Jill Meagher's husband calls for change in attitudes to gender based violence

Tom Meagher, husband of the late Jill Meagher, who was raped and murdered in Melbourne in 2012, has said that the way we define violence needs to change if we want younger generations to grow up in a world without gender based violence.

He was speaking at the 'Purple Up Limerick' rally in the city on Saturday, part of the '16 Days of Action Opposing Violence Against Women' that has seen local businesses and individuals display or wear something purple as a show of solidarity.

Mr Meagher has recently moved back to Ireland and is now an ambassador for the 'White Ribbon' campaign, an organisation dedicated to challenging the social norms that perpetuate men’s violence against women.