A new report by the Irish Joint Consortium on Gender Based Violence has just been published.
This report built on the work of INSTRAW (2005), the experience of other countries, consulted with with Irish domestic organisations and uniquely charts out a consultative process for the development of an Irish National Action Plan on UNSCR 1325.
Politicians have been urged to become ambassadors for Ireland’s global campaign to tackle gender based violence, in an effort to increase global action on this issue. Addressing an event today (17.12.07) to mark the third-year work programme of the Irish Consortium on Gender Based Violence, former President, Mary Robinson, urged Oireactas members and Irish MEPs [...]
Mary Robinson delivers assessment of Irish initiative to tackle gender based violence. Rape and sexual violence puts women at increased risk of contracting HIV/AIDS, according to an international expert on gender violence who addressed an event to mark International Women’s Day in Dublin, today (8.03.07). Professor Charlotte Watts, from the London School of Hygiene and [...]
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