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Artwork by Emmalene Blake, 2023. compounded by the lack of women’s refuges. In 2018, SAFE Ireland found that on 3,256 occasions, women and children were not located in refuge spaces because the “refuge was either full or there was no number of women which are forced into refuge in their areas”. Given the lack of homelessness as they face the unfortunate women’s refuge spaces for victims of reality of leaving an abusive relationship. domestic abuse across the country, whilst many of them are likely to be on low Between 2015 and 2019, according to incomes, they are without any option but Focus Ireland, a 158% rise in women’s to become homeless. homelessness was present, while the National Women’s Council of Ireland Domestic violence can also have a knockfound that 92% of homeless women in a on impact on other innocent bystanders of FEANTSA European study had gone the family, especially children. Accordant through some form of violence or abuse with a TUSLA report in 2015, over 40% throughout their lives. This was further of cases have been associated with the
WRITES ATAKAN UZUN | DEPUTY NEWS EDITOR Domestic violence is an endemic issue worldwide, not least in Ireland. However, it is predominantly women who are affected by domestic violence, most notably through gender-based violence and femicide. Ireland’s figures that account for the abuse of women through domestic violence, gender-based violence, and femicide make for stark reading. Domestic violence can have a profoundly negative impact upon women in a number of different ways. It can increase the
Domestic violence can also have a knockon impact on other innocent bystanders of the family, especially children. Accordant with a TUSLA report in 2015, over 40% of cases have been associated with the domestic abuse of children, alongside women, either physically or sexually. In many cases, the usage of domestic violence by perpetrators can also result in fatalities. The number of deaths caused by domestic violence against women which results in femicide are harrowing. According to the publication of the Femicide Watch Report of Women’s Aid in December 2022, 252 deaths have been recorded between 1996-2022 by femicide,
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