Latest news & releases
- Media Release: Women’s Aid Launch its #BelieveSurvivors Purple Ribbon 16 Days of Action Campaign for 2018
Issued 25 Nov 2018
One in five women experience some form of domestic violence in Ireland. Global 16 Days campaign starts on UN Day Opposing Violence against Women (25th November 2018) Women’s Aid purple ribbon awareness campaign encourages people to #BelieveSurvivors of domestic violence. The campaign challenges pervasive myths ... - Media Release: Women's Aid Calls for Review of Domestic Killings.
Issued 23 Nov 2018
Women’s Aid launches is Femicide Watch 2018 report revealing that almost 9 in 10 women murdered in Ireland are killed by a man known to them. Over half of women were murdered by their current or former boyfriend, partner or husband (resolved cases) and 61% ... - Media Release: Courts still turning away young women experiencing dating abuse leaving them at risk says Women’s Aid.
Issued 19 Oct 2018
New Domestic Violence Act provision extending eligibility to young women in dating relationships has still not commenced. Women’s Aid says it is continuing to support young women on its 24hr National Freephone Helpline and One to One Services who are being left unprotected and at ... - Media Release: “With the right help we can all get to the finish line." – Survivor of abuse calls for support for Women's Aid.
Issued 13 Sep 2018
Domestic violence survivor Jessica Bowes joins Bláthnaid Treacy for this year’s Women’s Aid Purple Run 5K www.womensaid.ie/purplerun Jessica Bowes, whose ex-partner was recently released from prison for a vicious assault against her, is urging people to help raise funds for the charity’s 24hr ... - Media Release: “Women Must Feel Change Quickly” - Women’s Aid Welcomes New Domestic Violence Laws
Issued 2 May 2018
Women’s Aid welcomes the completion of the final stages in Seanad Éireann of the Domestic Violence Bill today including important measures such as the extension for eligibility for safety orders to young women who experience abuse in dating relationships; recognition of an intimate relationship as ... - Media Release: 19,385 disclosures of abuse against women and children made to Women’s Aid in 2017.
Issued 17 Apr 2018
Women’s Aid Report 2017 details 21,451 contacts with Women’s Aid Direct Services including the 24hr National Freephone Helpline and Dublin based One to One Support Services. During these contacts 15,833 disclosures of domestic violence against women were noted. There were an additional 3,552 disclosures of ... - Media Release: Women’s Aid supports Together for Yes and the Proposal for safe and legal abortion up to 12 weeks.
Issued 5 Apr 2018
Women’s Aid calls for a Yes vote in the forthcoming referendum and supports the Together for Yes Policy on the General Scheme of a Bill to Regulate Termination of Pregnancy. Domestic and sexual violence has consequences for women’s reproductive health. Current barriers to safe and ... - Media Release: Women’s Aid Statement on the Review of Homicides and Issues Raised by Lois West and Laura Galligan at the Joint Oireachtas Committee On Justice and Equality
Issued 7 Mar 2018
Today, Women’s Aid, the national organisation supporting women and their children experiencing domestic violence, responds to the appearance of Lois West and Laura Gilligan from the An Garda Síochana Analysis Unit in front of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice and Equality. Margaret Martin, Director ... - Media Release: Legal System is failing victims of marital rape - Women’s Aid.
Issued 28 Feb 2018
Women’s Aid is concerned the reduced sentence for marital rape case this week. Only four cases of marital rape have been successfully prosecuted since becoming outlawed in 1990. 323 reports of rape by intimate partners made to Women’s Aid services last year. Intimate relationship between ... - Media Release: The Darker Side of Love Highlighted this Valentine’s Day: Women’s Aid launch the #TooIntoYou National Public Awareness Campaign.
Issued 14 Feb 2018
What do ‘Controlling Conor’, ‘Triple Text Tom’ and ‘Send Nudes Niall’ have in common? They are all characters in the Women’s Aid #TooIntoYou national public awareness poster and online campaign this Valentine’s Day. 60% of abuse in relationships in Ireland starts before the age of ... - Media Release: Women's Aid welcomes end of Legal Aid Payment for Domestic Abuse Cases.Issued 28 Dec 2017
Women’s Aid, the national frontline organisation supporting women affected by domestic violence, today welcomes measures announced by the Minister for Justice that sees the abolition of the legal aid fee for victims of domestic violence as well as increased funding to frontline services supporting victims ... - Hospitalisation, broken bones, silent treatment and verbal abuse – just some of the items on the list for women this Christmas.
Issued 20 Dec 2017
Christmas offers no respite for victims with many women and their children spending the festive season walking on eggshells. Christmas is a time of hurt, fear, intimidation, intentional cruelty for women with sudden flashes of violence directed at them and their children. Ex-partners using Christmas ... - Men’s Violence is Killing Women - Femicide Watch 2017 Launched by Women’s Aid.
Issued 24 Nov 2017
Women’s Aid launch the Femicide Watch 2017. Eight women have died violently in 2017. Six women killed in their own homes. Overall, 216 women have been killed since Women’s Aid Femicide Project began in 1996 (an average of 10 women per year). 16 children have ... - Opening arrangements during Storm OpheliaIssued 15 Oct 2017
Urgent notice: Due to storm Ophelia the office of Women's Aid will be closed tomorrow Monday 16 October. Please note our 24hr National Freephone Helpline 1800 341 900 remains open. We will post further updates in due course. Thank you - Media Release: Legal Aid system neglects women and children affected by domestic violence.Issued 31 Jul 2017
Women’s Aid responds to the publication of the FLAC Annual Report 2016 and the recent move by the Legal Aid Board to restrict access to Legal Aid in family law matters. Long waiting times and legal aid fees in domestic violence cases are unfair and ...