Violence Against Women Women

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Violence Against WomenWomens Health

• Healthy life expectancy is higher for women than
  men in most countries, except in parts of Eastern
  Mediterranean and Asian regions. Globally,
  average life expectancy at birth is 4.3 more for
  women

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Violence Against WomenUN General Assembly
Definition

• The Declaration on the Elimination of VAW defines
  VAW as any act of gender-based violence that
  results in, or is likely to result in, physical,
  sexual or any harm or suffering to women,
  including threats of such acts, coercion or
  arbitrary deprivation whether occurring in public
  or in private life

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Womens Health

• As many as 74of people living with HIV in
  sub-Saharan Africa in 2006 were young women. This
  region represents 60 of all people living with
  HIV.

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Womens Health

• Between 15 and 71 of women around the world
  have suffered physical or sexual violence
  committed by an intimate male partner at some
  point in their life. This has serious
  consequences for womens health.

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Womens Health

• Studies around the world show, including our own
  SAVI (Sexual Abuse and Violence in Ireland)
  Report, that up to 1 in 5 women report being
  sexually abused before the age of 15.

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SAVI Report
Violence Against Women Womens Health

• 1 in 5 women and 1 in 6 men experienced sexual
  abuse in childhood
• 1 in 5 women and 1 in 10 men experienced sexual
  abuse as adults
• 4 in 10 (42) women and between 2 and 3 in 10
  (28) men experienced some form of sexual abuse
  in their lifetime

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Croke Park

• 80,000 Capacity
• 40,000 women 40,000 men
• 16,800 women 11,200 men
• Of the 80,000 people 28,000 experienced some form
  of sexual abuse in their lifetime

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Womens Health

• Over the next 10 years an estimated 100 million
  girls will marry before their 18th. Birthday.
  They represent one third of adolescent girls in
  developing countries (excluding China).

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Womens Health

• Every day, 1600 women and more than 10 000
  newborns die due to preventable complications
  during pregnancy and childbirth.

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Womens Health

• Malaria during pregnancy increases the health
  risks for both mother and child. Yet less than 5
  of pregnant women have access to effective
  interventions.

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Womens Health

• Women are more exposed than men to harmful fumes
  from solid fuels used in the home. Indoor air
  pollution is responsible for approximately
  1.5million deaths a year around the world, most
  of them among women and children.

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Womens Health

• Breast cancer kills approximately 500 000 women
  each year, mostly in developed countries.
  Cervical cancer globally kills more than 250 000
  women each year, with 80 of these deaths
  occurring in developed countries.

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Responses Needed

• Protection
• Provision
• Prevention

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Protection

• Appropriate Laws
• Appropriate Sanctions
• Implementation of the Report from the All Party
  Committee on Child Protection
• Children First
• All laws pertaining to sexual crimes to be
  contained in one Sexual Offences Act

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Provision

• Immediate provision of Services for the victims
  of these crimes
• On-going Funding for Rape Crisis Centres and
  Refuges
• Funding and upgrading of Sexual Assault Treatment
  Units
• Specialist training and on-going professional
  development for Gardai, Barristers, Judges and
  all professionals dealing with sexual crimes

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Provision

• On-going support for the National Steering
  Committee on Violence Against Women
• Continued Support for NGOs providing services in
  the field of VAW
• Cosc Office The National Office for the
  Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based
  Violence. which provides an all of Government
  response to these crimes

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Prevention

• Parenting Courses
• Specialist Training for Teachers-Primary and
  Secondary
• Information and services available at all third
  level institutions
• Public Awareness Raising Campaigns
• Treatment Programmes for all convicted
  perpetrators available in Prisons
• Pre-release assessments and post release
  supervision for all perpetrators of sexual crimes

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Outreach Services

• Dochas (Womenss Prison)
• Coolock
• Tallaght

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Awareness Raising Campaign

• 90 second advert showing in 250 cinemas
  nationwide
• Three 20 second adverts for Television
• 6 Television Stations

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Awareness Raising Campaign

• Outdoor Poster Campaign
• Bus Sides
• Bus Shelters
• Buses, Trains, Dart and Luas

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Unthinkable

• Unthinkable until someone understands
• 1 800 77 8888
• A new beginning at the end of the line

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Unspeakable

• Unspeakable until someone listens
• 1 800 77 8888
• A new beginning at the end of the line

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Overall Message

• You can come through this
• Help is available
• All it takes is a phone call
• The National 24 hour Freephone Number 1 800 77
  8888