Domestic abuse - Violence not just women’s problem

Violence against women assumes different invidious forms and is endemic in society, not just in Ireland but throughout the world.

Domestic abuse - Violence not just women’s problem

It can, and does, manifest itself in the guise of poor wages or lack of opportunity in the workplace, to the tragic extremes of physical and sexual abuse.

Graphically, domestic violence is the most prevalent crime perpetrated against women and in latter years most of the women murdered in Ireland were killed in their own homes.

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