- Women�s Aid�s Annual Impact Report 2023 details 40,048 disclosures of domestic abuse against women and children, during 28,638 contacts with its national and regional support services last year.
- 18% increase in disclosures of domestic abuse compared to previous year and the highest ever received by the organisation in its 50-year history. �
- Abuse of women included emotional abuse, physical violence, sexual abuse, and economic control, many combining to constitute coercive control, with an alarming increase in both physical violence (up 74%) and economic abuse (up 87%) compared to the previous year.
- Also released today is a new Insights Report into 11 publicly reported cases of coercive control convictions through the courts reveals the devastating scale and harm of this offence and raises questions about maximum sentencing for this offence.
- Implementation of the Third National Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Strategy, with cross government co-operation, is crucial to effectively reduce the scale of violence against women.
- Women�s Aid 24-hour National Freephone helpline 1800 341 900�www.womensaid.ie��
- National Male Advice Line 1800 816 588 �https://mensnetwork.ie/mal/
