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November 2021

Press Releases

Teenagers outside Facebook HQ call on the Government to keep them safe

Teenagers and supporters protested outside Facebook Headquarters in Dublin before marching to the Dáil to present an Open Letter calling on Ministers Catherine Martin and Robert Troy to lead on stronger rules to rein in Facebook and other social media corporations. The event was organised by Uplift following recent revelations that the tech giant deliberately hid…
Alex Barton
10th November 2021
Photo of a billboard with an image of bread and a period pad with price tags attached. Below says, 'You shouldn't have to choose.' Press Releases

A sliced pan or period products? Billboard planted outside Minister Stephen Donnelly’s local shop sends message about period poverty

After the Minister for Health spent months stalling on announcing measures to end period poverty, members of the campaigning community Uplift, who care deeply about the issue, sent him a reminder he can’t ignore. The billboard in Greystones illustrates the reality of period poverty for tens of thousands of menstruating…
Alex Barton
2nd November 2021
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