New fund has potential to be catalyst in ending violence against women

Sexual abuse survivor Charlene Masterson at the National Print Museum, Dublin, for the launch of a a proclamation to end violence against women in Ireland. Picture: Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland

Rethink Ireland and the National Women's Council have launched a new fund that has the potential to be a catalyst in helping to end the “epidemic” of violence against women in Ireland.

Launched on Tuesday, the Freedom From Fear Fund aims to support education and prevention programmes working with girls and boys as well as projects that address the structural causes of and protective factors and risks associated with violence against women.