Publications

Women’s Aid Annual Impact Reports

• Women’s Aid Annual Impact Report 2023 
  • Women’s Aid Annual Impact Report 2023 Activities and Impact Summary
• Women’s Aid Annual Impact Report 2022
• Women’s Aid Annual Impact Report 2021
• Women’s Aid Annual Impact Report 2020
  • When home is not safe Covid-19 Supplement (2020)
• Women’s Aid Annual Impact Report 2019
• Women’s Aid Impact Report 2018

Election Manifesto

• Maintaining Momentum General Election 2024 Manifesto

Women’s Aid Research

2025

• Exploring how Victim-Survivors of Domestic Violence and Abuse Experience Navigating the Irish Family Law System in Guardianship, Custody & Access Cases – Executive Summary.
• Exploring how Victim-Survivors of Domestic Violence and Abuse Experience Navigating the Irish Family Law System in Guardianship, Custody & Access Cases – Research Report.

2024

• Evolving Manhood: Attitudes, Influence and Well-Being Among Irish Men
• Evaluation of the Womens Aid Maternity Project Full Report
• Disabled Women’s Experience of Intimate Partner Abuse in Ireland: Research Report
  • Disabled Women’s Experience of Intimate Partner Abuse in Ireland: Executive Summary (Plain English)
  • Disabled Women’s Experience of Intimate Partner Abuse in Ireland: Research Report (Irish Sign Language)
• Facing Reality: Addressing the Role of Pornography in the Pandemic of Violence against Women and Girls
  • Executive Summary – Facing Reality: Addressing the Role of Pornography in the Pandemic of Violence against Women and Girls
• Insights Report: Review of Publicly Reported Enforcement of the Offence of Coercive Control 2019-2024

2022

• It’s time to talk about porn: Irish attitudes on the links between pornography, sexual development, gender inequality and violence against women and girls

2021

• Yes its Abuse: Young People’s Understanding and Attitudes to Intimate Relationship Abuse

• Tackling Intimate Relationship Abuse among 18-25s: Considerations for a Peer Supported Approach. 

2020

• One in Five Young Women Suffer Intimate Relationship Abuse

2019

• Femicide Watch Report 2019
• Unheard and Uncounted – Women, Domestic Abuse and the Irish Criminal Justice System
  • Executive Summary: Unheard and Uncounted – Women, Domestic Abuse and the Irish Criminal Justice System

2018

• Breaking the Pattern of Male Violence against Women: Femicide Watch 2018

2003

• Child Custody and Access in the Context of Domestic Violence
• Responding to Violence against Women with Disabilities 

2002

• Casualties of Violence: Violence against Women An Issue of Health
• Vision Action Change – Feminist principles and practice of working on violence against women

1999

• Safety & Sanctions Domestic Violence and the Enforcement of Law in Ireland Executive Summary

1995

• Making the Links Towards an Integrated Strategy Towards the Elimination of Violence against Women in Intimate Relationships with Men
  • Making the Links Briefing Paper

Women’s Aid Submissions

2025

• Submission to Consultation on the Sentencing Guidelines and Information Committee – Guidelines on the application of Section 40 of the Domestic Violence Act 2018 (February 2025)

2024

• Submission on the National Strategy for Women and Girls (November 2024).
• Submission to the Courts Service on its ICT, Digital and Data Strategy 2024-2027 (July 2024).
• Submission to the Coimisiún na Meán Consultation on the Draft Online Safety Code for Video Sharing Platform Services (January 2024).

2023

• Submission to the An Garda Síochána Strategic Plan 2025-2027 (November 2023).
• Submission on Draft Senior Cycle SPHE Specification (October 2023).
• Submission to the Task Force on Safe Participation in Political Life (August 2023).
• Submission to Coimisiún na Meán Call for Inputs, entitled Online Safety – Developing Ireland’s First Binding Online Safety Code for Video-Sharing Platform Services (August 2023).
• Submission on Domestic Violence Leave (May 2023)
• Submission to the National Equality Data Strategy 2023-2027 (May 2023)
• Submission to the General Scheme of the Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence Agency Bill (March 2023)
• Submission to the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022 (March 2023)
• Submission to the Review of the Legal Aid Scheme (February 2023) 
• Briefing Note: Domestic Violence Leave Rate (January 2023)

2022

• Submission to the Family Courts Bill (December 2022)
• Input to the Special Rapporteur VAWG’S Report on Violence Against Women and Children in Custody Cases (December 2022)
• Submission to the Family Courts Bill (December 2022)
• Submission on the Redevelopment of the Senior Cycle SPHE (November 2022)
• Submission to the Senior Cycle SPHE Curriculum (November 2022)
• Submission to the Junior Cycle SPHE Curriculum (October 2022)
• Submission to the criminal Justice (September 2022)
• Submission on the ratification International Labour Organisation (ILO) Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No.190) (September 2022)
• Submission to the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022 (September 2022)
• Submission on Parental Alienation (June 2022)
• Submission to the Online Safety Expert Group on the individual complaints mechanism (March 2022)
• Submission to the Joint Committee on Gender Equality on the Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly (March 2022)
• Submission on the draft Third Domestic Violence and Gender Based Violence Strategy (February 2022)
• Submission to the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person (Amendment) (Stalking) Bill 2021 (February 2022)
• Position Statement on Guardianship (January 2022)
• Submission to An Garda Síochána Inspectorate on An Garda Síochána’s Response to Domestic Abuse (January 2022)

2021

• Submission to the Consultation on the Review of the Equality Acts (December 2021)
• Submission to the SPHE Curriculum Redevelopment (November 2021)
• Submission to the Joint Committee on Justice on Women’s Shelters and Domestic Abuse Refuges (August 2021)
• Submission to the Judicial Planning Working Group (July 2021)
• Submission to the Citizen’s Assembly on Gender Equality (June 2021)
• Submission to the Review Group on Child Maintenance (March 2021)
• Submission to the General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill (March 2021)
• Submission to the Consultation on Domestic Violence Leave (March 2021)
• Submission to the Family Court Bill General Scheme (February 2021)
• Children and Domestic Violence Group Submission to the Family Justice Oversight Group Consultation (February 2021)

2020

• Brief on the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act