Latest news and updates about Women's Aid
All the messaging around Valentine’s Day is about love and harmony but there can be a distressingly darker side to relationships
Violence is a devastatingly routine part of life for a major segment of the population
Garda Commissioner says number of domestic violence incidents tends to increase during periods when families are together and there is ‘no escape for the victim’
Fear that children will be taken into care cited as a key reason for not telling maternity hospitals about abuse
‘I stood up for myself and I was believed,’ says Kathleen Correia, who was raped and coercively controlled by her then husband, Sergio Correia
The National Gallery offers a safe space for survivors of domestic violence to observe and create art as a way to deal with their trauma
What is clear is that the current environment is causing serious harm, in particular for women
Report cites instances of strangulation and verbal degradation as common examples of aggression toward women depicted in pornography
Mary Ward killing highlights issue of femicide in the North
Defence Forces says any conviction of serving member ‘may have implications for retention’ in the organisation
Tell Me About It: The relationship has ended over two years ago and he refuses to leave the house. He has taken over the main bedroom and it has become his den
Taoiseach says domestic abuse has become ‘absolute priority’ since Minister for Justice Helen McEntee addressed issue
Women’s Aid received 40,048 disclosures of domestic abuse in 2023, highest ever recorded in charity’s 50-year history
Advances in technology mean stalking has become much more sophisticated than ‘just someone hiding in the bushes outside your door’
Ask Roe: I feel I can’t do anything right for him, he takes offence at everything I say
Man is refusing to allow mother retrieve mementoes of their deceased child from his house, court told
Ireland one of first EU countries to introduce law which requires employers to offer paid leave to staff affected by domestic violence, says Minister
Ireland has become one of the first countries in the EU to introduce paid domestic violence leave
Women’s Aid survey highlights severe impact that relationship abuse can have on young women’s mental wellbeing
Charity pushes back over ‘unreasonable’ recommendation in audit by Tusla, which gave it €870,000 last year
Ireland one of first countries in Europe to introduce scheme, Roderic O’Gorman said
Like the velociraptors in Jurassic Park learned to open door handles, the tools we came up with to keep abuse out of relationships has been weaponised by perpetrators to get in
Women’s Aid seminar hears from Garda Commissioner how new command control system permits greater supervision of alerts and attention to people seeking assistance
Charity’s annual impact report documents 16 per cent increase in contacts, with organisation attributing some of rise to cost of living crisis
Record disclosures of abuse were reported to Women’s Aid over the last 12 months. The figures are just the tip of the iceberg
Body’s chief executive warns recommendations of landmark study must not be dispersed within Government
The lack of joined-up thinking leaves victims and survivors feeling abused by the system
Ask Roe: We have it at least three times a week, but he has a very high sex drive meaning he wants it daily
Ms Fonseca’s death takes the number of women who have died in violent circumstances in Ireland to 254 since 1996
To many of us, this year felt like a particularly dark and dangerous time to be a woman
‘Some women and their children will probably be spending Christmas in the cold,’ Women’s Aid says
Move will see new translation system that will open up services to women who do not speak English
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