‘Eliminating domestic violence from our lives and our communities’
First Safe Ireland Week asks family and friends to know the signs and be informed about how they can help someone living with abuse. Read more »
The visit was an acknowledgement of the work carried out by Safe Ireland and its members in providing support to women and children looking for safety from abuse. The President … Read more »
Not Always Safety in Numbers for Women in 2010: Women and children looking for safety could not be accommodated on over 3,000 occasions in 2010 because domestic violence refuges were either full or unavailable in an area. Throughout the year, 7,235 women received support from domestic violence services. SAFE Ireland’s members answered 38,629 helpline calls. 1,545 women along with 2,355 children lived in refuge for various periods of time. Read more »
Recent research has highlighted the important role of friends and families and a range of professionals in giving information about support services to victims of domestic violence. Click Here for details >>
Trans-Atlantic groundbreaking research programme to commence in April 2011
As part of a national campaign to increase awareness of specialist support services for victims of domestic and sexual violence, two national networks have launched a wallet card which contains the contact details of all domestic violence services and rape crisis centre’s in Ireland.
SAFE Ireland has commenced a national information campaign targeted at Medical Professionals. SAFE Ireland have teamed up with the Rape Crisis Network Ireland in an information campaign targeted at medical professionals.
The 25th November was the United Nations designated International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
My husband broke my cheekbone once. Another time he tried to strangle me Domestic violence against women and children in immigrant communities is a growing problem. Now there are calls for a change in Government policy to give victims of violence more rights and better access to the emergency facilities they need, writes JAMIE SMYTH, Social Affairs [...]
SAFE Ireland team up with Greater London Domestic Violence Project to deliver policy and practice response training to domestic violence services across Ireland.
Violence in the home remains one of the most serious forms of abuse facing Irish women today…
A new campaign hopes to tackle violence against women, with men taking a leading role, writes PAMELA DUNCAN in the Irish Times Saturday Magazine.
7,512 women, 2,462 children supported and over 34,000 helpline calls to domestic violence services in 2009. “Ireland is now gambling recklessly with the lives of women and children seeking support for domestic violence”, said SAFE Ireland, the representative network of domestic violence services. It announced its latest stark statistics today, half way through the international 16 days of action against violence against women.
Men are being asked to join with women and speak out against violence against women in a new national campaign that was launched today.
Domestic violence against women and children in immigrant communities is a growing problem. Now there are calls for a change in Government policy to give victims of violence more rights and better access to the emergency facilities they need, writes JAMIE SMYTH, Social Affairs Correspondent. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2010/0925/1224279646614.html
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