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Day 8: 4,791 disclosures of child abuse to Women 's Aid in 2019
Posted on December 02, 2020
In 2019 there were 4,791 disclosures of abuse of children in the context of domestic violence made to Women’s Aid. The abuse of children disclosed included children being physically, sexually and emotionally abused as well as witnessing domestic abuse against their mothers. Some women indicated that they felt their children were at risk of abuse during access visits with their father.
Abuse against children disclosed to Women’s Aid in 2019 includes:
Permanent link | Categories: Day 8 • 16 Facts for 16 Days • 2nd December • 2020
Guest Blog Post: "It is, simply, a form of child abuse" - June Tinsley, Barnardos.
Posted on December 02, 2017
On Day 8 of the Women's Aid 16 Days of Action, June Tinsley, June Tinsley, Head of Advocacy, Barnardos writes about how domestic violence affects the children and families they work with each day across Ireland.
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Day 8: Children See Abuse
Posted on December 02, 2017
It's day 8 of 16 Days and we further explore domestic violence and children. The majority of children living in a home where domestic violence is present are affected by the abuse.
Children are victims of domestic violence both when directly targeted by the perpetrator of abuse and when witnessing the violence directed at their mother. Research has shown that there is a connection between domestic violence and child abuse and that witnessing the abuse is in itself a form of emotional abuse. (Listening to Children: Children's Stories of Domestic Violence, Hogan, F. and O'Reilly M, Office of the Minister For Children, 2007)
Permanent link | Categories: 16 Facts for 16 Days • Day 8 • 2nd December 2017
Day 8: Abuse increases physical and mental health risks
Posted on December 02, 2016
Women and children experiencing domestic violence should never been portrayed as passive victims. Women’s Aid continues to be inspired by the women who use our services. Women, who are trying to live their lives, raise their children, study, work, and look after themselves and others, but who are doing so while suffering the most horrific abuse.
Women like us, like our sisters, our mothers, our friends and our workmates, whose strength and resilience in the face of unimaginable abuse and fear ultimate should not be underestimated. Yet, the impact of the abuse on the women we meet cannot be minimised or downplayed.
Permanent link | Categories: Day 8 • 16 days • 16 facts for 16 days • 2nd December 2016
Women's voices - Ellen
Posted on December 02, 2015
As part of our Women's Voices project, collecting and sharing women's testimonies of domestic violence, we're sharing Ellen's story today. Ellen has asked that her name is changed but that her story is told in the hope that it helps other women escape from a life of abuse.
"I was far safer with him gone. So my advice is to stop, think, find a way to escape. The longer it goes on the harder it will be to get out. Phone Women’s Aid. Let your family know how you are suffering and don’t put up with any of it. There is a good life waiting for you out there.
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Message of Support, An Taoiseach Enda Kenny, T.D.
Posted on December 02, 2015
An Taoiseach Enda Kenny, TD, supports the Women's Aid 16 Days campaign.
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Day 8: Children Witness Abuse
Posted on December 02, 2015
The majority of children living in a home where domestic violence is present are affected by the abuse. Children are victims of domestic violence both when directly targeted by the perpetrator of abuse and when witnessing the violence directed at their mother. Research has shown that there is a connection between domestic violence and child abuse and that witnessing the abuse is in itself a form of emotional abuse. (Listening to Children: Children's Stories of Domestic Violence, Hogan, F. and O'Reilly M, Office of the Minister For Children, 2007)
Permanent link | Categories: Day 8 • 16 Facts for 16 Days