“People across Ireland are finally and clearly saying ‘enough is enough’ when it comes to domestic abuse.” Women’s Aid, Ireland’s leading domestic violence service, has said that victim-blaming remains a massive barrier in terms of tackling abuse. Today sees the organisation partner with Allianz Insurance to launch a new initiative calling for a national day […]
3 years ago
Viewers were furious by his comments. Good Morning Britain viewers are outraged after host Richard Madeley seemed to “victim blame” a girl who appeared on the show to speak about getting spiked. Richard and co-host Susanna Reid interviewed a girl who had been spiked in a nightclub after it emerged that girls had been injected […]
4 years ago
Solidarity rallies will take place around the country tomorrow after a 17-year-old woman’s underwear was considered during a rape trial. A 27-year-old man was found not guilty of raping the woman in a laneway in Cork after a barrister asked jurors to consider the underwear the teenager was wearing. The barrister representing the man said […]
7 years ago
Sexual harassment is never the fault of the victim. The vast majority of us are probably aware of this. We don’t need to be told that what a person was wearing when they were raped, or how many drinks they had when they were assaulted, is inconsequential. These attacks happen because of the perpetrators who […]
8 years ago