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# Violence Against Women

This year
2023
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Frances Fitzgerald: We hope this will be the year for EU-wide action on violence against women
The Irish MEP says comprehensive laws on gender-based violence must be widened to all EU states.
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Jan 13th 2023, 2:00 PM
# Ashling Murphy memorial fund
'Forever my soulmate': Partner of Ashling Murphy pays tribute a year on from her death
‘There isn’t a single second that goes by where my heart doesn’t ache for you’, Ryan Casey said.
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Jan 12th 2023, 3:32 PM
Last year
2022
One in five young women subjected to relationship abuse, research finds
The number of young men who have experienced relationship abuse was found to be one in 11.
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Feb 14th 2022, 8:59 AM
# Violence Against Women
'Shocking' testimony on violence against women by female TDs shows all parties united on issue
Leo Varadkar said the government must lead on the issue.
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Jan 20th 2022, 8:35 PM
# gender-based violence
'We need to stand up and be counted': TDs agree on all-party approach to violence against women
Tributes were also paid to Ashling Murphy, who was laid to rest in Offaly yesterday
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Jan 19th 2022, 5:17 PM
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Jane Monckton Smith: This week's tragedy in Tullamore should be Ireland's watershed moment
Ireland must address gender-based violence once and for all, Professor Jane Monckton Smith writes.
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Jan 15th 2022, 9:07 AM
# ashling murphy
Taoiseach: We need to call out undermining of women and misogyny in Ireland
Taoiseach Micheál Martin was speaking on tonight’s Late Late Show.
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Jan 14th 2022, 11:41 PM
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Áine Kerr: Women deserve to run for exercise without having to face the shadows
After the murder of Ashling Murphy in Tullamore, the businesswoman and broadcaster describes the endless safety routine female runners have to follow.
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Jan 14th 2022, 5:19 PM
# Violence Against Women
'A woman's worst nightmare': A nation in shock and anger after murder of Ashling Murphy
The 23-year-old teacher was killed when she was attacked along the canal bank in Tullamore.
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Jan 13th 2022, 2:36 PM
All time
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Opinion: 'It's like a war has ended and you don’t know who you are anymore'
Mia de Faoite documents the horror and abuse that come with prostitution and trafficking and says society must not forget these women.
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Dec 4th 2021, 7:00 PM
# street harassment
UK could ban wolf whistling as part of new laws against street harassment
The UK Government strategy is set to be announced later today.
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Jul 21st 2021, 12:47 PM
# Rape
Woman set on fire on way to testify against her alleged rapists in India
It is the latest gruesome case of violence against women in the country.
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Dec 5th 2019, 1:54 PM
# Violence Against Women
'A woman often blames herself ': Dispelling myths around domestic abuse
The UN’s international day for the elimination of violence against women starts today.
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Nov 25th 2018, 7:30 AM
# jacqueline sauvage
Full pardon granted to French woman who killed abusive husband
The woman in her 60s will walk free from a jail southeast of Paris where she was serving a 10-year sentence for the killing.
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Dec 28th 2016, 5:27 PM
# not fit for purpose
Campaigners say data collection on domestic violence in Ireland at 'crisis point'
A one-day conference in Dublin is urging agencies to gain a better understanding of violence against women in Ireland.
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Dec 9th 2016, 1:16 PM
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In Ireland, a man can actually confess to rape and still serve no time in prison
Yesterday Magnus Meyer Hustveit walked free from court after admitting that he had repeatedly raped his former girlfriend when she was unconscious.
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Jul 15th 2015, 6:00 PM
# Attempted Murder
Turkish talent show teenager shot in the head after receiving death threats
Mutlu Kaya has been singing in the Turkish version of “Britain’s Got Talent”.
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May 19th 2015, 9:27 AM
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How the language we choose can help combat violence against women
Language matters – none of us are perfect human beings and we all fall prey to our unconscious prejudices that we absorb from our environment.
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Apr 25th 2015, 7:30 PM
# Domestic Violence
'I swear it will never happen again' - what he said 5 weeks before he killed her
Powerful new book includes extracts from letters, emails and texts from abusive lovers.
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Apr 25th 2015, 10:15 AM
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Graham Dwyer highlights the danger of thinking a 'type' of person commits sexual crimes
Until we accept that we have inaccurate perceptions about what kind of person perpetrates sexual violence, it will continue.
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Apr 3rd 2015, 8:00 AM
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Why are men more likely to be violent than women?
Worldwide, women aged 15 to 44 are more likely to be killed or maimed because of male violence than because of war, cancer, malaria and traffic accidents combined. Why is this?
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Feb 26th 2015, 1:00 PM
# driven out
This city has just banned Uber after claims a driver raped a passenger
The 26-year-old woman had fallen asleep during the trip home.
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Dec 8th 2014, 10:41 AM
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800 Days: 'I thought I knew what anger was, but I had never even touched its surface'
Jill was three months younger than me: her life should have been lived parallel to mine. Now the landmarks of my life seem tainted – any happiness is edged with sadness and guilt.
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Dec 2nd 2014, 7:20 PM
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Opinion: Young Travellers experiencing domestic violence can feel extremely isolated
Relationships between minorities and the police can involve fear and mistrust – creating additional obstacles for women seeking to leave a violent situation.
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Nov 28th 2014, 8:00 AM
# Milestone
New law means electronic tagging for some sex offenders
There has been a wide welcome for new offences against child grooming and buying sex.
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Nov 27th 2014, 5:50 PM
# you're not getting in
This TD wants a 'sick and abusive' pick-up artist banned from Ireland
Billy Kelleher vs Julien Blanc.
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Nov 25th 2014, 2:55 PM
# a history of violence
Around 120 million girls worldwide have been sexually assaulted
Shockingly, nearly 95,000 children were killed in one year alone.
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Sep 5th 2014, 9:40 AM
# India
Third suspect arrested in India gang rape and murder case
Two teenage cousins were gang raped and hanged from a tree in northern India .
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May 31st 2014, 3:19 PM
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Aaron McKenna: Domestic violence is just that – violence. Why not treat it that way?
In Ireland, as with most social issues, we treat the matter of domestic violence as a pariah topic that occasionally gets an airing. It’s just not good enough.
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May 17th 2014, 8:00 AM
# Jill Meagher
Not just monsters and Adrian Bayleys: Tom Meagher on normal men's violence against women
Jill Meagher was murdered in 2012 – now her husband has written a searingly honest and powerful blogpost about violence against women.
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Apr 18th 2014, 9:54 PM
# Your Say
Poll: Should Paddy Power suspend its Oscar Pistorius bet?
The bookmaker is offering bets on the outcome of the murder trial. Is this a step too far?
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Mar 6th 2014, 9:35 AM
# Your Say
Poll: Would you feel safer if ‘safe havens’ existed in your area?
What do you think?
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Aug 7th 2013, 9:49 AM
# Stalking
Victims of stalking and domestic violence to get EU-wide protection
The new law will see restraining orders obtained in your home country having the same standing in law across all EU states.
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May 24th 2013, 6:30 AM
# India
Amid rape fears, Indian party gives knives to women
A far-right political party is distributing thousands of knives to women in a western Indian state to help them protect themselves, in the wake of a fatal gang-rape which horrified the country.
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Jan 24th 2013, 10:36 AM
# India
Delhi gang-rape suspects to be charged in court
Five men will stand accused of the kidnapping, rape and murder of a young female student, who died at the weekend from the horrific injuries inflicted on her during an ordeal.
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Jan 3rd 2013, 7:48 AM
# RIP
Indian gang-rape victim dies
The 23-year-old died of severe organ failure in a Singapore hospital where she had been airlifted yesterday.
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Dec 28th 2012, 10:38 PM
# Badvertising
1982: Women’s bodies used to sell ‘everything from cars to chocolate bars’
A campaign dedicated to eliminating the degrading treatment of women in advertising wrote to the Taoiseach in 1982 to highlight the ‘continual humiliation’ of women in the media.
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Dec 28th 2012, 9:15 PM
# Violence
Feature: Hell hath no fury like a man scorned
Journalist Colm Ó Broin investigates the statistics of murder of Irish women by those closest to them – and the patterns of abuse that can lead to such tragedy.
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Dec 15th 2012, 8:30 AM
# Taliban
Pakistan to decide if girl, 14, needs treatment abroad after being shot in head
Malala Yousafzai began writing a blog at age 11 to describe life as a girl under the Taliban. Her condition is described as serious.
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Oct 10th 2012, 9:40 AM
# Sexual Harrassment
Could wolf-whistling be outlawed in Ireland?
It was suggested last week that wolf-whistling could be banned in the UK – but it appears that the controversy emerged from a Council of Europe convention on violence against women. Ireland is currently studying its recommendations.
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Mar 12th 2012, 11:22 AM
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