Posts in the "26Th%20November" category
Day 2: 1 in 2 abused young women have experienced online abuse.
Posted on November 26, 2020
Yesterday we published a new report showing that ‘One in five young women suffer intimate relationship in Ireland’ that outlines the findings from our latest research conducted with young people. The research shows that of the women that had suffered intimate relationship abuse, an alarming 1 in 2 experienced online abuse using digital technology.
This form of abuse that perpetrators use to abuse is particularly devastating due to the ‘always on’ nature of life online. It is draining and can often feel inescapable. It is not a reasonable solution to ask young a young person to ‘opt out’ or switch off their own social media presence as this is so deeply integrated into their social lives. The victim should not suffer further for another person’s abusive actions.
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Day 2: Men's Violence is Killing Women
Posted on November 26, 2017
On the 24th November 2017, Women’s Aid launched a new report ‘Femicide Watch 2017’. The Femicide Watch Report is the culmination of 21 years of the Women’s Aid Femicide Monitoring Project. Since 1996, Women’s Aid has, using newspaper records, charted and highlighted violent deaths where the victims are female in the Republic of Ireland.
Our femicide watch records that 216 women have died violently since the beginning of 1996. 16 children were killed alongside their mothers.
We published our Femicide Watch Report after 21 years to pause, and to remember and reflect, on the lives lost to male violence. Each woman murdered is an outrage. An absolute brutal loss of life. There is no greater violation of a woman’s human rights than the right to life itself.
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Day 5: Domestic violence is hidden everywhere
Posted on November 29, 2016
The Women's Aid National Freephone Helpline (1800 341 900) responds to over 41 calls each day. This figure is shocking but we know that this is just the tip of the iceberg. National research conducted by the National Crime Council in 2005 on domestic abuse in Ireland found that only a small percentage of the women surveyed had accessed support from a Helpline or support service. The same research found that 1 in 7 women or approximately 213,000 have suffered severe domestic violence.
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Day 2: 41% of abused women experience stalking and harassment online
Posted on November 26, 2016
Digital abuse in intimate relationships is real and it is harmful. We have long been concerned about disclosures of digital abuse made to our National Freephone Helpline and other services. In 2015, we took a snapshot of the issue in our National Freephone Helpline and One to One services and we recorded 293 disclosures of digital abuse. While the Women’s Aid snapshot is a small number of cases, we know that the phenomenon is real and growing year on year, especially for younger women.
A recent EU wide study on violence against women showed that 12% of Irish women and girls over the age of 15 had experienced stalking with 50% being stalked, physically and online, by a partner or ex (FRA, 2014).
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Remembering Stolen Lives- Martina
Posted on November 26, 2014
Martina, aged 33, murdered May 1996.
Martina Halligan was aged 33 when she was murdered by her husband in May 1996. She was attacked in her home in North Dublin. It emerged during the trial that Martina had married her husband two years before her death but that the relationship had gone ‘sour’. Martina had made complaints to the Gardaí about her husband’s violence and she was in the process of securing a barring order when she was murdered.
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Day Two: President Michael D Higgins supports the 16 Days of Action campaign
Posted on November 26, 2014
President Michael D Higgins has issued a message of support for the 16 Days of Action as Women's Aid and over 130 organisations highlight violence against women in Ireland.
His message reads:
"I would like to send my best wishes to Women's Aid as they participate in the 16 Days of Action Opposing Violence Against Women. This is an important initiative which expresses solidarity with the many women, both at home and abroad, who are subjected to aggression and cruelty. I thank and commend you for demonstrating Ireland's support for female victims of violence by partaking in this action. I wish you continued success with your important work."
Women's Aid welcomes President Higgin's support for this nationwide action.
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Day Two: 204 women have been murdered in Ireland since 1996.
Posted on November 26, 2014
204 women murdered since 1996
Female homicide is the extreme end of the violence against women spectrum. To highlight this issue Women's Aid has been collating data on female homicide in Ireland since the beginning of 1996.
To date, 204 women have been died violently in the Republic of Ireland. That is an average of 12 women a year losing their lives in the most tragic and brutal circumstances. Each woman leaves behind devastated family, friends and in many cases, children.
Our statistics relating to resolved cases, show that women are more likely to be killed in their own homes than any other location (62%), that they most likely know their killer (89%) and that in 99% of cases the perpetrator was male.
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