisation, STAND. An online launch event took place last night (Monday, November 23) for Migrant Minds Matter, which will seek to promote unrestricted access to third-level education and comprehensive and meaningful supports for those living in Direct Provision. Along with campaigning for an end to the Direct Provision system, Migrant Minds Matter […]
