Mr. Frank Fahey, T.D., Minister of State with responsibility for Equality at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, today announced a national media campaign to raise awareness of, and help change attitudes to domestic violence. The campaign will run on TV, radio and in the press from 25th November until 10th December 2006, coinciding with the United Nations “Sixteen Days of Action on Gender Violence”.Minister Fahey, who is Chairperson of the National Steering Committee on Violence against Women, said that the key messages of the campaign are:
· free and confidential help and support is available to victims of domestic violence and is only a phone call away;
· and domestic violence creates an atmosphere of fear and foreboding which affects everybody in the home.
The awareness campaign seeks to encourage people who are living in domestic violence situations to seek help and support by ringing the national freephone helpline number operated by Women’s Aid - 1800 341 900 – or by contacting their local support services.
Minister Fahey said, “It is time for everyone in Ireland to be aware that domestic violence is often a hidden crime; that victims may feel ashamed and embarrassed despite their innocence; and that victims need the support of friends and family as they address their difficult and harrowing circumstances. I hope that this awareness campaign will also encourage people to report incidents of domestic violence that they have witnessed or are aware of to the Garda Síochána.”
The Minister also announced that the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform has provided grant funding of over €70,000 to 24 local campaigns by voluntary groups in 16 counties to take place during the UN Sixteen Days. These campaigns aim to raise public awareness of the issue of violence against women and of the support services available within local communities.
Minister Fahey paid tribute to the work of those at local and national levels, in NGOs, in health services, the Garda Síochána, the Courts Service and in the many other support services, who face the harsh realities of domestic violence on a daily basis and who deal with difficult and traumatic situations in a committed and caring way.
For more information go to www.justice.ie
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Who is he kidding.!!!Looks good on paper until you turn up at the Justice Dept to be advised by probation officers to the court to go home and come back when you have two black eyes.This is ridiculous to say these people care.I got the choice of using My home only at night or go homeless with no maintainance.The Judge,,God bless him said"you can go homeless for all I care."I have met so many women who do not trust the Dept of In justice for similar reasons.No, do not trust them.they catch you when you are vulnerable and behave quite similarly to the p***k you are trying to escape from. Be smart, take your bags and walk and if possible avoid this Dept like the plague.It it riddled with pro catholics who decide for you on the basis that marriage is for life no matter what.Until it is all cleared out women will not come forward and I do not blame them. This is a total Patriarchial system based on control of women and children.
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