Victims of domestic abuse encouraged to seek help

It is an abhorrent feature in too many homes today and a human rights issue that affects one in five Irish women.

As Women’s Aid’s ‘Don’t be Afraid’ public awareness advertising campaign gets under way this week the charity is encouraging women living with domestic violence to speak up.

The two-week long national radio, online and poster campaign, which is being funded by Cosc, the National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual, and Gender-Based Violence, aims to change this and offer hope to women living with abuse.