In tandem with a Global Data Count of domestic violence services, SAFE Ireland announced today, International Women’s Day, that 770 women and children received support from domestic violence services on just one day. The network’s national one-day census which was carried out on November 4th 2011. more here »
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 >>
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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