Ireland has a long way to go to ending the 'cultural impunity' of gender-based violence

Dr Monica O’Connor said that, rather than just seeking to reduce gender-based violence, society should seek to 'eliminate'. File photo

Ireland has a long way to go in tackling the “cultural impunity” towards violence against women, a leading authority has told the Citizens’ Assembly.

Dr Monica O’Connor said that while there have been major strides to ending the “legal impunity” of violence, including sexual violence, against women, that wider societal change is taking much longer.