Campaign Highlighting Violence Against Women To Be Launched

A new campaign, fronted by Senator Nicole Ryan, aiming to heighten awareness of the issue of violence towards women and girls will have its official launch in the James O’Keeffe Institute, Newmarket, on October 29th at 10 am.

The “Zero Tolerance Campaign” highlights that coercive, often violent, control of women is not just a personal issue, it’s a workplace issue, a community issue, a human issue. Every year millions of women are subjected to both personal and public violence and control.

The campaign seeks to work with businesses and organisations who sign up to the “Zero Tolerance PLEDGE”, a pledge committing to a culture where domestic violence and control are not ignored, excused or tolerated. The pledge will not be just a statement, rather a promise to act, to protect and to support.

PLEDGE stands for the six key principles of the campaign:

Pay Attention, Listen and Believe, Engage Safely, Don’t Stay Silent, Guide to Help, Encourage Change.

At its core, Zero Tolerance is a community let, non-political and voluntary campaign that invites organisations, businesses and individuals to visably commit to a zero tolerance policy. The initiatives has already seen success in areas like Dublin, supported by Safe Ireland and championed by figures such as Colm Meaney and Michael Darragh Macauley.

IRD Duhallow is proud to host the official launch of this campaign, which will be attend by Senator Nicole Ryan and members of the crosscommunity committee who have come together to guide and shape the project, and is supported by both Skillnet and the Rural Community Health Project here in Duhallow.

The launch event is open to the public and all are welcome to attend. For more information, please call IRD Duhallow on 029 60633.