Organisation: Women’s Aid

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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Call for urgent marital rape law review

There needs to be an urgent review of marital rape law and legal guidelines after a sentence for an offender was reduced on appeal, say Women’s Aid and the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre.

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4,000 child abuses reported last year

There were more than 180 disclosures of physical and sexual abuse of children and 18 cases of child abduction reported to Women’s Aid last year.

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Domestic abuse rises near Christmas

Abusive men are threatening their children’s hopes for Christmas as a way of hurting them and their mother, according to the Women’s Aid helpline.

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Women's Aid highlights red flags for domestic homicide after Cavan deaths

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22,341 domestic abuse cases last year

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Revenge porn claims ‘tip of iceberg’ says Women’s Aid

‘Reverse domestic violence funds cuts’

One in five Irish women are victims of domestic violence and 209 have been murdered in those circumstances since 1996, according to Women’s Aid, the national agency supporting women and children affected by domestic violence.

Wed, 21 Oct, 2015

Choking concern in domestic violence

Women’s Aid has expressed concern about the number of contacts made to it by people suffering domestic violence in which they are choked by their partner.

Fri, 19 Jun, 2015

Agency says 46 death threats made to women

Forty-six death threats were made to women directly supported by Women’s Aid in 2013.

Thu, 25 Sep, 2014

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